Hi Hat, Kentucky

Hi Hat, Kentucky
Hi Hat
Location within the state of Kentucky
Hi Hat
Hi Hat (the United States)
Coordinates: 37°23′30″N 82°43′45″W / 37.39167°N 82.72917°W / 37.39167; -82.72917
CountryUnited States
StateKentucky
CountyFloyd
Elevation
1,030 ft (310 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP codes
41636
GNIS feature ID494104[1]

Hi Hat is an unincorporated community and coal town located in Floyd County, Kentucky, United States. Its post office is still open.

History

A post office was established in the community, then known as Fed, in 1881. In 1943, the coal town was renamed for the Hi Hat Elkhorn Mining Company.[2]

Geography

Hi Hat is located on Kentucky Route 122 at the southern terminus of Kentucky Route 979. The community was once located at a dead end of the Long Fork Subdivision, a railroad line owned and operated by CSX Transportation that split from the E&BV Subdivision at Martin.[3]

Education

Hi Hat is served by the Floyd County School District and is home to South Floyd PK-8 School. The now-defunct South Floyd High School was also located here.

See also

United States portal

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hi Hat, Kentucky
  2. ^ Rennick, Robert M. (1987). Kentucky Place Names. University Press of Kentucky. p. 140. ISBN 0813126312. Retrieved April 28, 2013.
  3. ^ "LF-Long Fork Sub - the RadioReference Wiki".

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