Pikeville

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Pikeville

Total population

7,490

Median home value

$263,800

40.4%

Bachelor's+

Median income

$39,955

Pikeville$40k

National$74k

Founded

1824

Elevation207 m

Land area54.57 km²

Weather69°F · Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Areas Of Fog

Coordinates37.48°, -82.53°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Pikeville is a home rule-class city in and the county seat of Pike County, Kentucky, United States. Its population was 7,754 as of the 2020 census. Pikeville serves as a regional economic, educational, and entertainment hub for the surrounding areas of eastern Kentucky, Virginia, and West Virginia. It is home to the University of Pikeville and the Pikeville Cut-Through, the second-largest earthmoving project in the Western Hemisphere.

Demographics & economy

Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Current forecast

Forecast for Pikeville, KY from NOAA NWS API.

Schools

Public K–12 schools within ~10 mi from Urban Institute Education Data Portal (NCES Common Core of Data, 2022).

Notable people from here

Patty Loveless

American country music singer

Dwight Yoakam

American country singer-songwriter, actor, and film director

Mark Reynolds

American baseball player

Wendy Williams

American transexual pornographic actress and model

Jack Smith

pitcher in Major League Baseball

Jerry Layne

American baseball umpire

J

John O'Neil

American baseball player

M

Misty Daniels

American actress

R

Robert Damron

professional golfer

E

Ewing Galloway

American lawyer and journalist (1880-1953)

W

Woody Blackburn

American golfer, PGA Tour member

D

Dalton Maldonado

American basketball player

P

Preston Spradlin

American college basketball coach

James A. Scott

American politician

R

Ralph Wilson

college basketball player (1952–1954) Marquette

Phillip Wheeler

American politician

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Kentucky

• Betsy Layne
  7.4 mi away
• Virgie
  10.4 mi away · pop. 424
• Wayland
  15.1 mi away
• Belfry
  17.3 mi away
• Prestonsburg
  19.2 mi away
• Pippa Passes
  21.3 mi away
• Fleming-Neon
  21.5 mi away
• Auxier
  22.1 mi away
• Van Lear
  23.9 mi away
• Payne Gap
  24.1 mi away
• Millstone
  24.8 mi away
• West Van Lear
  25.4 mi away

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Pikeville

Pikeville College, Pikeville, Kentucky Catalog; 1963-1964

Pikeville College · 2021

Pikeville College, Pikeville, Kentucky Catalog; 1961-1962

Pikeville College · 2021

Pikeville College, Pikeville, Kentucky Catalog; 1958-1959

Pikeville College · 2021

Pikeville College, Pikeville, Kentucky Catalog; 1959-1960

Pikeville College · 2021

Term of district court at Pikeville, Ky

United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary · 1936

Pike County, Kentucky marriages, 1866 to 1900

Oscar Thomas Atkins · 1993

Kentucky's last frontier

Henry Preston Scalf · 1966

Kentucky voices

1997

Search results from Open Library.