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Democrat is an unincorporated community in Letcher County, in the U.S. state of Kentucky.

History

A post office called Democrat was established in 1892, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1985. The community was named from the fact the postmaster was politically a Democrat.


Notable person

Samuel C. Collins, physicist, was born at Democrat in 1898.

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