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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.
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 .
FIPS code. 21-19108. GNIS feature ID. 0511673. 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.
Clay County, Harlan County and Perry County: Preston Leslie, twenty-sixth Governor of Kentucky (1871–75) 9,864: 404 sq mi (1,046 km 2) Letcher County: 133: Whitesburg: 1842: Perry County and Harlan County: Robert P. Letcher, fifteenth Governor of Kentucky (1840–44) 20,423: 339 sq mi (878 km 2) Lewis County: 135: Vanceburg: 1806: Mason County
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.
Evarts is a home rule-class city in Harlan County, Kentucky, in the United States. The post office was opened on February 9, 1855, and named for one of the area's pioneer families. [2] The city was formally incorporated by the state assembly in 1921. [3] The population was 962 at the 2010 census. [4]
Cawood, Kentucky. / 36.78389°N 83.22833°W / 36.78389; -83.22833. Cawood is a census-designated place (CDP) and coal town in Harlan County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 731 at the 2010 census. [3] A post office in Cawood was established in 1890 by Wilson S. Hensley. He said one of his ancestors was Berry Cawood, a hero ...
Recent Harlan County High School graduate Scott Merrill is photographed at the school in Harlan, Ky., on Wednesday, May 8, 2024. “I can’t leave my mountains,” said Merrill, whose father ...