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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Letcher County

 
Clickable Map of Letcher County, Kentucky and Immediately Adjacent Jurisdictions image/svg+xml 2019-10-06 U.S. Census Bureau, Abe.suleiman; Lokal_Profil; HMdb.org; J.J.Prats/dc:title> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Usa_counties_large.svg Letcher County, KY (31) Harlan County, KY (34) Knott County, KY (11) Perry County, KY (7) Pike County, KY (58) Wise County, VA (42)  LetcherCounty(31) Letcher County (31)  HarlanCounty(34) Harlan County (34)  KnottCounty(11) Knott County (11)  PerryCounty(7) Perry County (7)  PikeCounty(58) Pike County (58)  WiseCountyVirginia(42) Wise County (42)
Whitesburg is the county seat for Letcher County
Adjacent to Letcher County, Kentucky
Harlan County (34)  ►
Knott County (11)  ►
Perry County (7)  ►
Pike County (58)  ►
Wise County, Virginia (42)  ►
 
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1 ► Kentucky, Letcher County, Isom — 1809 — County Named, 1842 — Reported missing
2 ► Kentucky, Letcher County, Isom — 809 — County Named, 1842 —
3 ► Kentucky, Letcher County, Jackhorn — Worst Mine Disaster — Letcher County —
4 ► Kentucky, Letcher County, Jenkins — Brothers Once More — United We Stand, Divided We Fall —
5 ► Kentucky, Letcher County, Jenkins — Caudill’s Army — History of Caudill’s Army —
6 ► Kentucky, Letcher County, Jenkins — Dunham High School — An African American School in Letcher County 1931-1964 —
7 ► Kentucky, Letcher County, Jenkins — 2607 — Dunham High School —
8 ► Kentucky, Letcher County, Jenkins — 1804 — Jenkins —
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9 ► Kentucky, Letcher County, Jenkins — Jenkins - Dunham - Burdine World War II Veterans Memorial —
10 ► Kentucky, Letcher County, Jenkins — 1906 — Lt. Darwin K. Kyle —
11 ► Kentucky, Letcher County, Jenkins — More History —
12 ► Kentucky, Letcher County, Jenkins — Mountain Strong —
13 ► Kentucky, Letcher County, Jenkins — 510 — Pound Gap —
14 ► Kentucky, Letcher County, Jenkins — Sept. 11, 2001 Memorial —
15 ► Kentucky, Letcher County, Jenkins — Virginians Confederate Memorial —
16 ► Kentucky, Letcher County, Jenkins — Welcome to Jenkins — A City Built on Coal —
17 ► Kentucky, Letcher County, Kingdom Come — 1294 — Kingdom Come —
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18 ► Kentucky, Letcher County, Letcher — 1197 — Pioneer Ancestor —
19 ► Kentucky, Letcher County, Letcher — 2576 — Wreck at the Bridge — Saturday, March 26, 1966 —
20 ► Kentucky, Letcher County, Ovenfork — 2314 — Scotia Mine Disaster —
21 ► Kentucky, Letcher County, Pound — The Shepherd of the Mountains — In Memory of Bishop Willie Lee Lamb June 6, 1924 - June 22, 2024 — (Interred at Tom Biggs Cemetery, McRoberrts, KY) —
22 ► Kentucky, Letcher County, Pound Gap — Pound Gap Massacre —
23 ► Kentucky, Letcher County, Pound Gap — The Teardrop Monument —
24 ► Kentucky, Letcher County, Whitesburg — 1700 — Early Settler —
25 ► Kentucky, Letcher County, Whitesburg — Harriette Simpson Arnow — Mountain Voices —
26 ► Kentucky, Letcher County, Whitesburg — Harry Monroe Caudill — Mountain Voices —
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27 ► Kentucky, Letcher County, Whitesburg — James Still — Mountain Voices —
28 ► Kentucky, Letcher County, Whitesburg — John Fox, Jr. — Mountain Voices —
29 ► Kentucky, Letcher County, Whitesburg — Letcher County Honor Roll —
30 ► Kentucky, Letcher County, Whitesburg — 1732 — Pilot -- Spy -- Hero / Francis Gary Powers —
31 ► Kentucky, Letcher County, Whitesburg — 1188 — Scuttle Hole Gap Road —
 
 
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Nov. 10, 2026