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0493746. Harlan is a home rule-class city in and the county seat of Harlan County, Kentucky, United States. [ 3] The population was 1,745 at the 2010 census, [ 4] down from 2,081 at the 2000 census. Harlan is one of three Kentucky county seats to share its name with its county, the others being Greenup and Henderson .
Harlan County is a county located in southeastern Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 26,831. [ 1] Its county seat is Harlan. [ 2] It is classified as a moist county —one in which alcohol sales are prohibited (a dry county ), but containing a "wet" city—in this case Cumberland, where package alcohol sales are allowed.
Lynch is located in eastern Harlan County at 36°57′54″N 82°55′00″W (36.965133, -82.916569), [4] in the valley of Looney Creek. Lynch is the nearest city to Kentucky's highest point, Black Mountain (4,145 ft or 1,263 m). Sitting at an elevation of 1,716 feet (523 m) above sea level.
The etymology of "Kentucky" or "Kentucke" is uncertain. One suggestion is that it is derived from an Iroquois name meaning "land of tomorrow". [1] According to Native America: A State-by-State Historical Encyclopedia, "Various authors have offered a number of opinions concerning the word's meaning: the Iroquois word kentake meaning 'meadow land', the Wyandotte (or perhaps Cherokee or Iroquois ...
0486849. Website. www .benhamky .org. Benham is a home rule-class city in Harlan County, Kentucky, in the United States. The city was formally incorporated by the General Assembly in 1961. [2] The population was 512 at the 2020 census, [3] up from 500 at the 2010 census .
The average household size was 2.30 and the average family size was 2.88. In the city, the population was spread out, with 21.9% under the age of 18, 8.5% from 18 to 24, 28.0% from 25 to 44, 23.9% from 45 to 64, and 17.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years.
Cumberland is a home rule-class city [4] in Harlan County, Kentucky, in the United States. The population according to the 2010 Census was 2,237, [ 5 ] down from 2,611 at the 2000 census. The city sits at the confluence of Looney Creek and the Poor Fork Cumberland River .
Recent Harlan County High School graduate Adrianna Hockenberry, center, is photographed at the school in Harlan, Ky., on Wednesday, May 8, 2024. “It’s a layered area. There’s multitudes.