Jeff, Kentucky

Unincorporated community in Kentucky, United States

Census-designated place in Kentucky, United States

37°12′18″N 83°8′11″W / 37.20500°N 83.13639°W / 37.20500; -83.13639CountryUnited StatesStateKentuckyCountyPerryGovernment

• TypeJeffArea

^[1]

• Total0.79 sq mi (2.04 km²) • Land0.76 sq mi (1.96 km²) • Water0.03 sq mi (0.08 km²)Elevation

915 ft (279 m)Population

(2020)

• Total293 • Density387.05/sq mi (149.47/km²)Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)ZIP code

41751

Area code606FIPS code21-40204GNIS feature ID516758^[2]

Jeff is a census-designated place and coal town in Perry County, Kentucky, United States. Its population was 323 as of the 2010 census.^[3]

A post office was established in the community in 1902 and named for the early settler Jefferson Combs.^[4]

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2020	293		—
U.S. Decennial Census^[5]

^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 18, 2022.
^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Jeff, Kentucky
^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 14, 2011.
^ Rennick, Robert M. (1987). Kentucky Place Names. University Press of Kentucky. p. 152. ISBN 0813126312. Retrieved July 26, 2013.
^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.

Municipalities and communities of Perry County, Kentucky, United States

County seat: Hazard

Other
unincorporated
communities

Former mining towns

Post offices
(and the creeks
they are on)

Lost Creek (includes Lost Creek, Dice, and Engle)
Troublesome Creek (includes Troublesome, Dwarf, Ary, and Rowdy)
Big Creek (includes Avawam, Catur, Begley, and Tug)
North Fork tributaries at Hazard (includes Monos, Butterfly, Lotair, Allais, Airport Gardens, Lennut, Domino, and Combs)