Viper is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
in
Perry County, Kentucky, United States. The community was so named on account of
viper snakes near the original town site.
Today Viper is served by
Kentucky Route 7, south-southeast of
Hazard. Viper has a
post office
A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, such as accepting letter (message), letters and parcel (package), parcels, providing post office boxes, and selling postage stamps, packaging, and stationery. Post o ...
with
ZIP code 41774.
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Notable people
* Jean Ritchie, folk singer
References
Unincorporated communities in Perry County, Kentucky
Unincorporated communities in Kentucky
Coal towns in Kentucky
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