Kentuck, West Virginia

Kentuck, West Virginia
Unincorporated community
Kentuck is located in West Virginia
Kentuck
Kentuck
Kentuck is located in the United States
Kentuck
Kentuck
Coordinates: 38°39′20″N 81°35′25″W / 38.65556°N 81.59028°W / 38.65556; -81.59028
CountryUnited States
StateWest Virginia
CountyJackson
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP codes
25249

Kentuck (also New Kentucky) is an unincorporated community in southeastern Jackson County, West Virginia, United States. It lies along Kentuck Road southeast of the city of Ripley, the county seat of Jackson County.[1] Its elevation is 922 feet (281 m).[2]

The community was named after the state of Kentucky.[3]

  1. ^ DeLorme. West Virginia Atlas & Gazetteer. 4th ed. Yarmouth: DeLorme, 2007, p. 33, 43. ISBN 0-89933-327-3.
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Kentuck, West Virginia, Geographic Names Information System, 1980-06-27. Accessed 2008-05-31.
  3. ^ Kenny, Hamill (1945). West Virginia Place Names: Their Origin and Meaning, Including the Nomenclature of the Streams and Mountains. Piedmont, WV: The Place Name Press. p. 347.