Yerkes
Yerkes is an unincorporated community and coal town in Perry County, Kentucky, United States.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: unincorporated community in Perry County, Kentucky
- Also known as: “Yerkes, Kentucky” and “Yerkes, KY”
- Postal code: 41778
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Busy and Butterfly.
Busy
Hamlet
Busy is an unincorporated community located in Perry County, Kentucky, United States. A post office called Busy was established in 1924. The community was so named on account of its enterprising citizens. Busy has been noted for its unusual place name.
Butterfly
Hamlet
The North Fork Kentucky River has several tributary creeks at, or in the immediate vicinity of, the city of Hazard, Kentucky. They were surveyed by the Kentucky Geological Survey in 1918. Butterfly is situated 2 miles northeast of Yerkes.
Dunraven
Hamlet
Dunraven is an unincorporated community located in Perry County, Kentucky, United States. Its post office is closed. Dunraven is situated 2 miles north of Yerkes.
Yerkes
- Categories: unincorporated community in the United States and locality
- Location: Perry, Kentucky, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.27732° or 37° 16′ 38″ northLongitude
-83.30101° or 83° 18′ 4″ westElevation
876 feet (267 metres)Open location code
869R7MGX+WHOpenStreetMap ID
node 153972344OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Urdu—“Yerkes” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “耶基斯”
- French: “Yerkes”
- Persian: “یرکس، کنتاکی”
- Persian: “یرکس”
- South Azerbaijani: “یرکز، کنتاکی”
- Urdu: “یرکس، کینٹکی”
- Urdu: “یرکس”
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