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Blue Heron, also known as Mine 18, is a former coal mining community or coal town on the banks of the Big South Fork of the Cumberland River in McCreary County, Kentucky, United States, that has been recreated and is maintained as an interpretive history area in the Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area. [3] Coal tipple at Blue Heron
Blue Licks Battlefield State Park: Robertson County [3] 148 acres (0.60 km 2) Breaks Interstate Park: Pike County, Kentucky; Dickenson and Buchanan County, Virginia [7] Park: 4,600 acres (19 km 2) [7] Lake: 12 acres (0.05 km 2) [8] Buckhorn Lake State Resort Park: Perry County [3] Park: 856 acres (3.5 km 2) Lake: 1,200 acres (4.9 km 2) Carter ...
Strunk is an unincorporated community and coal town in McCreary County, Kentucky, United States. The community's post office was established as Strunk Lane on February 18, 1892, and was probably named for George W. Strunk, who owned a local coal mine. By 1894, the post office's [2] name was simplified to Strunk. [3] Its ZIP code is 42649. [4]
McCreary County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky.As of the 2020 census, the population was 16,888. [1] Its county seat is Whitley City. [2] The county is named for James B. McCreary, a Confederate war soldier and two-time Governor of Kentucky (1875–1879, 1911–1915).
US 79 in Kentucky begins at the Tennessee state line west of Guthrie and travels northeast, forming a junction with US 41 0.497 miles (0.800 km) from the state line. The route continues to the northeast, passing north of Guthrie and Allensville in rural areas of Todd County. 10.606 miles (17.069 km) from the Kentucky-Tennessee border, US 79 crosses into Logan County where it becomes known as ...
Kentucky Route 329 Bypass (KY 329 Bypass) is a 2.062-mile (3.318 km) [1] long bypass route of KY 329 around the northern edge of Crestwood. The western terminus of the route is at KY 329 roughly 0.5 miles (0.80 km) south of where KY 329 meets I-71. The bypass heads east as four-lane undivided Veterans Memorial Parkway, passing through fields.
This is a list of plantations (including plantation houses) in the U.S. state of Kentucky, which are: National Historic Landmarks, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, listed on a heritage register, or are otherwise significant for their history, association with significant events or people, or their architecture and design.
U.S. Route 27 (US 27) in Kentucky runs 201.120 miles (323.671 km) from the Tennessee border to the Ohio border at Cincinnati.It crosses into the state in the Lake Cumberland area, passing near or through many small towns, including Somerset, Stanford, and Nicholasville.