Democrat is an unincorporated community in Letcher County, in the U.S. state of Kentucky.[1]

History

A post office called Democrat was established in 1892, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1985.[2] The community was so named because the postmaster, Isom Sergent, was politically a Democrat.[3]

Notable person

Samuel C. Collins, physicist, was born at Democrat in 1898.[4]

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Democrat, Kentucky
  2. ^ "Letcher County". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on October 10, 2014. Retrieved April 29, 2015.
  3. ^ Bergstrom, Bill (December 11, 1984). "Origins of place names are traced". Kentucky New Era. pp. 2B. Retrieved April 29, 2015.
  4. ^ "Samuel Collins". American Institute of Physics. Retrieved June 9, 2019.

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