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Unincorporated community in Kentucky, United States

Unincorporated community in Kentucky, United States
Christopher
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 37°14′1″N 83°10′17″W / 37.23361°N 83.17139°W / 37.23361; -83.17139
CountryUnited States
StateKentucky
CountyPerry
Elevation886 ft (270 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CST)
GNIS feature ID511361

Christopher is an unincorporated community and coal town in Perry County, Kentucky, United States. Their post office 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.

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Christopher, Kentucky
  2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Christopher, Kentucky
  3. Rennick, Robert M. (1987). Kentucky Place Names. University Press of Kentucky. p. 58. ISBN 0813126312. Retrieved April 28, 2013.
Municipalities and communities of Perry County, Kentucky, United States
County seat: Hazard
Cities
Location of Perry County, Kentucky
CDPs
Other
unincorporated
communities
Ghost town
Former mining towns
Post offices
(and the creeks
they are on)


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