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Morehead

Morehead is a small city at the foot of the . The 2020 census puts the population as 7151. It is the home of Morehead State University, one Kentucky's seven public universities.
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  • Type: Town with 7,580 residents
  • Description: city in Rowan County, Kentucky
  • Also known as: “Morehead, Kentucky” and “Morehead, KY”
  • Postal code: 40351

Places of Interest

Highlights include Jayne Stadium and Allen Field.

Stadium
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, to be renamed Phil Simms Stadium on October 18, 2025, is a 10,000-seat multi-purpose stadium in Morehead, Kentucky, United States. It opened in 1964 and is home to the Morehead State University Eagles football team.

Stadium
John "Sonny" is a baseball venue in Morehead, Kentucky, . It is home to the Morehead State Eagles baseball team of the NCAA Division I Ohio Valley Conference.

Arts center
The is a folk art museum administered by Morehead State University in Morehead, , . Its focus is not only to preserve and educate the public on visual Appalachian folk art but also to promote traditional Appalachian traditional music, storytelling, literature, dance, and crafts.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Clearfield and Rodburn.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in , , United States. The community is located along Kentucky Route 519 1.5 miles south of Morehead. has a with ZIP code 40313.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in , in the U.S. state of .

Morehead

Latitude
38.184° or 38° 11′ 2″ north
Longitude
-83.4327° or 83° 25′ 58″ west
Population
7,580
Elevation
738 feet (225 metres)
Open location code
86CR5HM8+HW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 154124589
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
4301307
Wiki­data ID
Q1904491
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Waray—“Morehead” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مورهيد”
  • Basque: “Morehead”
  • Belarusian: “Морхед”
  • Catalan: “Morehead”
  • Cebuano: “Morehead”
  • Chechen: “Моргед”
  • Chinese: “Morehead”
  • Chinese: “莫尔黑德”
  • Czech: “Morehead”
  • Danish: “Morehead”
  • Dutch: “Morehead”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مورهيد”
  • French: “Morehead”
  • German: “Morehead”
  • Gilaki: “مؤرهد (کنتاکي)”
  • Gilaki: “مؤرهد”
  • Greek: “Μόρχεντ”
  • Haitian: “Morehead, Kentucky”
  • Haitian: “Morehead”
  • Hungarian: “Morehead”
  • Ido: “Morehead, Kentucky”
  • Ido: “Morehead”
  • Irish: “Morehead”
  • Italian: “Morehead”
  • Japanese: “モアヘッド”
  • Kazakh: “Морхид”
  • Kirghiz: “Морхид”
  • Ladin: “Morehead”
  • Malagasy: “Morehead, Kentucky”
  • Malagasy: “Morehead”
  • Mazanderani: “مورهد”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Morehead”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Morehead”
  • Persian: “مورهد، کنتاکی”
  • Persian: “مورهد”
  • Polish: “Morehead”
  • Portuguese: “Morehead”
  • Russian: “Морхед”
  • Serbian: “Morehead, Kentucky”
  • Serbian: “Morehead”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Morehead, Kentucky”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Morehead”
  • Slovak: “Morehead”
  • South Azerbaijani: “مورهد، کنتاکی”
  • Spanish: “Morehead”
  • Swedish: “Morehead, Kentucky”
  • Swedish: “Morehead”
  • Tatar: “Моргед”
  • Turkish: “Morehead, Kentucky”
  • Turkish: “Morehead”
  • Ukrainian: “Моргед”
  • Uzbek: “Morehead”
  • Volapük: “Morehead”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Morehead, Kentucky”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Morehead”

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