Nancy is an

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eight miles west of the city of

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Pulaski County, Kentucky Pulaski County is a county in the U.S. Commonwealth of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 65,034. Its county seat is Somerset. The county was founded in December 1798 from land given by Lincoln and Green Counties and named ...

. The ZIP Code for Nancy is 42544. According to the 2020 census the total population is 5,053. Nancy has a

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, a branch of the Pulaski County Public Library.

History

On January 19, 1862, during the

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, Union forces achieved their first significant victory, defeating the Confederates at the

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near Nancy. The Mill Springs National Cemetery today is administered by the

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Education

Nancy Elementary School, also sometimes initialized as NES, is a public elementary school in the community. It is under the administration of Pulaski County Schools. The school provides education to grades 1–5.

References

Unincorporated communities in Pulaski County, Kentucky Unincorporated communities in Kentucky {{PulaskiCountyKY-geo-stub