Jonancy is a small

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and

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in Pike County,

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, United States, in the far eastern part of the state. The latitude and longitude are 37.316N and -82.583W. Jonancy is in the Eastern Coal Field region. The community is in the Eastern time zone. According to

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, the hamlet's best-known resident, Jonancy was ''"named after my great-great-great grandparents: Joe and Nancy Miller ... ey were the first people in those parts."''SFGate.com
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