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Ewing is a home rule-class city in western Fleming County, Kentucky.

The population of Ewing was 228 at the 2020 census.

Ewing owes its existence to resident Robert Ewing, who in 1871 donated land to bring the Maysville and Lexington Railroad to the area.

The Ewing post office was established in 1873 with Robert Ewing as postmaster, and the town took his name.

Although the community dates to the 1870s, Ewing was not formally incorporated by the Kentucky state assembly until 1979.

Ewing covers just 0.25 square miles, all of it land.

Kentucky Route 165 passes through Ewing, and Flemingsburg, the Fleming County seat, is about 7.5 miles to the east.

At the 2000 census, Ewing had 278 residents in 107 households, and its population peaked at 278 that year before easing to 228 by 2020.

Ewing was the home of Woodie Fryman, a Major League Baseball pitcher who was inducted into the Kentucky Sports Hall of Fame.

Ewing's ZIP code is 41039, and the town stands at an elevation of about 929 feet.