Pike County, Kentucky

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Pike County, Kentucky is a coal-rich Appalachian county in eastern Kentucky known for its rugged mountainous terrain and historic Hatfield–McCoy feud connections.

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Pike County, Kentucky canonical 24

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative territorial entity ⓘ
county ⓘ
borderedBy West Virginia ⓘ
bordersOn Virginia–West Virginia state line region ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
countySeat Pikeville, Kentucky ⓘ
economyType coal-based economy ⓘ
governmentType county government in Kentucky ⓘ
hasCharacteristic mountainous ⓘ
rural ⓘ
hasCity Pikeville, Kentucky ⓘ
hasCulturalAssociation Appalachian culture ⓘ
hasGeographicalFeature mountain hollows ⓘ
steep valleys ⓘ
hasHistoricAssociation Hatfield family ⓘ
McCoy family ⓘ
hasHistoricEvent Hatfield–McCoy feud ⓘ
hasIndustry coal mining industry ⓘ
hasJurisdiction Pikeville, Kentucky ⓘ
unincorporated communities in Pike County, Kentucky ⓘ
hasNaturalResource coal ⓘ
hasRegion Appalachian coalfield ⓘ
hasRiver Big Sandy River ⓘ
Levisa Fork ⓘ
hasSettlement Pikeville, Kentucky ⓘ
hasTerrain rugged mountainous terrain ⓘ
hasTransportationCorridor U.S. Route 119 in Kentucky ⓘ
U.S. Route 23 in Kentucky ⓘ
isPartOf Central Appalachian coalfield ⓘ
knownFor Hatfield–McCoy feud connections ⓘ
coal mining ⓘ
coal-rich deposits ⓘ
locatedIn Appalachian Plateau ⓘ
Appalachian region ⓘ
Eastern Kentucky ⓘ
linked to: eastern Kentucky

Kentucky ⓘ
United States Census Bureau-designated Eastern Kentucky region ⓘ
linked to: eastern Kentucky

United States South region ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
mountainRange Appalachian Mountains ⓘ
namedAfter Zebulon Pike ⓘ
partOf Commonwealth of Kentucky ⓘ
linked to: Kentucky
regionType Appalachian county ⓘ
seatOfGovernment Pikeville, Kentucky ⓘ
state Kentucky ⓘ
subdivisionType county ⓘ

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Zebulon Pike → namesakeOf → Pike County, Kentucky ⓘ
Pikeville, Kentucky → county → Pike County, Kentucky ⓘ
Pikeville, Kentucky → isCountySeatOf → Pike County, Kentucky ⓘ
Eastern Kentucky → contains → Pike County, Kentucky ⓘ
subject linked to: eastern Kentucky
Williamson, West Virginia → adjacentTo → Pike County, Kentucky ⓘ
subject linked to: Williamson
Mingo County, West Virginia → borderedBy → Pike County, Kentucky ⓘ
Tug Fork → separates → Pike County, Kentucky ⓘ
Tug Fork → locatedIn → Pike County, Kentucky ⓘ
Hatfield–McCoy feud → notableLocation → Pike County, Kentucky ⓘ
West Virginia–Kentucky border → crossesCounty → Pike County, Kentucky ⓘ
McCoy family → associatedWith → Pike County, Kentucky ⓘ
Levisa Fork of the Big Sandy River → flowsThrough → Pike County, Kentucky ⓘ
Pikeville Medical Center → locatedIn → Pike County, Kentucky ⓘ
Eastern Kentucky Exposition Center → locatedIn → Pike County, Kentucky ⓘ
Pikeville Cut-Through → locatedIn → Pike County, Kentucky ⓘ
Pikeville Cut-Through → regionServed → Pike County, Kentucky ⓘ
Pikeville Independent Schools → locatedIn → Pike County, Kentucky ⓘ
Pikeville High School → locatedIn → Pike County, Kentucky ⓘ
Pike County Regional Airport → locatedIn → Pike County, Kentucky ⓘ
Pike County Regional Airport → servesRegion → Pike County, Kentucky ⓘ
Breaks Interstate Park → locatedInCounty → Pike County, Kentucky ⓘ
Letcher County, Kentucky → borderedBy → Pike County, Kentucky ⓘ
US 119 → passesThrough → Pike County, Kentucky ⓘ
Floyd County, Kentucky → borderedBy → Pike County, Kentucky ⓘ