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The Barren Fork Coal Camp and Mine Archeological District is a 210 acres (0.85 km 2) historic district near Whitley City, Kentucky which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997. It is also designated 15MC808 and 15MC809. [1] It is presumably located near or on Barren Fork Rd., north of Whitley City.
Whitley City is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in McCreary County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 968 at the 2020 census, [3] down from 1,170 in 2010. It is the county seat of McCreary County. [4] Whitley City is one of two unincorporated county seats in Kentucky (the other being Burlington in Boone ...
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.
The first shipment of coal was delivered from Barthell in 1903 after the completion of the Kentucky and Tennessee Railroad from Stearns. During 1905 and 1906, operations expanded at Barthell with the opening of Mine No. 2. [3] From 1923 to 1927, the Bryant lease was fully purchased by the Stearns Coal and Lumber Company.
Hill Top is an unincorporated community in McCreary County, Kentucky, United States. Hill Top is located on Kentucky Route 92 near the Big South Fork of the Cumberland River, 3.5 miles (5.6 km) west of Whitley City. [2] A post office was established in the community in 1925, and named for its scenic overlooks. [3]
Eastbound KY 92 joins US 27 south to Pine Knot, then turns east to lead to Williamsburg. According to the United States Census Bureau , the Stearns CDP has a total area of 4.05 square miles (10.5 km 2 ), of which 0.03 square miles (0.08 km 2 ), or 0.84%, are water. [ 1 ]
Approximate service area of Area Code 606 is in red. Area code 606 is a telephone area code serving the eastern half of south-central and all of the eastern part of the Commonwealth of Kentucky . Cities and towns in the area code include Ashland , Morehead , Hazard , Middlesboro , Somerset , Stanford , London , Corbin , Greenup , Paintsville ...
Whitley County is a county located in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Kentucky.As of the 2020 census, the population was 36,712. [1] Its county seat is at Williamsburg, [2] though the largest city is Corbin, and the county's District Court (a trial court of limited jurisdiction) sits in both cities.