Viper is an unincorporated community in Perry County, Kentucky, United States. The community was so named on account of viper snakes near the original town site.[2]
Today Viper is served by Kentucky Route 7, 5 miles (8.0 km) south-southeast of Hazard. Viper has a post office with ZIP code 41774.[3]
Notable people
- Jean Ritchie, folk singer
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Viper, Kentucky
- ^ Moyer, Armond; Moyer, Winifred (1958). The origins of unusual place-names. Keystone Pub. Associates. p. 136.
- ^ ZIP Code Lookup