Balkan, Kentucky

Balkan is an unincorporated community in Bell County, in the U.S. state of Kentucky.^[1]

History

A post office was established at Balkan in 1912, and remained in operation until 1982.^[2] It was named after the Balkans, in Southeast Europe, the native land of many of the early settlers in this mining community.^[3]

References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Balkan, Kentucky
↑ "Bell County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
↑ Rennick, Robert M. (28 August 2013). Kentucky Place Names. University Press of Kentucky. p. 54. ISBN 0-8131-4401-9.

Municipalities and communities of Bell County, Kentucky, United States

County seat: Pineville

Cities	Middlesboro Pineville

Unincorporated communities	Arjay Balkan Beverly Black Snake Blackmont Clear Creek Springs Colmar Cubage Field Fonde Fourmile Frakes Harbell Hutch Ingram Jaybel Keenox Kettle Island Laurel Ford Meldrum Miracle Mocking Bird Branch Noetown Oaks Olcott Ponza Premier Pruden‡ Red Oak Rella Stoney Fork Stony Fork Junction Sugar Run Tejay Timsley Tuggleville Varilla Wallsend Wasioto

Ghost towns	Arjay Coal Camp Glendon Coal Camp Kettle Island Coal Camp Nugym Rim Camp Yellow Creek

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Coordinates: 36°45′33″N 83°32′40″W / 36.75917°N 83.54444°W / 36.75917; -83.54444

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