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The Poor Fork is a 45-mile (72 km) [3] tributary of the Cumberland River in Letcher and Harlan Counties, southeast Kentucky, in the United States. [1] The river flows from its source at Flat Gap in Letcher County, on the Kentucky–Virginia border, generally southwest to where it meets Martin's Fork in Baxter to form the Cumberland River.
Looney Creek in Cumberland, Kentucky. Looney Creek is a stream in Harlan County, Kentucky, United States. The creek flows from its source at Black Mountain on the Kentucky-Virginia border, through the cities of Benham and Lynch to its confluence with the Poor Fork in Cumberland, Kentucky. [1] There are two ways the creek may have gotten its name.
It is intended to be a complete list of the properties on the National Register of Historic Places in Harlan County, Kentucky, United States. The locations of National Register properties for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a map. [1]
Chad is an unincorporated community in Harlan County, Kentucky, United States. Chad is located on U.S. Route 119 and the Poor Fork about 2 miles (3.2 km) below the city of Cumberland, Kentucky. [2] Chad had a post office from 1924 to 1932. [3]
Hiram is an unincorporated community in Harlan County, Kentucky, United States. The community is located on U.S. Route 119 and the Poor Fork. [2] The Hiram Post Office was established in 1943, with Frances E. Creech as its postmaster. It closed in 1965. [3]
Cumberland is a home rule-class city [4] in Harlan County, Kentucky, in the United States. The population according to the 2010 Census was 2,237, [5] down from 2,611 at the 2000 census. The city sits at the confluence of Looney Creek and the Poor Fork Cumberland River. [6]
The county was formed, as Kentucky's 95th county, from portions of Harlan, Perry, and Pike counties, and named for Robert P. Letcher, who was the governor of Kentucky at that time. Its county seat, Whitesburg, was called Summit City before becoming the county seat.
Tourist attractions in Harlan County, Kentucky (2 C, 1 P) Transportation in Harlan County, ... Looney Creek (Poor Fork tributary) R. Ridgetop Shawnee; S. Harlan ...