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Whitesburg (Kentucky)
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Whitesburg is a home rule-class city in and the county seat of Letcher County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 2,139 at the 2010 census and an estimated 1,875 in 2018. It was named for John D. White, a state politician.
Whitesburg was founded in 1842 on land offered by Stephen Hiram Hogg to build the county seat. Previously called Summit city, It was renamed for John D. White who had introduced Letcher county's enactment bill in the State legislature.
Whitesburg is located in central Letcher County at (37.117867, -82.821068) in the valley of the North Fork of the Kentucky River, west of the border of Kentucky and Virginia.
Kentucky Route 15 passes through the city, leading northwest to Hazard. It has its eastern terminus in the east part of Whitesburg at U.S. Route 119. US 119 leads northeast to U.S. Route 23 at Jenkins and southwest over Pine Mountain to Cumberland.
According to the United States Census Bureau, Whitesburg has a total area of , of which are land and , or 2.23%, are water.
Whitesburg is located within a climatic transition zone between the humid subtropical climate and the humid continental climate zones. Summers are hot, humid and wet. July is the warmest month, with an average high of and an average low of . Winters are generally cool to cold, with occasional snowfall. January is the coldest month, with an average high of and an average low of . May receives the most precipitation with an average of . The highest recorded temperature was in 1998, and the lowest recorded temperature was in 1996.
According to the census of 2000, there were 1,600 people, 642 households, and 412 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 733 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 96.19% White, 0.62% African American, 2.62% Asian, 0.06% from other races, and 0.50% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.56% of the population.
There were 642 households, out of which 27.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.
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