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Letcher County, Kentucky

156 Main St Suite 102
Whitesburg, KY 41858
Phone: (606) 633-2432
Fax: (606) 632-9282
www.letchercountykentucky.net

On southeastern border of KY; organized Mar 3, 1842 from Harlan and Perry counties. Name Origin: For Robert Perkins Letcher (1788-1861), U.S. representative from KY (1823-33; 1834-35), governor (1840-44), and U.S. Minister to Mexico (1849-52).

Area (sq mi): 339.12 (land 339.04; water 0.07). Pop per sq mi: 72.10.
Pop 2005: 24,434. State rank: 45. Pop change: 2000-20005 -3.30%; 1990-2000 -6.40%. Pop 2000: 25,277 (White 98.30%; Black or African American 0.50%; Hispanic or Latino 0.40%; Asian 0.30%; Other 0.50%). Foreign born: 0.40%. Median age: 37.90.
Income 2000: per capita $11,984; median household $21,110; Pop below poverty level: 27.10%. *Personal per capita income 2000-2003: $17,177-$19,367.
Unemployment 2004: 7.10%. Change from 2000: 0.70%. Median travel time to work: 25.90 minutes. Working outside county of residence: 27.60%.

Cities with population over 10,000: None.

See other counties in Kentucky.

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No references found	Study Context: Letcher County, Kentucky Located in the Appalachian coalfields of eastern Kentucky, Letcher County provides the physical, cultural, and social contexts for this study. Water quality, health, and human occupations by Blakeney, Anne B.; Marshall, Amy / AJOT: American Journal of Occupational Therapy For seven years, the best old-time musicians in Kentucky have come to the school, in Letcher County near Whitesburg, to spend the last week of June teaching old-time tunes to mixed classes of children and adults. Mountain music: saving a community and its culture, one kid at a time by Collum, Danny Duncan / Sojourners Magazine Fools and Environmentalists In Kentucky, the chief administrative officer of a county is called the "judge executive," and Carroll Smith served three terms as such for Letcher County. Moving mountains: the human costs of our coal economy by Sloan, Bob / Earth Island Journal	LessTif Lessways, Hilda leste Lester Bowles Pearson Lester Halbert Germer Lester, Jeeter Lestidae Lestinae Lestoniidae Lestoros Inca Lestrade Lesueur, Jean François Lesueur, Jean-Francois Lesueur, Jean-François Leszczycki, Stanislaw Leszczynski, Boleslaw Leszetycki, Teodor Leszno LET let down let floating let in let-in brace Letavet, Avgust Letavet, Avgust Andreevich Letcher County Letcher, John Letchworth Letchworth Mounds State Park Letchworth State Park letdown Lethaby, William Richard lethal area lethal concentration 50 Lethal Dose lethal dose 50 lethal equivalent value lethal gene lethal mutation lethal radius Lethality Lethargy Lethbridge Lethe Lethrus Apterus Letichev Leticia Letinula edodes Letka Letnerechenskii Letnii Bereg	Let-alone let-down let-down Let-down reflex let-downs let-downs let-in brace Let-off let-offs let-out let-outs Let-up let-ups Let’s Have a Cup of Tea Principle LETA Letairis Letalska Zveza Slovenije LETARC LETAS Letavet, Avgust Letavet, Avgust Andreevich LETB LETBI LETC LETCEE letch letch Letcher County Letcher County Central High School Letcher County, Kentucky Letcher County, KY Letcher, John Letchery Letchery Letchery Letchery Letchworth Letchworth Letchworth District Gardeners Association Letchworth Garden City Letchworth Garden City Letchworth Garden City Council Letchworth Garden City Heritage Foundation Letchworth Mounds State Park Letchworth State Park Letchworth, England Letchworth, England Letchy LETD LETDF letdown letdown letdown letdown Letdown reflex Lete Letellier Material Handling Equipment Leten

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Study Context: Letcher County, Kentucky Located in the Appalachian coalfields of eastern Kentucky, Letcher County provides the physical, cultural, and social contexts for this study.

Water quality, health, and human occupations by Blakeney, Anne B.; Marshall, Amy / AJOT: American Journal of Occupational Therapy

For seven years, the best old-time musicians in Kentucky have come to the school, in Letcher County near Whitesburg, to spend the last week of June teaching old-time tunes to mixed classes of children and adults.

Mountain music: saving a community and its culture, one kid at a time by Collum, Danny Duncan / Sojourners Magazine

Fools and Environmentalists In Kentucky, the chief administrative officer of a county is called the "judge executive," and Carroll Smith served three terms as such for Letcher County.

Moving mountains: the human costs of our coal economy by Sloan, Bob / Earth Island Journal