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Raccoon
Unincorporated community
Location within the state of Kentucky
Country	United States
State	Kentucky
County	Pike
Elevation	984 ft (300 m)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP codes	41557
GNIS feature ID	501493

Raccoon is an unincorporated community located in Pike County, Kentucky, United States.

The community was so named on account of raccoons near the original town site.

Climate

The climate in this area is characterized by relatively high temperatures and evenly distributed precipitation throughout the year. The Köppen Climate System describes the weather as humid subtropical, and uses the abbreviation Cfa.

Municipalities and communities of Pike County, Kentucky, United States

County seat: Pikeville

Cities	Coal Run Village Elkhorn City Pikeville

CDPs	Dorton Freeburn McCarr Phelps South Williamson Virgie

Other unincorporated communities	Aflex Argo Arrow Ashcamp Beefhide Belcher Belfry Big Card Big Creek Big Shoal Biggs Burnwell Canada Coal Run Village Dunleary Esco Fedscreek Fishtrap Fords Branch Garden Village Goody Greasy Creek Hamlack Hardy Hatfield Hellier Henry Clay Huddy Jonancy Kewanee Kimper Left Fork of Blackberry Lick Creek Little Dixie Little Floyd County Lookout Majestic Marrowbone McAndrews McVeigh Meathouse Meta Mossy Bottom Mouthcard Myra New Alma Coal Camp Pauley Paw Paw Penny Phyllis Pinsonfork Piso Raccoon Ransom Right Fork of Long Fork Right Fork of Meathouse Robinson Creek Rockhouse Sharondale Shelbiana Shelby Gap Railroad Station Sidney Steele Stone Stopover Toler Toonerville Turkey Creek Upper Dick Varney Wolfpit Yeager

Ghost towns	Allegheny Jonkan The Devils Bow

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