Hill Top, Fleming County, Kentucky

Hill Top is an unincorporated community in Fleming County, Kentucky, United States. Hill Top is located at the junction of Kentucky Route 170 and Kentucky Route 1347, 7.1 miles (11.4 km) southwest of Flemingsburg.^[2]

Hill Top, Kentucky
Unincorporated community
Hill Top
Coordinates: 38°21′37″N 83°50′21″W
Country	United States
State	Kentucky
County	Fleming
Elevation	899 ft (274 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code	606
GNIS feature ID	494256[1]

Notable residents

• Franklin Sousley, one of the men shown in the famous Joe Rosenthal Associated Press photograph of US Marines and Sailors raising the second US flag on Iwo Jima, was born in Hill Top on 19 September 1925. He was killed in action on Iwo Jima after having been shot by a Japanese sniper on 21 March 1945, about a month after the famous photograph was captured. He was only 19 years of age. His body was first interred on Iwo Jima, but was later returned home for his final interment on May 8, 1947, in Elizaville Cemetery.

References

1. "Hill Top". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
2. State Primary Road System: Fleming County (PDF) (Map). Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. 2011. Retrieved June 28, 2012.