Democrat, KentuckyDemocrat is an unincorporated community in Letcher County, in the U.S. state of Kentucky.HistoryA 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 personSamuel C. Collins, physicist, was born at Democrat in 1898.