Closplint, Kentucky

Closplint is an unincorporated community in Harlan County, Kentucky, United States. The settlement was named Cloversplint after the mining company (Clover Splint Coal Company, Inc.[2] ) that built the mine to exploit the coal and the settlement as a coal town in 1926.[3] The arrangement of the company houses is considered to have shown the influence of reform thinking about such towns. The company operated here between 1928 and 1946. [4] When the United States Postal Service established a post office (ZIP Code 40927), it shortened the name to Closplint.

Closplint, Kentucky
Unincorporated community
Closplint is located in Kentucky
Closplint
Closplint
Closplint is located in the United States
Closplint
Closplint
Coordinates: 36°54′14″N 83°4′10″W
CountryUnited States
StateKentucky
CountyHarlan
Elevation
1,539 ft (469 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CST)
ZIP codes
40927
GNIS feature ID511416[1]

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Closplint, Kentucky
  2. "Fasttrack Organization Search". app.sos.ky.gov. Retrieved January 30, 2019.
  3. Chris DellaMea. "CLOSPLINT KY". coalcampusa.com. Retrieved January 30, 2019. The Clover Splint Coal Company (hence Closplint) constructed this coal town and coal mine in 1926. That is kind of a late date for a coal company town, and it shows in the "enlightened" and "reformed" arrangement of these company houses.
  4. Kentucky Foundation. "Kentucky Coal Heritage - Harlan County, Kentucky Coal Camps". coaleducation.org. Retrieved January 30, 2019.


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