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Cody

HISTORICAL POPULATED PLACE ยท KENTUCKY

A historical populated place in Knott County, Kentucky, recorded by the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System.

Location Record

Name
Cody
Feature Type
Populated Place (historical)
State
Kentucky
County
Knott County
USGS Map
Blackey
Coordinates
37.2218112, -82.9795511
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GNIS Feature ID
2071835

Names and historical notes

Recorded by GNIS. Source wording is retained; these notes have not been independently verified by Forgotten America.

GNIS description

Formerly located near the intersection of State Highway 15 and 160 in southern Knott County. Identified as underwater by Rennick, KY-MAP-1.

GNIS historical note

Inundated by the creation of Carr Fork Lake (KY-T1/p63)

Source editions and recorded citations

Feature ID 2071835. Description/History extract: August 28, 2026. All Names extract: September 30, 2026. Retrieved October 22, 2026. Only populated fields are displayed.

GNIS citation text may identify a source series rather than a specific page. It is reproduced below without implying that its underlying documents were inspected.

  • Map Rennick, Robert M. Geographic names field research conducted over a span of approximately 40 years, and annotated on USGS 1:24,000 scale topographic maps which date from 1938 to 1973. This data was also used in several published works by the author that were published during and after the field research was conducted.

GNIS source datasets and documentation

Source: U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), Historical Features.