Burning Fork, Kentucky

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Burning Fork, Kentucky
Unincorporated community
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Burning Fork
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Burning Fork
Coordinates: 37°44′0″N83°1′24″W / 37.73333°N 83.02333°W / 37.73333; -83.02333
Country United States
State Kentucky
County Magoffin
Elevation
899 ft (274 m)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP codes
41405
GNIS feature ID507625 [1]

Burning Fork is an unincorporated community located in Magoffin County, Kentucky, United States. The etymology of Burning Fork refers to a natural gas vein that was ignited and eventually extinguished by 1865. [2] [3]

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Burning Fork, Kentucky
  2. ↑ Rennick, Robert M. (2013). Kentucky Place Names. University Press of Kentucky. ISBN   9780813144016.
  3. ↑ Collins, Lewis (1877). History of Kentucky. p. 536.


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