Morgan County is a county in Kentucky, United States, in the rugged foothills of the eastern Kentucky coalfield along the Licking River. It had a population of 13,726 at the 2020 census and covers 384 square miles (994 km2) centred near 37\u00b055\u2032N 83\u00b016\u2032W.<\/p>\n
West Liberty is the county seat, and its postal code is 41472. Morgan County has one incorporated city and more than fifty unincorporated communities and rural post-office settlements scattered along the forks of the Licking River. The county is in the Eastern time zone and, like many of its eastern Kentucky neighbors, is legally a dry county \u2014 the retail sale of alcoholic beverages is restricted.<\/p>\n
West Liberty is the only incorporated city in Morgan County; every other place on this list is an unincorporated community, hollow, or rural crossroads — some no more than a country store and a church. Populations below are given only where a figure is confirmed for a distinct census place; most of these small communities are not separately counted by the Census Bureau.<\/p>\n
| Place<\/th>\n | Type<\/th>\n | Pop.<\/th>\n | ZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Liberty<\/td>\n | City · seat<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 41472<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Adele<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Blairs Mills<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Blaze<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Bonny<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Caney<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Cannel City<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 41408<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Cindas Creek<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Cottle<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Crockett<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Dehart<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Dingus<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Ebon<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Elamton<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Elkfork<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Ezel<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 41425<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Florress<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Gordon Ford<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Grassy Creek<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Greear<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Holliday<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Index<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Jeptha<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Kellacey<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Leisure<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Lenox<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Malone<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Matthew<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Maytown<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Mima<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Mize<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Moon<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Murphyfork<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Nickell<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Odfield MH Park<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Ophir<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Panama<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Payton<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Pekin<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Pomp<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Redwine<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Relief<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Rexville<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Salem<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Sellars<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Silverhill<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Stacy Fork<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Twentysix<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Wheel Rim<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| White Oak<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Woodsbend<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Wrigley<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Yocum<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Zag<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n Two entries from the county’s older records were dropped from this list: “Licking River” names the river itself rather than a settlement, and “Liberty Road” describes a road rather than a distinct community \u2014 neither is a place name on record.<\/p>\n ZIP Codes<\/h2>\nMost of the small communities scattered through the county’s hollows do not have their own post office and are served by the West Liberty ZIP.<\/p>\n Geography<\/h2>\nMorgan County sits in the Cumberland Plateau of eastern Kentucky, a landscape of steep ridges and narrow creek bottoms drained by the three forks of the Licking River, which rises in the county and flows north toward the Ohio River. Of the county’s 384 square miles, about 381 square miles are land and roughly 2.7 square miles are water. The terrain has historically limited road building and kept the county’s population dispersed along the river forks rather than concentrated in towns.<\/p>\n Morgan County borders Rowan County to the north, Elliott County<\/a> to the northeast, Lawrence County<\/a> to the east, Johnson County<\/a> to the southeast, Magoffin County<\/a> to the south, Wolfe County<\/a> to the west, and Menifee County<\/a> to the northwest.<\/p>\n The 2020 census counted 13,726 residents in Morgan County. West Liberty is by far the largest community; the rest of the population lives in unincorporated communities and rural areas along the county’s creeks and hollows. Median household income in the county runs well below the Kentucky median of $61,118, consistent with most of the eastern Kentucky coalfield counties. Population density is low, at roughly 36 people per square mile of land.<\/p>\n Morgan County’s economy centers on West Liberty, home to the county’s government offices, schools, and the Kentucky Community and Technical College System’s Big Sandy campus extension. Coal mining and timber shaped the local economy for much of the 20th century; today public-sector employment, health care, and small retail and service businesses in West Liberty make up a larger share of local jobs. Agriculture, mainly cattle and tobacco, and forestry remain part of the rural economy outside town.<\/p>\n Morgan County was organized on December 7, 1822, from parts of Bath and Floyd counties, and was named for Daniel Morgan, a general in the Revolutionary War. Like much of eastern Kentucky, the county’s early economy depended on subsistence farming and timber before coal mining brought railroads and outside investment in the late 1800s and early 1900s. On March 2, 2012, an EF3 tornado tore through West Liberty and the surrounding area, killing six people in the county and causing an estimated $75 million in damage \u2014 one of the most destructive tornadoes in the county’s recorded history and a turning point that reshaped much of the town’s downtown.<\/p>\n Kentucky Route 7 and Kentucky Route 172 are the main highways through the county, connecting West Liberty to the Mountain Parkway a short drive to the west.<\/p>\n The nearest commercial airport is Blue Grass Airport in Lexington.<\/p>\n Where is Morgan County, Kentucky?<\/strong> What is the population of Morgan County?<\/strong> How big is Morgan County?<\/strong> What is the county seat of Morgan County?<\/strong> How many towns and communities are in Morgan County?<\/strong> What ZIP codes are in Morgan County?<\/strong> |