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GNIS feature ID. 0493746. Harlan is a home rule-class city in and the county seat of Harlan County, Kentucky, United States. [ 3] The population was 1,745 at the 2010 census, [ 4] down from 2,081 at the 2000 census. Harlan is one of three Kentucky county seats to share its name with its county, the others being Greenup and Henderson .
Harlan County is a county located in southeastern Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 26,831. [ 1] Its county seat is Harlan. [ 2] It is classified as a moist county —one in which alcohol sales are prohibited (a dry county ), but containing a "wet" city—in this case Cumberland, where package alcohol sales are allowed.
Lynch is located in eastern Harlan County at 36°57′54″N 82°55′00″W (36.965133, -82.916569), [4] in the valley of Looney Creek. Lynch is the nearest city to Kentucky's highest point, Black Mountain (4,145 ft or 1,263 m). Sitting at an elevation of 1,716 feet (523 m) above sea level.
U.S. Route 421. U.S. Route 421 ( US 421) in the U.S. state of Kentucky is a 250.536-mile-long (403.199 km) north–south United States highway that traverses twelve counties in the central and eastern parts of the state. It travels in a southeast-to-northwest path from the Virginia state line near Pennington Gap to the Indiana state line, on ...
Black Mountain is the highest mountain peak in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, United States, with a summit elevation of 4,145 feet (1,263 m) [ 2] above mean sea level and a top-to-bottom height of over 2,500 feet (760 m). The summit is located at approximately 36°54′51″N 82°53′38″W in Harlan County, Kentucky near the Virginia border ...
FIPS code. 21-19108. GNIS feature ID. 0511673. 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.
City or town. Description. 1. Benham Historic District. Benham Historic District. July 21, 1983. ( #83002785) Kentucky Route 160, Central Ave., and McKnight and Cypress Sts. 36°57′48″N 82°57′02″W.
86000461 [1] Added to NRHP. March 20, 1986. The Harlan Commercial District is a primarily commercial historic district in downtown Harlan, Kentucky, in the United States. The district is centered on the Harlan County Courthouse and includes 41 buildings which contribute to its historic character. While Harlan was founded much earlier as a rural ...