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Stearns

Stearns is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in , , United States. The population was 1,365 at the 2020 census. It was founded by Justus Smith Stearns.
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  • Type: Village with 1,420 residents
  • Description: census designated place in Kentucky, United States
  • Also known as: “Hemlock”, “Stearns, Kentucky”, and “Stearns, KY”
  • Postal code: 42647

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Revelo and Barthell.

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.

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 3 miles west of Stearns.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community within , , United States. is situated 3 miles north of Stearns.

Stearns

Latitude
36.69897° or 36° 41′ 56″ north
Longitude
-84.47744° or 84° 28′ 39″ west
Population
1,420
Elevation
1,339 feet (408 metres)
Open location code
868QMGXF+H2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 154376421
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
4309559
Wiki­data ID
Q547952
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Volapük—“Stearns” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ستيرنز”
  • Basque: “Stearns”
  • Catalan: “Stearns”
  • Cebuano: “Stearns”
  • Chechen: “Стернс”
  • Chinese: “Stearns”
  • Chinese: “斯特恩斯”
  • Dutch: “Stearns”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ستيرنز”
  • French: “Stearns”
  • German: “Stearns”
  • Gilaki: “استیرنز (کنتاکي)”
  • Gilaki: “استیرنز”
  • Irish: “Stearns”
  • Italian: “Stearns”
  • Ladin: “Stearns”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Stearns”
  • Persian: “استیرنز، کنتاکی”
  • Persian: “استیرنز”
  • Polish: “Stearns”
  • Portuguese: “Stearns”
  • Serbian: “Стернс”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Stearns, Kentucky”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Stearns”
  • South Azerbaijani: “استیرنز، کنتاکی”
  • Spanish: “Stearns”
  • Tatar: “Стернс”
  • Ukrainian: “Стернс”
  • Volapük: “Stearns”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Stearns”. Photo: Kybluegrass, CC BY-SA 3.0.