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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).
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.
It is now a city park under the auspices of the city of London, KY. The park encompasses 896 acres (363 ha) and includes a section of the Wilderness Road that early settlers used to reach Kentucky. The park is named for Levi Jackson, an early Kentucky pioneer. [2] It serves as both a recreational and historic park. [3]
Another era in Lexington dining is sailing off into the sunset: The Ketch Seafood Grill, a longtime seafood restaurant on Southland Drive, has been sold. Owner Art Howard said Tuesday that the ...
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.