Hill Top, Fleming County, Kentucky
| Hill Top, Kentucky | |
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| Unincorporated community | |
  Hill Top, Kentucky | |
| Coordinates: 38°21′37″N 83°50′21″W / 38.36028°N 83.83917°WCoordinates: 38°21′37″N 83°50′21″W / 38.36028°N 83.83917°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Kentucky |
| County | Fleming |
| Elevation | 899 ft (274 m) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| Area code(s) | 606 |
| GNIS feature ID | 494256[1] |
Hill Top is an unincorporated community in Fleming County, Kentucky, United States. Hill Top is located at the junction of Kentucky Route 170 and Kentucky Route 1347, 7.1 miles (11.4 km) southwest of Flemingsburg.[2]
Notable residents
- Franklin Sousley, one of the men shown in the famous Joe Rosenthal Associated Press photograph of US Marines and Sailors raising the second US flag on Iwo Jima, was born in Hill Top, KY on 19 September, 1925. Tragically, Franklin was Killed In Action on Iwo Jima after having been shot by a Japanese sniper on 21 March, 1945, about a month after the famous photograph was captured. He was only 19 years of age. His body was first interred on Iwo Jima, but was later returned home for his final interment on May 8, 1947, in Elizaville Cemetery, in Fleming County, Kentucky.
References
- ↑ "Hill Top". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
- ↑ State Primary Road System: Fleming County (PDF) (Map). Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. 2011. Retrieved June 28, 2012.
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