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Also known as Pippa Passes, Kentucky, Pippa Passes, KY

city in the U.S. state of Kentucky

Key facts

Country
United States
State
Kentucky
County
Knott
Named after
a Robert Browning poem
Total
0.44 sq mi (1.15 km )
Land
0.44 sq mi (1.15 km )
Water
0 sq mi (0.00 km )
Elevation
991 ft (302 m)
Density
1,049.9/sq mi (405.36/km )
Time zone
UTC-5 ( Eastern (EST) )
Summer dst
UTC-4 (EDT)
Fips code
21-61374
Gnis feature id
0500757

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Named after
Pippa Passes
Official name
Pippa Passes
Located in
Knott County
Population
468
Area
1.154536
Elevation
302
Image
Alice Lloyd buildings.jpg
Households
64
Dialing code
606
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inception
1983-00-00
postal code
41844
different from
Pippa Passes
water as percent of area
0
per capita income
10839
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Encyclopedic overview

Pippa Passes is a city in Knott County, eastern Kentucky, United States. Its formal name was chosen to honor benefactors of Alice Lloyd College. Residents commonly call the community "Caney" or "Caney Creek". As of the 2020 census, Pippa Passes had a population of 468. The small city is located in the mountainous Appalachia region, an area of coal mining.

History

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pippa Passes” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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