Whitley City, Kentucky
Whitley City, Kentucky | |
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McCreary County courthouse in Whitley City | |
Location in Kentucky | |
| Coordinates: 36°43′26″N 84°28′23″W / 36.72389°N 84.47306°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Kentucky |
| County | McCreary |
| Area | |
• Total | 2.32 sq mi (6.00 km2) |
| • Land | 2.31 sq mi (5.97 km2) |
| • Water | 0.01 sq mi (0.03 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,299 ft (396 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 968 |
| • Density | 419.59/sq mi (162.02/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP code | 42653 |
| Area code | 606 |
| FIPS code | 21-82938 |
| GNIS feature ID | 2403026 |
Whitley City is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in McCreary County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 968 at the 2020 census, down from 1,170 in 2010. It is the county seat of McCreary County. Whitley City is one of two unincorporated county seats in Kentucky (the other being Burlington in Boone County).