Blackey, Kentucky

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• Scammers Promise Lightning Proof Home
  

  A Letcher County couple falls victim to three scammers who promised to lightning proof their home.

• Couple Falls Victim To Lightning-Proofing Scam
  

  A Police in Letcher County are warning people to be on the lookout for some scam artists.

• Environmentalist John Cleveland, 55, dies
  

  John Cleveland, an environmental activist who worked on coal and gas issues in Eastern Kentucky, was killed Monday when a tree fell on him at his farm near Blackey in Letcher County, friends said.

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  The U.N. Commission on Human Rights recently held hearings and designated systematic rape as an act of war.

• 'A special friend and teacher'
  

  For Gaynell Begley, home and peace literally swung at the end of the long porch of the store in Blackey, Ky., that was run for decades by her father, C.B. Caudill, and then by Gaynell and her late husband, Joe ...

City Description

Blackey is a city in Letcher County, Kentucky, United States. As of the 2000 census, the population was 153. It is located in the vicinity of one of the earliest English settlements, Indian Bottom. Blackey is thought to have been named after Blackey Brown, one of its citizens. Blackey is located at 37°8′25″N 82°58′46″W / 37.14028, -82.97944 (37.140413, -82.979368). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.5 square miles (1.3 km²), all land. As of the census of 2000, there were 153 people, 65 households, and 49 families residing in the city. The population density was 314.6 people per square mile (120.6/km²). There were 73 housing units at an average density of 150.1/sq mi (57.5/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 98.69% White and 1.31% from two or more races. There were 65 households out of which 23.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.0% were married couples living together, 10.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.1% were non-families. 21.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 6.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.35 and the

City Contained By:

• United States
• Letcher County
• Kentucky

Timezones:

• North American Eastern Time Zone

Size:

• 1.29499405517 km squared

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