Jonancy, Kentucky

Jonancy
Jonancy is located in Kentucky
Jonancy
Jonancy
Location within the state of Kentucky
Jonancy is located in the United States
Jonancy
Jonancy
Jonancy (the United States)
Coordinates: 37°18′59″N 82°34′59″W / 37.31639°N 82.58306°W / 37.31639; -82.58306
CountryUnited States
StateKentucky
CountyPike
Elevation
945 ft (288 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (EST)
ZIP codes
41538
GNIS feature ID508353[1]

Jonancy is a small unincorporated community and coal town in Pike County, Kentucky, United States, in the far eastern part of the state.[2] The latitude and longitude are 37.316N and -82.583W. Jonancy is in the Eastern Coal Field region. The community is in the Eastern time zone.

According to James Blake Miller, the hamlet's best-known resident, Jonancy was "named after my great-great-great grandparents: Joe and Nancy Miller ... [t]hey were the first people in those parts."[3]

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Jonancy, Kentucky
  2. ^ "Jonancy Populated Place Profile / Pike County, Kentucky Data".
  3. ^ SFGate.com