Christopher, Kentucky
Unincorporated community in Kentucky, United States
Unincorporated community in Kentucky, United States
37°14′1″N 83°10′17″W / 37.23361°N 83.17139°W / 37.23361; -83.17139Christopher is an unincorporated community and coal town in Perry County, Kentucky, United States. Their post office[2] has been closed.
A post office was established in 1914 in the community then called Douglas. Douglas was renamed Christopher in 1918 in honor of the local Columbus Mining Co., whose founders are said to have come from Columbus, Ohio.[3]
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Municipalities and communities of Perry County, Kentucky, United States
County seat: Hazard
- Buckhorn
- Hazard
unincorporated
communities
- Allock
- Beehive
- Blue Diamond
- Boat
- Bonnyman
- Busy
- Chavies
- Christopher
- Clemons
- Cornettsville
- Daisy
- Defiance
- Delphia
- Doorway
- Dow
- Dunraven
- Farler
- Fourseam
- Fusonia
- Gays Creek
- Glomawr
- Happy
- Happy Valley
- Harveyton
- Hilton
- Hurricane
- Johnson
- Jones
- Kodak
- Krypton
- Lamont
- Leatherwood
- Lead Branch
- Middle Fork
- Miller
- Napfor
- Olivers
- Otter Creek
- Red Hill
- Saul
- Scuddy
- Slemp
- Tilford
- Typo
- Vicco
- Viper
- Wentz
- Woodland Park
- Yerkes
(and the creeks
they are on)
- Lost Creek (includes Lost Creek, Dice, and Engle)
- Troublesome Creek (includes Troublesome, Dwarf, Ary, and Rowdy)
- Big Creek (includes Avawam, Catur, Begley, and Tug)
- North Fork tributaries at Hazard (includes Monos, Butterfly, Lotair, Allais, Airport Gardens, Lennut, Domino, and Combs)
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