Belfry High School is a

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in Belfry, Kentucky, United States. The school is located in the northeastern region of Pike County, approximately 22 miles northeast of

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and 1 mile south of Williamson, West Virginia. The school moved from Belfry in 2005 to a new site 3 miles north near the

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border in

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. The school is one of five public high schools in the Pike County Public School System and one of six public high schools in Pike County.

History

Belfry High School was established in 1923 and located along

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 ...

. Then in 2005, Belfry High School constructed a new larger building and opened that year while the old Belfry High School became Belfry Middle School. The new Belfry High School's campus consisted of a main building and an athletic complex. In 2006, the Freshman Academy was established. The academy was ended in 2011.

Notable alumni

Janet Stumbo Janet Lynn Stumbo (born October 21, 1954) is a former associate justice of the Kentucky Court of Appeals, the second woman to ever serve on the court. From 1993 to 2004, she was an associate justice of the Kentucky Supreme Court, becoming the firs ...

(1972): first woman from the 7th Judicial District to be elected to the Kentucky Court of Appeals; first woman elected to the Kentucky Supreme Court * Pearl Frances Runyon (1931), former Kentucky State Treasurer

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* {{authority control Schools in Pike County, Kentucky Public high schools in Kentucky Educational institutions established in 1924 1924 establishments in Kentucky