Big Clifty is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Grayson County, Kentucky, United States. As of the 2020 census, Big Clifty had a population of 367.

History Clifty Creek crosses U.S. Highway 62 and the P & L railroad several miles to the southwest of Big Clifty. It is said that travelers named the town due to the limestone cliffs that arose on the sides of Clifty Creek.

Demographics

Notable people Nick Higdon (born 1980) former stock car racing driver, born in Big Clifty.

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