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Peabody was a post office in Clay County, Kentucky, United States that served coal mining and lumber company lands bought by Francis Peabody of Peabody Energy and eventually ended up as part of a national forest. [2] It closed in 1982. [2] The Red Bird Purchase Unit Ranger Station is located at Peabody. [3]
The West Kentucky Coal Field, alternatively The North Pennyrile or simply Northwest Kentucky, comprises an area in the west-central and northwestern part of the state, bounded by the Dripping Springs Escarpment and the Pennyroyal Plateau and the Ohio River, but is part of the Illinois Basin that extends into Indiana and Illinois. [1]
Echols is an unincorporated community and coal town located in Ohio County, Kentucky, United States. It was also known as Pink Hall. The town extends north from Paradise, and also north from the Peabody Wildlife Management which used to be coal mines. Echols was established as a coal town in 1874 and named for the mine owner. [2]
Pages in category "Coal towns in Kentucky" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 271 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Map of the United States with Kentucky highlighted. Kentucky, a state in the United States, has 418 active cities. [1] The two most populous cities, Louisville and Lexington, are designated "first class" cities. A first class city would normally have a mayor-alderman government, but that does not apply to the merged governments in Louisville ...
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The Western Kentucky is a large coal field located in the east of the United States in Kentucky. Western Kentucky represents one of the largest coal reserve in the United States having estimated reserves of 35.67 billion tonnes of coal. [1] Other rocks in the area include conglomerate, sandstone, shale, limestone. [2]
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