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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.
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.
The listing included nine residences as contributing buildings adjacent to the University of Pikeville. [1] It is located between, and connected, the Huffman Avenue Historic District, also NRHP-listed in 1984, and the Pikeville College Academy Building which was already listed on the National Register (in 1973). [2] It includes:
A Kentucky judge whom authorities said was fatally shot by a sheriff last week was remembered Sunday as a pioneer who fought against opioid addiction and favored treatment over jail for low-level ...
The Pike County Shootings, also known as the Pike County Massacre, occurred on the night of April 21–22, 2016, when eight people – all belonging to the Rhoden family – were shot and killed in four homes in Pike County, Ohio, near the village of Peebles, 50 miles (80 km) from Columbus and 60 miles (97 km) from Cincinnati.
For many years, the city of Pikeville was one of the leading coal producing regions east of the Mississippi. When the industry hit a downturn, however, the residents of the county were forced to ...
Pikeville: 9: Pauley Bridge: Pauley Bridge: March 26, 1992 : Across the Levisa Fork of the Big Sandy River from Pauley to U.S. Routes 23/460: Pikeville: 10: Pikeville College Academy Building: Pikeville College Academy Building: February 16, 1973
In 1987, an FBI agent named Mark Putnam began his first investigation in Pikeville, Kentucky. [3] His aim was to arrest a 32-year-old ex-convict and bank robber, Carl Edward "Cat Eyes" Lockhart, who was a friend of Kenneth Smith. [5]