Whitesburg
A city in Letcher County, Kentucky — population 1,711 as of 2022.
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The Mountain Eagle
September 9Funeral services will be held Saturday for Linda Le Combs, 87, who died September 5 at Whitesburg Appalachian Regional Hospital. Born at Ice on April 4, 1939, she was a daughter of the late William Hugh and Hazel Cook Brown. Mrs. Combs grew up in the Ice community and was…
ObituariesThe Mountain Eagle
September 2The town of Blackey is seen from above in this drone photograph by Mountain Eagle contributing photographer Malcolm J. Wilson, taken on a foggy morning before the catastrophic July 2022 flood altered parts of the community’s downtown. Blackey also has an unusual place in Dolly…
Creatives & ArtsThe Mountain Eagle
September 2U.S. Rep. Hal Rogers says planning is continuing for the proposed federal prison at Roxana, including work by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Rogers gave the update while meeting with local officials and Corps representatives in Whitesburg on August 19. “I am receiving monthly…
Real Estate & DevelopmentIn and around Whitesburg
See & do
- City of Whitesburg Sensory Park
- Harry M Caudill Memorial Library
- Letcher County Recreational Center
- Letcher Veterans Memorial Museum
- Town Hill Apartments
Eat, drink & stay
- Babes Back Alley BBQ
- Kentucky Mist Distillery - Whitesburg
- Dairy Queen Grill & Chill1537 Jenkins Rd
- Dairy Queen Grill & Chill800 Hazard Rd
- Forever Ice Cream
Shops & services
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Whitesburg by the numbers
- Median age
- 43.8
- Households
- 716
- Persons per household
- 2.2
- Median house value
- $111,700