Pikeville, Kentucky City of Pikeville, Kentucky Official seal of City of Pikeville, Kentucky Location in Pike County and the state of Kentucky.
Location in Pike County and the state of Kentucky.
Named for Pike County, Kentucky Pikeville (local /p k l/) is a town/city in and the governmental center of county of Pike County, Kentucky, United States. During the 2010 U.S.
Census, the populace inside Pikeville's town/city limits was 6,903.
In Kentucky's current town/city classification system, Pikeville is a home rule-class city, a category that includes all of the state's more than 400 metros/cities except for the two largest, Louisville and Lexington. 4.1 Elementary schools 4.3 High schools Public disapproval of the site[why?] led a new decision on December 24, 1823, to establish the governmental center of county on territory donated by small-town farmer Elijah Adkins. This settlement was established as the town of Pike after the county in 1824. This was changed in 1829 to Piketon and the town was incorporated under that name in 1848. In 1850, this was changed to the present Pikeville.
Pikeville was host to a part of the Hatfield-Mc - Coy feud, and patriarch Randall Mc - Coy as well as his wife and daughter are buried on a hillside overlooking the town. The National Civic League designated Pikeville as an All-American City in 1965. From 1973 to 1987, the Pikeville Cut-Through was constructed immediately west of downtown.
The town/city has been a center of rapid evolution in Eastern Kentucky since the 1990s.
Pikeville College (now the University of Pikeville) opened the Kentucky College of Osteopathic Medicine in 1997. The college is presently planning to open its school of optometry, the first in Central Appalachia, in 2016. In October 2005, the 7,000 seat, multi-purpose Eastern Kentucky Exposition Center opened in downtown. Pikeville Medical Center has established itself as a county-wide healthcare center.
In 2013, assembly began on a shopping center known as Pikeville Commons.
Pikeville is positioned at 37 28 45 N 82 31 08 W (37.477094, -82.530111).
As of March 2009, Pikeville set its new town/city limits to be 0.3 mile from its county line.
This decidedly affected the town/city of Coal Run Village, which was previously on the town/city limit of Pikeville.
The downtown region is assembled in a narrow valley in a bend of the Levisa Fork that was bypassed in 1987 with the culmination of the Pikeville Cut-Through, while places such as Weddington Square Plaza are assembled in a broader part of the river valley.
Climate data for Pikeville, Kentucky The Academy Building at the University of Pikeville As of the 2010 United States Census, there were 6,903 citizens residing in the city.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 22.2% under the age of 18, 12.9% from 18 to 24, 27.9% from 25 to 44, 21.5% from 45 to 64, and 15.4% who were 65 years of age or older.
Pikeville Elementary School Mullins Elementary School Millard Elementary School Robinson Creek Elementary School Dorton Elementary School Johns Creek Elementary School Elkhorn City Elementary School Kimper Elementary School Blackberry Elementary School Feds Creek Elementary School Phelps Elementary School Southside Elementary School Valley Elementary School High School Dorton Middle School Elkhorn City Middle School Five high schools are served by the Pikeville postal service, but only Pikeville High is positioned inside the town/city limits.
Pikeville High School part of the Pikeville Independent Schools, whose precinct covers the town/city proper Belfry High School part of the Pike County Public School System Pike County Central High School part of the Pike County Public School System Shelby Valley High School part of the Pike County Public School System East Ridge High School part of the Pike County Public School System University of Pikeville, a private 4-year institution affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (USA), is positioned in Pikeville.
Founded in May 1996, the University of Pikeville Kentucky College of Osteopathic Medicine is one of three medical schools in the state of Kentucky.
Hillbilly Days is an annual festival held in mid-April in Pikeville, Kentucky celebrating the best of Appalachian culture.
Nationally famous musicians as well as the best of the county-wide mountain musicians share six different stages positioned throughout the downtown region of Pikeville.
In the fall of 2005 the Eastern Kentucky Expo Center opened in downtown Pikeville.
The town/city is also home to the Pikeville Concert Association which secures famous cultural affairs for the area.
These affairs usually take place at Booth Auditorium on the ground of the University of Pikeville.
The Expo Center will be home to the East Kentucky Energy of the American Basketball Association starting in fall 2010, and starting in spring 2011 it became home to the Kentucky Drillers of the Continental Indoor Football League.
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City of Pikeville.
Past Winners of All-American City Award National Civic League.
History of Pikeville College School of Osteopathic Medicine Kentucky College of Osteopathic Medicine.
UPIKE Announces Kentucky College of Optometry University of Pikeville.
About Eastern Kentucky Exposition Center.
"Pikeville Medical Center in Kentucky Joins Mayo Clinic Care Network".
"MONTHLY AVERAGES for Pikeville, KY".
Jenny Wiley Theatre opens second locale in Pikeville WKYT-TV.
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University of Pikeville Pikeville Independent Schools Municipalities and communities of Pike County, Kentucky, United States County seats in Kentucky
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