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Democrat, Kentucky

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Democrat is an unincorporated community in Letcher County, in the U.S. state of Kentucky. [1]

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History

A post office called Democrat was established in 1892, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1985. [2] The community was so named because the postmaster, Isom Sergent, was politically a Democrat. [3]

Notable person

Samuel C. Collins, physicist, was born at Democrat in 1898. [4]

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Democrat, Kentucky
  2. ↑ "Letcher County". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on October 10, 2014. Retrieved April 29, 2015.
  3. ↑ Bergstrom, Bill (December 11, 1984). "Origins of place names are traced". Kentucky New Era. pp. 2B. Retrieved April 29, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Samuel Collins". American Institute of Physics. Retrieved June 9, 2019.

37°14′00″N82°48′12″W / 37.23333°N 82.80333°W / 37.23333; -82.80333


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