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Cawood, Kentucky

FieldValue
official_nameCawood, Kentucky
settlement_typeCensus-designated place
pushpin_mapUSA Kentucky#USA
pushpin_labelCawood
pushpin_label_position
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_nameUnited States
subdivision_type1State
subdivision_name1Kentucky
subdivision_type2County
subdivision_name2Harlan
unit_prefImperial
area_footnotes
area_total_km23.78
area_land_km23.78
area_water_km20.00
area_total_sq_mi1.46
area_land_sq_mi1.46
area_water_sq_mi0.00
population_as_of2020
population_total630
population_density_km2166.79
population_density_sq_mi432.10
timezoneCentral (CST)
utc_offset-6
timezone_DSTEDT
utc_offset_DST-5
elevation_ft1320
coordinates
postal_code_typeZIP code
postal_code40815
blank_nameFIPS code
blank_info21-13582
blank1_nameGNIS feature ID
blank1_info489151

Cawood is a census-designated place (CDP) and coal town in Harlan County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 731 at the 2010 census.

A post office in Cawood was established in 1890 by Wilson S. Hensley. He said one of his ancestors was Berry Cawood, a hero of the Revolutionary War.

Geography

Cawood is located in south-central Harlan County in the valley of Crummies Creek, where it joins Martins Fork of the Cumberland River. U.S. Route 421 now borders the southern edge of the community, leading northwest down the Martins Fork valley 9 mi to Harlan, the county seat, and southeast across the Tennessee Valley Divide 14 mi to Pennington Gap, Virginia.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Cawood CDP has an area of 3.8 sqkm, all of it land.

Demographics

As of the 2010 census there were 731 people, 292 households, and 210 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 39 /mi2.

References

References

  1. "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau.
  2. {{gnis. 489151
  3. (April 2020}}{{cbignore). "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Cawood CDP, Kentucky". U.S. Census Bureau.
  4. Rennick, Robert M.. (1987). "Kentucky Place Names". University Press of Kentucky.
  5. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov.
  6. "Geography Program".
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