Belfry is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...

in Pike County,

Kentucky Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north; West Virginia and Virginia to ...

. Belfry is located on

U.S. Route 119 U.S. Route 119 (US 119) is a spur of US 19. It is a north–south route (on a northeast-southwest alignment) that was an original United States highway of 1926. It is Corridor G of the Appalachian Development Highway System (ADHS) east of US ...

, northeast of Pikeville. Belfry has a

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with ZIP code 41514, which opened on February 26, 1921. The origin of the name "Belfry" is obscure. The larger community of South Williamson borders Belfry to northwest. Public education in Belfry is administered by the Pike County Public School System, which operates

Belfry High School Belfry High School is a high school in Belfry, Kentucky, United States. The school is located in the northeastern region of Pike County, approximately 22 miles northeast of Pikeville, Kentucky and 1 mile south of Williamson, West Virginia. The sch ...

. Schools also include Belfry Elementary School (formally known as Southside Elementary) and Belfry Middle School. Belfry has a

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, a branch of the Pike County Public Library.

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Notable people

Jim Ramey James Edward Ramey Jr. (born March 9, 1957) is an American former gridiron football defensive end who played eight seasons in the National Football League (NFL), Canadian Football League (CFL), and United States Football League (USFL) for the St. ...

(born 1957), gridiron football player *

Pearl Frances Runyon Pearl Frances Runyon (1913 – March 17, 1989) was an American politician who served as Kentucky State Treasurer from 1949 to 1956. She was a member of the Democratic Party. Biography Pearl Frances Runyon was born in 1913, in Belfry, Kentuck ...

(1913 – 1989) former

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Unincorporated communities in Pike County, Kentucky Unincorporated communities in Kentucky {{PikeCountyKY-geo-stub