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词条 Dwale, Kentucky
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{{Infobox settlement
|official_name = Dwale, Kentucky
|settlement_type = Census-designated place
|image_skyline =
|imagesize =
|image_caption =
|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = {{USA}}
|subdivision_type1 = State
|subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Kentucky}}
|subdivision_type2 = County
|subdivision_name2 = Floyd
|established_title =
|established_date =
|unit_pref = Imperial
|area_footnotes =
|area_magnitude =
|area_total_km2 = 1.74
|area_land_km2 = 1.70
|area_water_km2 = 0.04
|area_total_sq_mi =
|area_land_sq_mi =
|area_water_sq_mi =
|population_as_of = 2010
|population_footnotes =
|population_total = 329
|population_density_km2 = 193.7
|population_density_sq_mi =
|timezone = Eastern (EST)
|utc_offset = -5
|timezone_DST = EDT
|utc_offset_DST = -4
|elevation_footnotes =
|elevation_m =
|elevation_ft = 801
| pushpin_map = Kentucky
| pushpin_label = Dwale
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Kentucky
|coordinates = {{coord|37|37|15|N|82|43|38|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}
|postal_code_type = ZIP code
|postal_code =
|area_code =
|blank_name = FIPS code
|blank_info = 21-23104
|blank1_name = GNIS feature ID
|blank1_info = 2629606
|website =
|footnotes = {{gnis|2629606}}
}}Dwale is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Floyd County, Kentucky, United States.[1] The 2010 United States Census reported that Dwale's population was 329, of which 312 persons were white and 9 persons were Asian.[2]

The origins of the name Dwale are unclear. Although it is said to have been named for a town in Wales, no such Welsh place name has been found.[3]

Geography

Dwale is located in north-central Floyd County on the west side of the Levisa Fork, just north of Allen. U.S. Route 23 passes through Dwale, leading northwest {{convert|5|mi|0}} to Prestonsburg, the county seat, and southeast {{convert|22|mi}} to Pikeville.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Dwale CDP has a total area of {{convert|1.74|sqkm|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|1.70|sqkm|order=flip}} is land and {{convert|0.04|sqkm|order=flip|2}}, or 2.57%, is water.[4]

References

1. ^"Feature Detail Report for: Dwale, Kentucky." USGS. {{gnis|2629606}} Retrieved May 12, 2011.
2. ^http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=DEC_10_PL_GCTPL1.ST10&prodType=table 2010 US Census report for Kentucky
3. ^{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3Lac2FUSj_oC&lpg=PA49&dq=cannon%20ky&pg=PA87#v=onepage&q=cannon%20ky&f=false | title=Kentucky Place Names | publisher=University Press of Kentucky | year=1987 | accessdate=2013-04-28 | author=Rennick, Robert M. | pages=87}}
4. ^{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US2123104| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001), Dwale CDP, Kentucky| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| work=American FactFinder| accessdate=May 23, 2016}}
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2 : Census-designated places in Floyd County, Kentucky|Census-designated places in Kentucky

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