Fourseam, Kentucky

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Fourseam
Unincorporated community
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Fourseam
Location within the state of Kentucky
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Fourseam
Fourseam (the United States)
Coordinates: 37°13′14″N83°10′43″W / 37.22056°N 83.17861°W / 37.22056; -83.17861
Country United States
State Kentucky
County Perry
Elevation
906 ft (276 m)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
GNIS feature ID512228 [1]

Fourseam is an unincorporated community located in Perry County, Kentucky, United States.

The coal town was named by the Fourseam Coal Co. for the four coal seams exploited in the mine beginning shortly before World War I. [2]

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Fourseam, Kentucky
  2. ↑ Rennick, Robert M. (1987). Kentucky Place Names. University Press of Kentucky. p. 108. ISBN   0813126312 . Retrieved April 28, 2013.


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