Melvin
Melvin is an unincorporated community and coal town in Floyd County, Kentucky, United States.- Type: Hamlet
- Description: unincorporated community in Floyd County, Kentucky
- Also known as: “Melvin, Kentucky” and “Melvin, KY”
- Postal code: 41650
Places of Interest
Highlights include Southeast State Correctional Complex.
Southeast State Correctional Complex
Prison
Southeast State Correctional Complex, formerly the Otter Creek Correctional Center, is a medium-security prison located in Wheelwright, Kentucky. The facility is owned by CoreCivic and is operated by the Kentucky Department of Corrections.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Weeksbury and Burton.
Weeksbury
Hamlet
Weeksbury is an unincorporated community and coal town in Floyd County, Kentucky, United States. It was also known as Weeksburg. It is on Kentucky Route 466. Weeksbury is situated 1½ miles south of Melvin.
Burton
Hamlet
Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.
Burton is an unincorporated community and coal town in Floyd County, Kentucky, United States. Burton is situated 2 miles west of Melvin.
Ligon
Hamlet
Ligon is an unincorporated community and coal town in Floyd County, Kentucky, United States. The community is on U.S. Route 460. Ligon is situated 2 miles northeast of Melvin.
Melvin
- Categories: unincorporated community in the United States and locality
- Location: Floyd, Kentucky, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.35038° or 37° 21′ 1″ northLongitude
-82.69405° or 82° 41′ 39″ westElevation
1,083 feet (330 metres)Open location code
869V9824+59OpenStreetMap ID
node 154365989OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Urdu—“Melvin” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “梅爾文”
- French: “Melvin”
- Irish: “Melvin”
- Persian: “ملوین، کنتاکی”
- Persian: “ملوین”
- South Azerbaijani: “ملوین، کنتاکی”
- Urdu: “میلون، کینٹکی”
- Urdu: “میلون”
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