Leach Railroad Station, Kentucky

Leach Railroad Station
Unincorporated community
Leach Railroad Station Location within the state of Kentucky
Coordinates: 38°21′25″N 82°35′59″W / 38.35694°N 82.59972°W / 38.35694; -82.59972Coordinates: 38°21′25″N 82°35′59″W / 38.35694°N 82.59972°W / 38.35694; -82.59972
Country	United States
State	Kentucky
County	Boyd
Elevation	545 ft (166 m)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EST (UTC-4)
GNIS feature ID	2088737^[1]

Leach Railroad Station, is an unincorporated community located 3 miles south of Catlettsburg in Boyd County, Kentucky. It was first established in approximately 1882 as a freight and passenger loading facility for the Chatteroi railroad (later Chesapeake and Ohio Railway). The former community of Leech Station is now mostly owned by Marathon Oil, which operates one of its seven oil refineries there. Marathon bought the large refinery at Leech Station from Ashland, Inc. in 1999. In 2000, Marathon took over ownership of old U.S. 23 and then purchased the remaining residential property located at Leech Station.

References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Leach Railroad Station, Kentucky

Municipalities and communities of Boyd County, Kentucky, United States

County seat: Catlettsburg

Cities	Ashland Catlettsburg

CDPs	Cannonsburg Westwood

Unincorporated communities	Burnaugh Coalton Durbin England Hill Garner Ironville Kavanaugh Leach Railroad Station Little Garner Lockwood Meads Normal Peterman Hill Princess Rockdale Rush‡ Summit Unity Winslow

Ghost towns	Burgess Railroad Station Neal

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

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