Black Snake, Kentucky

Black Snake
Black Snake
Unincorporated community
	Black Snake Location within the state of Kentucky Black Snake Black Snake (the United States)
	Coordinates: 36°46′5″N83°30′12″W / 36.76806°N 83.50333°W
Country	United States
State	Kentucky
County	Bell
Elevation	1,115 ft (340 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
GNIS feature ID	487388

Last updated July 10, 2025

Black Snake is an unincorporated community located in Bell County, Kentucky, United States.

Black Snake has been noted for its unusual place name.^[2]

References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Black Snake, Kentucky
↑ Staten, Vince (December 18, 2012). Kentucky Curiosities: Quirky Characters, Roadside Oddities & Other Offbeat Stuff. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 80. ISBN 978-0-7627-9270-2.

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[1] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Black Snake, Kentucky

[2] Staten, Vince (December 18, 2012). Kentucky Curiosities: Quirky Characters, Roadside Oddities & Other Offbeat Stuff. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 80. ISBN 978-0-7627-9270-2.

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v t e Municipalities and communities of Bell County, Kentucky, United States
County seat: Pineville
Cities	Middlesboro Pineville	Location of Bell County, Kentucky
CDP	Arjay
Other unincorporated communities	Balkan Black Snake Blackmont Calvin Clear Creek Springs Colmar Cubage Field Fonde Fourmile Frakes Harbell Hutch Ingram Jaybel Keenox Kettle Island Meldrum Miracle Noetown Oaks Olcott Ponza Premier Pruden‡ Red Oak Rella Stoney Fork Stony Fork Junction Tejay Timsley Tuggleville Varilla Wallsend Wasioto
post offices (and the creeks they are on)	Red Bird River (includes Red Bird/Nuckles/Beverly)
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
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Black Snake
Unincorporated community
Black Snake Location within the state of Kentucky Show map of Kentucky Black Snake Black Snake (the United States) Show map of the United States
Coordinates: 36°46′5″N83°30′12″W / 36.76806°N 83.50333°W / 36.76806; -83.50333
Country	United States
State	Kentucky
County	Bell
Elevation	1,115 ft (340 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
GNIS feature ID	487388^[1]