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Whitesburg

Whitesburg is a home rule-class city in and the county seat of , , United States. The population was at the 2020 census and an estimated 1,711 in 2022.
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  • Type: Town with 1,520 residents
  • Description: city in Letcher County, Kentucky, United States of America
  • Also known as: “Whitesburg, Kentucky” and “Whitesburg, KY”
  • Postal code: 41858

Places of Interest

Highlights include Letcher County Central High School.

School
is a public high school containing grades 9–12 in the southeastern city of , United States, about 15 miles from the Virginia border. is situated 2 miles east of Whitesburg.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Whitco and Ice.

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

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in , , 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. is situated 2 miles west of Whitesburg.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in , , United States. Its population was 475 as of the 2020 census. is situated 3½ miles east of Whitesburg.

Whitesburg

Latitude
37.11843° or 37° 7′ 6″ north
Longitude
-82.82683° or 82° 49′ 37″ west
Population
1,520
Elevation
1,171 feet (357 metres)
Open location code
869V459F+97
Open­Street­Map ID
node 154366978
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
4313346
Wiki­data ID
Q2047248
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Waray—“Whitesburg” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ويتسبورغ (كنتاكي)”
  • Arabic: “ويتسبورغ”
  • Basque: “Whitesburg”
  • Catalan: “Whitesburg”
  • Cebuano: “Whitesburg”
  • Chechen: “Вайтсбург”
  • Chinese: “Whitesburg”
  • Chinese: “怀茨堡”
  • Czech: “Whitesburg”
  • Danish: “Whitesburg”
  • Dutch: “Whitesburg”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ويتسبورج”
  • French: “Whitesburg”
  • German: “Whitesburg”
  • Gilaki: “وایتس‌برگ (کنتاکي)”
  • Gilaki: “وایتس‌برگ”
  • Haitian: “Whitesburg, Kentucky”
  • Haitian: “Whitesburg”
  • Hungarian: “Whitesburg”
  • Ido: “Whitesburg, Kentucky”
  • Ido: “Whitesburg”
  • Irish: “Whitesburg”
  • Italian: “Whitesburg”
  • Japanese: “ホワイツバーグ”
  • Kazakh: “Уайтсбург”
  • Kirghiz: “Уайтсбург”
  • Ladin: “Whitesburg”
  • Malagasy: “Whitesburg, Kentucky”
  • Malagasy: “Whitesburg”
  • Mazanderani: “ویتسبورگ”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Whitesburg”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Whitesburg”
  • Norwegian: “Whitesburg”
  • Persian: “ویتسبورگ، کنتاکی”
  • Persian: “ویتسبورگ”
  • Polish: “Whitesburg”
  • Portuguese: “Whitesburg”
  • Serbian: “Вајтсбург”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Whitesburg, Kentucky”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Whitesburg”
  • Slovak: “Whitesburg”
  • South Azerbaijani: “ویتسبورق، کنتاکی”
  • Spanish: “Whitesburg (Kentucky)”
  • Spanish: “Whitesburg”
  • Swedish: “Whitesburg, Kentucky”
  • Swedish: “Whitesburg”
  • Tatar: “Вайтсбург”
  • Ukrainian: “Вайтсбург”
  • Uzbek: “Whitesburg”
  • Volapük: “Whitesburg”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Whitesburg, Kentucky”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Whitesburg”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Letcher County Court House and Letcher County Sheriff’s Department.

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