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Closplint, Kentucky

Coordinates: 36°54′14″N 83°4′10″W / 36.90389°N 83.06944°W / 36.90389; -83.06944
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Closplint, Kentucky
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 / 36.90389°N 83.06944°W / 36.90389; -83.06944
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]

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.

References

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  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.