Black Star Coal Camp, Kentucky

Black Star Coal Camp
Black Star Coal Camp
Unincorporated community
	Black Star Coal Camp Location within the state of Kentucky Black Star Coal Camp Black Star Coal Camp (the United States)
	Coordinates: 36°43′56″N83°25′6″W / 36.73222°N 83.41833°W
Country	United States
State	Kentucky
County	Harlan
Elevation	1,772 ft (540 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
GNIS feature ID	2565551

Last updated July 10, 2025

Black Star Coal Camp is an unincorporated community and coal town in Harlan County, Kentucky, United States.

Kentucky state legislator Rick Nelson was born here.

References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Black Star Coal Camp, Kentucky

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

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v t e Municipalities and communities of Harlan County, Kentucky, United States
County seat: Harlan
Cities	Benham Cumberland Evarts Harlan Loyall Lynch	Location of Harlan County, Kentucky
CDPs	Ages Cawood Coldiron Coxton Kenvir Pathfork South Wallins Wallins Creek
Other unincorporated communities	Alva Bardo Baxter Benito Big Laurel Black Star Coal Camp Blackjoe Blair Bledsoe Brookside Chad Chevrolet Closplint Clutts Cranks Creech Dayhoit Dizney Draper Elcomb Fresh Meadows Golden Ash Grays Knob Highsplint Hiram Holmes Mill Insull Kentenia Kildav Kitts Lejunior Lenarue Louellen Mary Alice Mary Helen Molus Nolansburg Pansy Pine Mountain Putney Redbud Ridgeway Rosspoint Smith Stanfill Sunshine Tacky Town Teetersville Ten Spot Totz Tway Verda Yancey
Ghost towns	Banner Fork Coal Company Darby Coal Mining Camp Gano Coal Camp Pee Vee Three Point Coal Camp Tin Can Alley Wheeler Coal Camp White Star
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Black Star Coal Camp
Unincorporated community
Black Star Coal Camp Location within the state of Kentucky Show map of Kentucky Black Star Coal Camp Black Star Coal Camp (the United States) Show map of the United States
Coordinates: 36°43′56″N83°25′6″W / 36.73222°N 83.41833°W / 36.73222; -83.41833
Country	United States
State	Kentucky
County	Harlan
Elevation	1,772 ft (540 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
GNIS feature ID	2565551^[1]