Pike County is a county in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 58,669. [1] . Its county seat is Pikeville. [2] . The county was founded in 1821. [3] . It is a moist county —a county in which alcohol sales are prohibited but which contains a "wet" city.

Located in the eastern coalfields of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, Pike County was established in the year 1821. It was the seventieth county formed in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Pike County was named in honor of General Zebulon M. Pike and is home to the 59th Governor of Kentucky, Paul Patton.

Pike County is the easternmost county in Kentucky and is bounded by Martin County to the North, West Virginia to the Northeast and East, Virginia to the Southeast and South, by Letcher County to the Southwest and by Floyd County to the West.

Pike County Occupational Tax; Our Home in The Mountains. Offices. 911 & Emergency Management Rexel Nee Jackson, Director – 606-432-0210. Animal Shelter Bill Tussey, Director – 606-432-6293. County Attorney Paul Howard Jr. Roy Downey, Assistant 606-432-6250. County Clerk Darrell Pugh – 606-432-6211.

Pikeville (/ ˈ p aɪ k v əl /) is a home rule-class city in and the county seat of Pike County, Kentucky, United States. [5] Its population was 7,754 as of the 2020 U.S. Census. Pikeville serves as a regional economic, educational, and entertainment hub for the surrounding areas of eastern Kentucky, Virginia, and West Virginia.

The mission will be accomplished via researching the Appalachian cultural arts, humanities, personal, social, political, economic, and industrial forces which have contributed to shaping the history of Pike County and the area heretofore mentioned.

1 天前 · PIKE COUNTY, KY (WOWK) – Several homes and businesses were damaged in Floyd and Pike counties in severe weather overnight, and the National Weather Service is on the ground working to determine if that weather event was a tornado. One nonprofit organization known for helping others is now in need of help themselves. A United Helping Hands ...

2019年5月2日 · Pikeville-Pike County, Kentucky is quickly becoming a popular tourist destination for not only those interested in Hatfield and McCoy Feud lore, but also those who enjoy authentic country experiences and outdoor adventure.

685 Hambley Blvd. Pikeville, Kentucky, 41501. Go on an outdoor excursion into the Appalachian Mountains of Eastern Kentucky, where the Hatfields & McCoys called home. See the authentic sites where these famous feuding families lived and worked.

Thousands of people from all around the world have visited Pike County, Kentucky to immerse themselves into some of America’s richest historical locales. Pike County is home to most of the significant Hatfield and McCoy historic feud sites, which are open to the …