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2. Eastern Kentucky Coalfield - Wikipedia

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   The Eastern Kentucky Coalfield covers 31 counties with a combined land area of 13,370 sq mi (34,628 km 2), or about 33.1 percent of the state's land area. Its 2000 census population was 734,194 inhabitants, or about 18.2 percent of the state's population. The largest city, Ashland, has a population of 21,981. Other cities of significance in the ...

3. Hensley Settlement - Wikipedia

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   Hensley Settlement is an Appalachian living history museum on Brush Mountain, Bell County, Kentucky in the United States. The settlement is part of the Cumberland Gap National Historical Park and it is located approximately 10 miles (16 km) north of the park visitor center on Ridge Trail. The settlement contains twelve homestead log cabins, a ...

4. Coal mining in Kentucky - Wikipedia

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   Coal mining in Kentucky. Coal was discovered in Kentucky in 1750. Since the first commercial coal mine opened in 1820 coal has gained both economic importance and controversy regarding its environmental consequences. As of 2010 there were 442 operating coal mines in the state, [1] and as of 2017 there were fewer than 4,000 underground ...

5. From extinct to tourism boom: Elk thrive atop reclaimed coal ...

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   How Kentucky elk went from extinction to a herd 11,000 strong Elk are seen at Jenny Wiley State Park on Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2024 in Prestonsburg. Harless drove us around the perimeter of Dewey ...

6. Black Mountain (Kentucky) - Wikipedia

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   The summit of Black Mountain, August 2013 Black Mountain summit plaque. Route 160 east of Lynch and west of Appalachia crosses the mountain. The summit is reached by a narrow road that turns off to the right (coming from Lynch or to the left, if coming from Appalachia) at the Kentucky-Virginia line (the gap that is the highest part of Route 160) and leads past a Federal Aviation Administration ...

7. Daniel Boone National Forest - Wikipedia

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   The Daniel Boone National Forest (originally the Cumberland National Forest) is a national forest in Kentucky. Established in 1937, it includes 708,000 acres (287,000 ha) of federally owned land within a 2,100,000-acre (850,000 ha) proclamation boundary. The name of the forest was changed in 1966 in honor of the explorer Daniel Boone.