Jonancy is a small unincorporated community and coal town in Pike County, Kentucky, United States, in the far eastern part of the state.[2] The latitude and longitude are 37.316N and -82.583W. Jonancy is in the Eastern Coal Field region. The community is in the Eastern time zone.
Jonancy | |
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Coordinates: 37°18′59″N 82°34′59″W / 37.31639°N 82.58306°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Kentucky |
County | Pike |
Elevation | 945 ft (288 m) |
Time zone | UTC-6 (Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (EST) |
ZIP codes | 41538 |
GNIS feature ID | 508353[1] |
According to James Blake Miller, the hamlet's best-known resident, Jonancy was "named after my great-great-great grandparents: Joe and Nancy Miller ... [t]hey were the first people in those parts."[3]