Harold, Kentucky

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

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|postal_code = 41635{{cite web|url=https://www.zipdatamaps.com/41635|title=Harold ZIP Code|publisher=zipdatamaps.com|year=2022|access-date=November 18, 2022}}

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Harold is an unincorporated community located in Floyd County, Kentucky, United States.

A post office was established in the community in 1905, and named for local merchant Harold Hatcher of the Hatcher family of early area settlers.{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3Lac2FUSj_oC&q=cannon+ky&pg=PA132 | title=Kentucky Place Names | publisher=University Press of Kentucky | year=1987 | accessdate=2013-04-28 | author=Rennick, Robert M. | pages=131–132| isbn=0813126312 }}

Professional baseball player Dixie Howell was born in Harold.

The United States Census Bureau, combines Harold with Betsy Layne, Banner, Dana, Ivel Stanville and Tram as combined Census County Division. It had a population of 4,601 at the 2020 census.{{cite web | url=https://data.tennessean.com/census/total-population/total-population-change/betsy-layne-stanville-ccd-floyd-county-kentucky/060-2107190244/ | title=Betsy Layne-Stanville CCD, Floyd County, Kentucky Demographics and Housing 2020 Decennial Census }}