| Ages, Kentucky | |
| Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
| Pushpin Map: | USA Kentucky#USA |
| Pushpin Label: | Ages |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Kentucky |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Harlan |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 1.47 |
| Area Land Km2: | 1.44 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.03 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 345 |
| Population Density Km2: | 239.24 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Elevation Ft: | 1325 |
| Coordinates: | 36.8578°N -83.2464°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 40801 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 21-00514 |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 485792 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 0.57 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 0.56 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.01 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 619.39 |
Ages is an unincorporated coal town and census-designated place (CDP) in Harlan County, Kentucky, United States.
A post office called "Ages" was established in 1892, and the post office removed to Brookside, Kentucky and its name changed to "Ages-Brookside" in 1975.[2] The community takes its name from nearby Ages Creek.[3]
The community was listed by the U.S. Census Bureau as a census-designated place in 2014. Population estimated at 439 in the 2017 US Census American Community Survey.
Ages is located in central Harlan County in the valley of the Clover Fork of the Cumberland River. It is bordered to the west by Brookside and to the east by Verda, both unincorporated. The Clover Fork valley lies between Black Mountain to the north and Little Black Mountain to the south. Elevations in the area range from in the center of Ages, to on the closest summit of Black Mountain, to on the closest summit of Little Black Mountain. (Black Mountain continues east to its true summit, the highest point in Kentucky at 4145feet.)
Kentucky Route 38 is the main road through Ages, leading west down the Clover Fork valley 5miles to Harlan, the county seat, and east 3miles to Evarts.