Whitesburg
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city in Letcher County, Kentucky, United States of America
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Vinony's link graph records 333 inbound references to Whitesburg, and connects out to race and ethnicity in the United States Census, Kentucky and Bell County.
The entry is geolocated on the map in city.
Vinony files it under Appalachian culture in Kentucky, Cities in Kentucky and Cities in Letcher County, Kentucky.
Vinony links it to 36 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Kentucky
- County
- Letcher
- Incorporated
- March 6, 1876
- Type
- Mayor-Council
- Mayor
- Tiffany Craft
- City council
- Margaret Hammonds Sheila Shortt Derek Barto Mike Jackson Larry Everidge Wendy Little
- Total
- 3.20 sq mi (8.30 km )
- Land
- 3.13 sq mi (8.11 km )
- Water
- 0.069 sq mi (0.18 km )
- Elevation
- 1,171 ft (357 m)
- Estimate 2022
- 1,711
- Density
- 566/sq mi (219/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-5 (Eastern)
- Summer dst
- UTC-4 (EDT)
- Fips code
- 21-82776
- Gnis feature id
- 0506678
- Website
- cityofwhitesburgky .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Official name
- Whitesburg
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Letcher County
- Population
- 1773
- Area
- 8.226546
- Elevation
- 357
- Capital of
- Letcher County
- Official website
- www.cityofwhitesburg.com
- Image
- City of Whitesburg Overlook from Town Hill Trail.jpg
- Households
- 943
- Dialing code
- 606
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- postal code
- 41858
- Commons category
- Whitesburg, Kentucky
- inception
- 1876-03-06
- water as percent of area
- 2.246
- per capita income
- 28211
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Encyclopedic overview
Whitesburg is a home rule-class city in and the county seat of Letcher County, Kentucky, United States. The population was at the 2020 census and an estimated 1,711 in 2022. It was named for John D. White, a state politician and Speaker of the United States House.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Whitesburg” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.