Whitley City, Kentucky | |
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![]() McCreary County courthouse in Whitley City | |
Location in Kentucky | |
Coordinates: 36°43′26″N 84°28′23″W / 36.72389°N 84.47306°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Kentucky |
County | McCreary |
Area | |
• Total | 2.32 sq mi (6.00 km2) |
• Land | 2.31 sq mi (5.97 km2) |
• Water | 0.01 sq mi (0.03 km2) |
Elevation | 1,299 ft (396 m) |
Population | |
• Total | 968 |
• Density | 419.59/sq mi (162.02/km2) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
ZIP code | 42653 |
Area code | 606 |
FIPS code | 21-82938 |
GNIS feature ID | 2403026[2] |
Whitley City is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in McCreary County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 968 at the 2020 census,[3] down from 1,170 in 2010. It is the county seat of McCreary County.[4] Whitley City is one of two unincorporated county seats in Kentucky (the other being Burlington in Boone County).