Pea Ridge
Ghost town · Estill County, Kentucky

Pea Ridge is a ghost town in Estill County, Kentucky. It is one of 40 former communities in Estill County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 2nd among the 101 Kentucky counties with a vanished settlement on record.
The U.S. Geological Survey lists Pea Ridge as a historical populated place on the Panola topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 37.6864° N, 84.0121° W.
Key facts
| USGS quadrangle | Panola |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 801 ft |
| Nearest living town | Irvine, KY |
| Distance to it | 2.5 miles |
| GNIS feature ID | 2440462 |
| Coordinates | 37.68638, -84.01212 |
What's there now
Pea Ridge is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Irvine, KY (population 2,811), about 2.5 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 801 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.
Nearby places
- Cedar Groveghost town · Estill County · 1.6 mi
- Crooked Creekghost town · Estill County · 2.1 mi
- Rice Stationghost town · Estill County · 2.3 mi
- Reevesghost town · Estill County · 2.7 mi
- Sand Hillghost town · Estill County · 2.7 mi
- Stumpghost town · Estill County · 2.8 mi
- Sweet Lickghost town · Estill County · 2.9 mi
- Cedar Lakes Estatesghost town · Estill County · 3.2 mi
- Thomasghost town · Estill County · 3.5 mi
- Maddieghost town · Estill County · 3.6 mi
- Old Witt School Neighborhoodghost town · Estill County · 3.7 mi
- Little Rockghost town · Estill County · 3.9 mi
Questions
Where is Pea Ridge?
Pea Ridge is in Estill County, Kentucky, at 37.6864, -84.0121.
How many ghost towns are in Estill County?
Estill County, Kentucky has 40 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.
- USGS Geographic Names Information System (Domestic Names) — GNIS Domestic Names, feature record (public-domain)
- U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line and ACS — Census Gazetteer + ACS 5-year population (public-domain)
Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-05.