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Letcher

Letcher County is a county located in the U.S. state of . As of the 2020 census, the population was 21,548. Its county seat is . It was created in 1842 from Harlan and Perry counties, and named for Robert P.
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  • Type: County with 21,500 residents
  • Description: county in Kentucky, United States
  • Also known as: “Letcher County”, “Letcher County, Kentucky”, and “Letcher County, KY”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Whitesburg and Whitco.

Town
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is a home rule-class city in and the county seat of Letcher County, , United States. The population was at the 2020 census and an estimated 1,711 in 2022.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community and coal town in Letcher County, , United States. A post office operated in from 1918 to 1933.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in Letcher County, , United States. owes its name to a complaint that someone made about the icy weather when the hamlet's post office was established on December 23, 1897.

Letcher

Latitude
37.1209° or 37° 7′ 15″ north
Longitude
-82.8452° or 82° 50′ 43″ west
Population
21,500
Elevation
1,243 feet (379 metres)
Open location code
869V45C3+9W
Open­Street­Map ID
node 316958913
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
4297909
Wiki­data ID
Q505499
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Letcher” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Letcher County”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة ليتشر”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعه ليتشر، كنتاكي”
  • Armenian: “Լետչեր շրջան”
  • Asturian: “condáu de Letcher”
  • Basque: “Letcher konderria”
  • Bavarian: “Letcher County, Kentucky”
  • Bavarian: “Letcher County”
  • Belarusian: “Летчэр”
  • Bishnupriya: “লেচের কাউন্টি, কেন্টাকি”
  • Bishnupriya: “লেচের কাউন্টি”
  • Bulgarian: “Лечър”
  • Catalan: “comtat de Letcher”
  • Cebuano: “Letcher County”
  • Chechen: “Летчер”
  • Chinese: “Letcher Kūn”
  • Chinese: “莱彻县”
  • Chinese: “萊徹縣”
  • Chinese: “萊徹郡”
  • Dutch: “Letcher County”
  • Estonian: “Letcheri maakond”
  • Finnish: “Letcherin piirikunta”
  • French: “comté de Letcher”
  • French: “Comté de Letcher”
  • Ganda: “Letcher County, Kentucky”
  • Georgian: “ლეტჩერის ოლქი”
  • German: “Letcher County”
  • Gilaki: “لتچر ٚ شأرستان (کنتاکي)”
  • Gilaki: “لتچر ٚ شأرستان”
  • Greek: “κομητεία Λέτσερ”
  • Greek: “Κομητεία Λέτσερ”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז לצ’ר”
  • Hungarian: “Letcher megye”
  • Irish: “Contae Letcher”
  • Italian: “contea di Letcher”
  • Italian: “Contea di Letcher”
  • Japanese: “レッチャー郡”
  • Korean: “레처군”
  • Low German: “Letcher County”
  • Mazanderani: “لتچر شهرستان”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Letcher Gông”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Letcher Kūn”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Letcher County”
  • Norwegian: “Letcher County”
  • Persian: “شهرستان لتچر، کنتاکی”
  • Persian: “شهرستان لتچر”
  • Polish: “Hrabstwo Letcher”
  • Portuguese: “Condado de Letcher”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Letcher, Kentucky”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Letcher”
  • Russian: “Летчер”
  • Sardinian: “contea de Letcher”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Letcher County”
  • Serbian: “Округ Лечер”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Letcher County, Kentucky”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Letcher County”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Letcher (Kentucky)”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Letcher”
  • Swedish: “Letcher County”
  • Tatar: “Летчер (округ, Кентуки)”
  • Tatar: “Летчер”
  • Tumbuka: “Letcher County, Kentucky”
  • Tumbuka: “Letcher County”
  • Turkish: “Letcher County, Kentucky”
  • Turkish: “Letcher County, Ky.”
  • Turkish: “Letcher County, KY”
  • Turkish: “Letcher County”
  • Turkish: “Letcher ilçesi, Kentucky”
  • Turkish: “Letcher ilçesi, Ky.”
  • Turkish: “Letcher ilçesi, KY”
  • Turkish: “Letcher ilçesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Летчер”
  • Urdu: “لیچر کاؤنٹی، کینٹکی”
  • Urdu: “لیچر کاؤنٹی”
  • Venetian: “contea de Letcher”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Letcher, Kentucky”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Letcher”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Letcher, Kentucky”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Letcher”
  • Welsh: “Letcher County, Kentucky”
  • Welsh: “Letcher County”
  • Western Panjabi: “لیچر کاؤنٹی”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Sandlick Church and Sandlick Creek Cemetery.

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