Pikeville Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
city and county seat of Pike County, Kentucky, United States
About Pikeville
Surrounded by hills and remoteness, Pikeville is an incongruous Appalachian town that actually seems to be going places, with schools in optometry and osteopathic medicine and a major multi-purpose arena, a big step from its beginnings back in 1824. How urban planners and engineers managed to fit everything in the narrow Levisa Fork valley is a bit of an enigma in itself. The downtown area is in a horseshoe-shaped bend along the historic course of the Levisa Fork. In 1960, local leaders started advocating a rerouting of the railroad that ran through that area. By 1965, the plan grew into an even more ambitious engineering feat—the rerouting of the Levisa Fork itself, eliminating the almost yearly flood threat to downtown. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers started work on the Pikeville Cut-T
Top Attractions in Pikeville
Explore the best things to see and do in Pikeville:
- ★Big Sandy Heritage Center Museum
- ★Bob Amos Park
- ★Dils Cemetery
- ★The Appalachian Center for the Arts
Where to Stay in Pikeville
- 🏨Hampton Inn Pikeville
Pikeville Travel Guide Sections
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