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Welcome to Jenkins ...The city of Jenkins is located in Letcher County<1>. Jenkins was established in 1912. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Jenkins has a population of 1,929 people<2> (see below for details). The community of Jenkins is 2,000 feet [610 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Jenkins lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time The telephone area code for Jenkins: (606) The ZIP code for Jenkins: 41537<4> Websites for Jenkins ...Official Website: www.ci.jenkins.ky.us/ Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Jenkins had an population of 1,929 people. This is a decrease of 12.44% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 19.66% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Jenkins had a population of 2,203 people (or 8.98% of the total population of Letcher County). This makes Jenkins the county's most populous community. The population of Jenkins represents 0.05% of the total population of Kentucky (which has 4,339,367 people), making it the state's 138th most populous community. With a 2010 count of 2,203 people, the population of Jenkins decreased 8.25% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 2,401 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Jenkins. Communities Also Named Jenkins ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 20 communities that are also named Jenkins - they are located in Alabama, Florida, Illinois (2), Kansas (2), Louisiana, Maryland, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri (2), Nevada (2), New Jersey, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Texas (2). For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Jenkins. Communities near Jenkins ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Jenkins.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Jenkins. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Jenkins. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Jenkins. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Jenkins. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Jenkins. See our Newspapers Page for Jenkins. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Jenkins ...Looking for more information about Jenkins? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. In addition to the Tourism page for Jenkins, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Jenkins. Adding Jenkins to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Jenkins in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Jenkins was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> We also found Jenkins on a map titled Shell Oil Road Map for Kentucky (1956). For more details, see References and Mentions for Jenkins. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Jenkins: www.ci.jenkins.ky.us/ The official website for State of Kentucky: https://kentucky.gov/ Footnotes ...
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