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

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″N 82°48′12″W / 37.23333°N 82.80333°W / 37.23333; -82.80333


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