The Appalachian Preservation Society
Pike County
Fish Trap Lake
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Hillbilly Days
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Hatfield-McCoy Days
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Richard Potter Days
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The Apple Festival
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Annual fishing tournaments on Eastern Kentucky lakes.
Pike county's population in 2000 U.S. Census was 68,736. In 40 or the state's 49 Appalachian counties increased. Harlan County 33,202.
Populations decline were in Bell, Floyd, Knott, Leslie, Letcher, Owsley, and Perry counties, all traditional coal counties.
Slight gains were in Breathitt, Magoffin, Johnson, and Martin counties.
1900 - 22,868
1910 - 31,679
1920 - 49,477
1930 - 63,267
1940 - 71,122
1950 - 81,154
1960 - 68,264
1970 - 61,059
1980 - 81,123
1990 - 72,583
2000 - 68,736
UK researchers announced they have found a way to turn coal ash into a low-sulfur fuel that can be reused by power plants. They can also take this waste from coal and turn it into useful products, such a s cement blocks and road aggregate.