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Corbin, Kentucky



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Temperature: 36.1 °F

Humidity: 74 %
Wind Speed: 6 mph SSE
Pressure: 29.61 "

Dew Point: 28 °F
Gusts: 16 mph SSE
Rain Today: 0.00 "





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    City Description

    Corbin is a city in Whitley and Knox counties in the southeastern portion of the U.S. state of Kentucky. The urbanized area around Corbin extends into Laurel County; this area, known as North Corbin, is not incorporated into the city limits, due to a state law prohibiting cities from being in more than two counties. Much of the North Corbin area is served by the city's public services, however. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 7,742, with 17,558 living in the "urban cluster" that includes Corbin. The post office at the site was originally named Cummins for community founder Nelson Cummins. However, when it was discovered in 1885 that both Cummins and Lynn Camp were already in use as names for Kentucky post offices, postmaster James Eaton was asked to select another name. He chose Corbin, perhaps for James Corbin Floyd, a local minister. (In a copy of the Corbin-Times Tribune published in 1906, James Eaton is quoted as saying he named the town after James Corbin Floyd,who was "the finest man I know.")(The word, Corbin, itself is derived from the Latin corvus, meaning raven; compare French corbeau.) The town was incorporated under that name in 1905. Corbin is a

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    City Contained By:

    • Whitley County
    • Kentucky
    • Knox County

    Timezones:

    • North American Eastern Time Zone

    Size:

    • 19.1659120165 km squared

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