Wittensville, Kentucky

37°51′46″N 82°47′59″W / 37.86278°N 82.79972°W / 37.86278; -82.79972CountryUnited StatesStateKentuckyCountyJohnsonElevation692 ft (211 m)Population • Total624Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)ZIP codesGNIS feature ID509395

Wittensville is an unincorporated community in Johnson County, Kentucky, United States. It has a United States Postal Service and its ZIP code is 41274.

Wittensville has an elevation of 692 feet.^[1] It was first resided in 1843.

As of the census of 2000,^[2] there were 624 people, 250 households, and 192 families residing in the ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA for Wittensville's ZIP code. The racial makeup of the ZCTA was 98.6% White, 0.2% African American, and 0.5% Asian.

There were 250 households, out of which 39.6% had children under the age of 18, 51.2% were married couples living together, 8.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 22.6% were non-families. 18.8% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 2.50 and the average family size was 2.79.

The median income for a household in the ZCTA was $14,635, and the median income for a family was $18,750. Males had a median income of $25,948 and $18,274 for females. The per capita income was $7,517. 34.7% of the families in the community were below the poverty line.

Most students living in Wittensville attend:^[3]

• W.R. Castle Elementary School (kindergarten-sixth grade)
• Paintsville Elementary School in Paintsville (kindergarten-sixth grade)
• Johnson County Middle School in Paintsville (seventh-eighth grade)
• Johnson Central High School in Paintsville (ninth-twelfth grade)
• Paintsville High School in Paintsville (seventh-twelfth grade)

• Hubert Collins - Member of Kentucky House of Representatives