title: Democrat, Kentucky
text: # Democrat, Kentucky
  
  Democrat is an unincorporated community in Letcher County, in the U.S. state of Kentucky.
  
  ## History
  
  A post office called Democrat was established in 1892, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1985. The community was so named because the postmaster, Isom Sergent, was politically a Democrat.
  
  ## Notable person
  
  Samuel C. Collins, physicist, was born at Democrat in 1898.
  
  