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Lynch is a home rule-class city in Harlan County, Kentucky, United States. In the 2020 census the city population was 658, [2] down from 747 in 2010. A company store owned and operated by the U.S. Coal and Coke Company in Lynch, Kentucky.
Lynch is the nearest city to Kentucky's highest point, Black Mountain, elevation 4,145. Sitting at an elevation of 1,716 feet above sea level, Lynch is Kentucky's highest incorporated city. Lynch is adjacent to Appalachia, Virginia.
Located in Kentucky, the City of Lynch has a lot to discover. Find more about its City Hall, Mayor, Schools, Banks, Passport Facilities, and Leisure Activities.
Lynch, Kentucky, nestled in a narrow valley along Looney Creek in southeastern Harlan County, was once the largest coal camp in the world. Founded in 1917 by US Coal and Coke, a subsidiary of US Steel, this three-mile long model town was designed to include everything for its residents, which comprised over 38 nationalities.
Located in the town of Lynch, Harlan County Kentucky it is a short drive from East Tennessee, Southwest Virginia, Western North Carolina and parts of West Virginia. Less than three hours from Lexington, Kentucky and Knoxville, Tennessee, it is a great one day trip for many in the southeast.
Portal No. 31 Underground Mine Tour, located in Lynch, Kentucky in the heart of Kentucky’s richest coalfields, offers visitors the unique experience of touring an actual coal mine by rail car. Visitors will experience travelling through a coal mine as the enjoy animated exhibits along the tour.
Named for the "Father of Mine Safety," Pennsylvanian Thomas Lynch, the town was home to about ten thousand people at its peak. Lynch was considered one of the model coal camps in Appalachia because of its quality health care, education, housing, social services, wages, benefits, and recreation.
Located at the foot of Black Mountain in the heart of the state’s coal-mining country, Lynch, Kentucky (population 900) was founded in 1917 to house the workers of the U.S. Coal & Coke Co., later a subsidiary of U.S. Steel.
Although Lynch was considered one of the model coal camps in Appalachia because of its quality health care, education, housing, social services, wages and benefits, and recreation, it was a closed community with a corporate owner who dictated political and economic policies for years.
The Lynch Historic District, in Lynch, Kentucky, is a 125 acres (51 ha) historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003. It included 298 contributing buildings, four contributing structures, and a contributing site. [1]