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Summary for Happy Top

Although we found mention of Happy Top during our research, we have little information about it.<1> Over time, we expect to discover additional information that will be added to our Gazetteer..

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Located in: Powell County (see below)

Time Zone: Happy Top lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT)<2>

Telephone Area Code: 606

Elevation: 780 feet [237.74 m] above sea level<3>

GPS Coordinates (Latitude/Longitude)<4>

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

Lat: 37.826900° (or 37°49'36" N)

Lon: -83.955600° (or -83°57'20" W)

USGS Topo Map: Clay City<5>

Federal GNIS/FIPS Codes for Happy Top

GNIS ID: 2420704

FIPS State / Place Code: None

(For more about Federal Codes, see our Misc Page for Happy Top)

About Powell County

The community of Stanton is the County Seat for {Powell County}.

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

Population

Year	Population
2019 Est:<6>	12,359 (2.25% decrease since 2010)
2010	12,643 (4.49% decrease since 2000)
2000:	13,237

Total Area:<7> 180.1 sq. miles [466.5 km²]

Housing Units: <8> 5,598

Official Website: http://powellcountyky.us/

Federal GNIS/FIPS Codes for Powell

GNIS ID: 516945

FIPS State / County Code: 21 / 197

(For more about Federal Codes, see our Misc Page for Happy Top)

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://www.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

(For more about Federal Codes, see our Misc Page for Happy Top)

Footnotes ...

<1>	If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer. For example, we might find a sentence like "He went south past Happy Top and then turned west". While Happy Top could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Happy Top as a placeholder with the hope that we'll be able to add more information in the future. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Happy Top could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. Just in case there has been confusion between counties, we found that there are two Kentucky communities named Happy Top: This one is located in Powell County and the other is located in Estill County. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Happy Top.
<2>	While Happy Top is in the Eastern Time Zone, the area to the east is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).
<3>	The elevation is an estimate for the area around Happy Top - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>	Longitude & latitude values may not be the geographic center of Happy Top, rather it may be a prominent intersection or the center of population, etc. It will vary depending on the source.
<5>	Name of the USGS 7.5 Minute topographic map which includes Happy Top.
<6>	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.
<7>	The area value has been supplied by the US Census Bureau and it can be different than the geographic boundaries of Happy Top. 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.
<8>	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).