Map of Cawood CDP

Cawood is a census-designated place (CDP) and coal town in Harlan County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 731 at the 2010 census.

A post office in Cawood was established in 1890 by Wilson S. Hensley. He said one of his ancestors was Berry Cawood, a hero of the Revolutionary War.

Cawood CDP overview:
Name:	Cawood CDP
LSAD Code:	57
LSAD Description:	CDP (suffix)
State:	Kentucky
County:	Harlan County
Elevation:	1,320 ft (400 m)
Total Area:	1.46 sq mi (3.78 km²)
Land Area:	1.46 sq mi (3.78 km²)
Water Area:	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km²)
Total Population:	630
Population Density:	432.10/sq mi (166.79/km²)
ZIP code:	40815
FIPS code:	2113582
GNISfeature ID:	489151

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Geography

Cawood is in south-central Harlan County in the valley of Crummies Creek, where it joins Martins Fork of the Cumberland River. U.S. Route 421 now borders the southern edge of the community, leading northwest down the Martins Fork valley 9 miles (14 km) to Harlan, the county seat, and southeast across the Tennessee Valley Divide 14 miles (23 km) to Pennington Gap, Virginia.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Cawood CDP has an area of 1.5 square miles (3.8 km), all of it land.