Summary for Blue Heron

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Located in: McCreary County (see below)

Time Zone: Blue Heron lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT)<1>

Telephone Area Code: 606

Elevation: 1,030 feet [313.94 m] above sea level<2>

GPS Coordinates (Latitude/Longitude)<3>

For the purpose of mapping and calculating distances, we have chosen the following reference point for Blue Heron:

Lat: 36.671500° (or 36°40'17" N)

Lon: -84.545500° (or -84°32'43" W)

USGS Topo Map: Barthell<4>

Federal GNIS/FIPS Codes for Blue Heron

GNIS ID: 510799

FIPS State / Place Code: 21 / 07750

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About McCreary County

The community of Whitley City is the County Seat for McCreary County.

From the 2010 US Census (For more detail, see our Census Page for McCreary)

Population

Year	Population
2019 Est:<5>	17,231 (5.99% decrease since 2010)
2010	18,328 (7.31% increase since 2000)
2000:	17,080

Total Area:<6> 430.9 sq. miles [1,116.1 km²] - of which 0.96% is water (4.14 sq. miles [10.7 km²])

Housing Units: <7> 7,507

Federal GNIS/FIPS Codes for McCreary

GNIS ID: 516926

FIPS State / County Code: 21 / 147

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About Kentucky

From the US Census

Population

Year	Population
2019 Est:	4,472,345 (3.06% increase since 2010)
2010:	4,339,367 (7.36% increase since 2000)
2000:	4,041,769

Websites for State of Kentucky

Official Website: https://kentucky.gov/

Tourism: https://www.kentuckytourism.com/

Parks: https://parks.ky.gov/

Fishing: https://fw.ky.gov/Fish/

Hunting: https://fw.ky.gov/Hunt/

Federal GNIS/FIPS Codes for State of Kentucky

GNIS ID: 1779786

FIPS State: 21

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Footnotes ...

<1>	While Blue Heron is in the Eastern Time Zone, the area to the west is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).
<2>	The elevation is an estimate for the area around Blue Heron - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>	Longitude & latitude values may not be the geographic center of Blue Heron, rather it may be a prominent intersection or the center of population, etc. It will vary depending on the source.
<4>	Name of the USGS 7.5 Minute topographic map which includes Blue Heron.
<5>	Every year, the US Census Bureau creates a population estimate for the preceeding year. Keep in mind that this value is an estimate and not an actual count. The most recent Census estimate is for the year 2019.
<6>	The area value has been supplied by the US Census Bureau and it can be different than the geographic boundaries of Blue Heron. The value given by the Census Bureau reflects their statistical (or sampling) requirements. For example, if there is a cluster of people living just outside of the community's official boundary, the Census-defined area might be expanded to include that group.
<7>	A Housing Unit is a broad term for those places where people live (whether occupied or temporarily vacant), such as a house, an apartment, a mobile home, or an area that is considered as a separate living quarter. Separate living quarters (consisting of one or more rooms) are considered to be those places where people live, sleep and eat separately from others and that have access to the outside (either directly or by a shared hallway).