Arjay, Kentucky

{{Short description|Unincorporated community in Kentucky, United States}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}

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|official_name = Arjay, Kentucky

|settlement_type = Unincorporated community

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|image_skyline = Houses along the railroad tracks. Fox Ridge Mining Company, Inc., Hanby Mine, Arjay, Bell County, Kentucky - NARA - 541143.jpg

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|image_caption = Houses along the railroad track in Arjay, 1946. Photo by Russell Lee.

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|subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_name = United States

|subdivision_type1 = State

|subdivision_name1 = Kentucky

|subdivision_type2 = County

|subdivision_name2 = Bell

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|area_total_km2 = 1.61

|area_land_km2 = 1.61

|area_water_km2 = 0.00

|area_total_sq_mi = 0.62

|area_land_sq_mi = 0.62

|area_water_sq_mi = 0.00

|population_as_of = 2020

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|population_total = 183

|population_density_km2 = 113.97

|population_density_sq_mi = 295.16

|timezone = Eastern (EST)

|utc_offset = -5

|timezone_DST = EDT

|utc_offset_DST = -4

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|elevation_ft = 1066

|coordinates = {{coord|36|48|17|N|83|38|45|W|region:US-KY|display=inline,title}}

|postal_code_type = ZIP code

|postal_code = 40902

|area_code = 606

|blank_name = GNIS feature ID

|blank_info = 486025{{cite gnis|486025|Arjay}}

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Arjay is an unincorporated community and coal town in Bell County, Kentucky, United States. Arjay is located on Kentucky Route 66 {{convert|4|mi|km}} northeast of Pineville.{{cite map |publisher=Kentucky Transportation Cabinet |title=State Primary Road System: Bell County |url=http://transportation.ky.gov/Planning/SPRS%20Maps/Bell.pdf |trans-title=|language= |format=PDF |edition= |year=2012 |cartography= |scale= |series= |page= |section= |inset= |accessdate=February 23, 2013 |isbn= |id= |ref= |archiveurl= |archivedate=}} Arjay has a post office with ZIP code 40902, which opened on February 23, 1911.{{cite web |url=http://tools.usps.com/go/ZipLookupAction!input.action |title=USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code |accessdate=2012-02-15 |author=United States Postal Service |year=2012}}{{cite web|title=Postmaster Finder - Post Offices by ZIP Code|url=http://webpmt.usps.gov/pmt008.cfm|publisher=United States Postal Service|accessdate=February 23, 2013|archive-date=April 28, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190428153255/https://webpmt.usps.gov/pmt008.cfm|url-status=dead}} The community's name comes from the initials of coal operator R. J. Asher.{{cite book|last=Rennick|first=Robert M.|title=Kentucky Place Names|year=1987|publisher=University Press of Kentucky|isbn=9780813126319|pages=375}}