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Welcome to Wolfpit ...

Wolfpit is located in Pike County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Wolfpit, you might consider that their post office opened in 1919.

Wolfpit is 730 feet [223 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Wolfpit lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Wolfpit: 606

Communities near Wolfpit ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Wolfpit.

  • Pikeville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Jenkins
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Coal Run Village
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Coal Run Village is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Run Village
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,494 people
  • Clintwood
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Clintwood is located in Dickenson County (VA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clintwood
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,264 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clintwood <3>
  • Pound
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Pound is located in Wise County (VA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pound
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 917 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pound <3>
  • Grundy
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Grundy is located in Buchanan County (VA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grundy
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 883 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grundy <3>
  • Elkhorn City
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Fleming - Neon
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Fleming - Neon is located in Letcher County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleming - Neon
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 610 people
  • Wheelwright
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Wheelwright is located in Floyd County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheelwright
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 487 people
  • Haysi
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Haysi is located in Dickenson County (VA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haysi
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 460 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Haysi <3>

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 Wolfpit. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Wolfpit.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Wolfpit. 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 Wolfpit.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Wolfpit. See our Newspapers Page for Wolfpit.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Wolfpit ...

Looking for more information about Wolfpit? 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.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Wolfpit, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Wolfpit.

Adding Wolfpit to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Wolfpit 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 (so far) for Wolfpit was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Wolfpit post office opened in 1919. The Wolfpit post office closed in 1930.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Wolfpit.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Pike, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Wolfpit - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/