{"id":4160,"date":"2023-06-16T10:32:42","date_gmt":"2023-06-16T10:32:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/?p=4160"},"modified":"2026-08-22T12:02:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T12:02:12","slug":"owsley-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/owsley-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Owsley County, Kentucky"},"content":{"rendered":"

Owsley County is a county in Kentucky, United States, in the Eastern Coalfield region of the state. It had a population of 4,051 at the 2020 census and covers 198 square miles (510 km2) centred near 37\u00b025\u2032N 83\u00b041\u2032W.<\/p>\n

Booneville is the county seat, and its postal code is 41314. The county has one incorporated city and roughly two dozen unincorporated communities, no census-designated places, and sits in the Eastern time zone.<\/p>\n

Towns & Villages in Owsley County<\/h2>\n

Owsley County has one incorporated city, Booneville, and about two dozen unincorporated communities scattered along its creek hollows. Unincorporated places carry no municipal government of their own and are listed here as Unincorp.<\/strong> Population and ZIP figures are given only where verified; unknown cells are marked with —.<\/p>\n

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Place<\/th>\nType<\/th>\nPop.<\/th>\nZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Booneville<\/td>\nCity · seat<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n41314<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Arnett<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Blake<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chestnut Gap<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Conkling<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cow Creek<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Endee<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Eversole<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Island City<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lerose<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Levi<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lucky Fork<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Major<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mistletoe<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n41351<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pebworth<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ricetown<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n41364<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Scoville<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sebastian<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Southfork<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Stay<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sturgeon<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Taft<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Travellers Rest<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Vincent<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n41386<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Whoopflarea<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

Whoopflarea appeared twice in the county’s old settlement list; the duplicate has been removed here. All names above trace to Owsley County’s own community list rather than a neighboring county’s.<\/p>\n

ZIP Codes<\/h2>\n