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Cawood
CDP
Country	United States
State	Kentucky
County	Harlan
Area
• Total	57.4 sq mi (149 km²)
• Land	57.4 sq mi (149 km²)
• Water	0.0 sq mi (0.0 km²)
Elevation	1,320 ft (400 m)
Population (2000)
• Total	731
Time zone	Central (CST) (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-5)
ZIP codes	40815
GNIS feature ID	489151

Cawood is a census-designated place (CDP) and coal town in Harlan County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 731 at the 2010 census.

A post office in Cawood was established in 1890 by Wilson S. Hensley, whose ancestor is said to have been one Berry Cawood, a hero of the Revolutionary War.

Demographics

As of the 2010 census there were 731 people, 292 households, and 210 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 39 people per square mile (61.1/km²).

Municipalities and communities of Harlan County, Kentucky, United States

County seat: Harlan

Cities	Benham Cumberland Evarts Harlan Loyall Lynch Wallins Creek

CDPs	Cawood Coldiron Kenvir Pathfork South Wallins

Other unincorporated communities	Ages Alva Bardo Baxter Benito Big Laurel Blackjoe Black Star Coal Camp Bledsoe Brookside Chevrolet Closplint Clutts Coalgood Coxton Cranks Creech Dayhoit Dizney Draper Elcomb Fresh Meadows Golden Ash Grays Knob Highsplint Holmes Mill Insull Kentenia Kildav Kitts Lejunior Lenarue Louellen Mary Alice Mary Helen Molus Natures Bathing Pool Nolansburg Pansy Putney Pine Mountain Redbud Ridgeway Rosspoint South Wallins Smith Stanfill Sunshine Tacky Town Teetersville Ten Spot Totz Tway Verda Yancey

Ghost towns	Banner Fork Coal Company Darby Coal Mining Camp Gano Coal Camp Hoight Mining Camp Tin Can Alley Three Point Coal Camp Pee Vee Wheeler Coal Camp White Star

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