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Pine Knot

Pine Knot is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in , , United States. The population was 1,380 at the 2020 census, down from 1,621 in 2010.
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  • Type: Hamlet with 1,620 residents
  • Description: census-designated place in McCreary County, Kentucky
  • Also known as: “High Point”, “Pine Knot, Kentucky”, and “Pine Knot, KY”
  • Postal code: 42635

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Strunk and Revelo.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community and coal town in , , United States. The community's post office was established as Lane on February 18, 1892, and was probably named for George W. is situated 2 miles south of Pine Knot.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community within , , United States. Originally a railroad siding for Southern Railway, the community was named for James Henry Oliver, an executive Vice President of Southern's Kentucky Division. is situated 3 miles northwest of Pine Knot.

Hamlet
is a former coal town in , , United States. It was established in 1902 and was the first of 18 mining camps to be built by the Stearns Coal and Lumber Company. is situated 5 miles northwest of Pine Knot.

Pine Knot

Latitude
36.65091° or 36° 39′ 3″ north
Longitude
-84.43855° or 84° 26′ 19″ west
Population
1,620
Elevation
1,421 feet (433 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US IKN
Open location code
868QMH26+9H
Open­Street­Map ID
node 154357526
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
Geo­Names ID
4304361
Wiki­data ID
Q2774180
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Volapük—“Pine Knot” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بين كنوت”
  • Basque: “Pine Knot”
  • Catalan: “Pine Knot”
  • Cebuano: “Pine Knot”
  • Chechen: “Пайн-Нот”
  • Chinese: “Pine Knot”
  • Chinese: “派恩諾特”
  • Dutch: “Pine Knot”
  • French: “Pine Knot”
  • German: “Pine Knot”
  • Gilaki: “پاین نات (کنتاکي)”
  • Gilaki: “پاین نات”
  • Irish: “Pine Knot”
  • Italian: “Pine Knot”
  • Ladin: “Pine Knot”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Pine Knot”
  • Persian: “پاین نات، کنتاکی”
  • Persian: “پاین نات”
  • Polish: “Pine Knot”
  • Portuguese: “Pine Knot”
  • Sanskrit: “पैन् क्नोत,केन्तुक्य्”
  • Sanskrit: “पैन् क्नोत”
  • Serbian: “Пајн Нот”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Pine Knot, Kentucky”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Pine Knot”
  • South Azerbaijani: “پاین نات، کنتاکی”
  • Spanish: “Pine Knot”
  • Tatar: “Пайн-Нот”
  • Ukrainian: “Пайн-Нот”
  • Volapük: “Pine Knot”

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