Elk Creek is an

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and

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in Spencer County,

Kentucky Kentucky (, ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north, West Virginia to the ...

, United States. Its population was 1,986 as of the 2020 Census, up from 1,539 as of the 2010 census.

Geography

According to the

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, the community has an area of ; of its area is land, and is water. Elk Creek was, as late as 1955, the site of a church and cemetery, as well as a general store.

Demographics

History

Morrison Heady (1829–1915), poet and author, was born in Elk Creek.GENI-James Morrison Heady
/ref> F. Hiner Dale (1888–1969), attorney and judge, was born in Elk Creek.

References

Unincorporated communities in Spencer County, Kentucky Unincorporated communities in Kentucky Census-designated places in Spencer County, Kentucky Census-designated places in Kentucky {{SpencerCountyKY-geo-stub