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Bear Fork

Ghost town · Pike County, Kentucky

Pikeville quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1916, 1:62,500)
Pikeville quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1916, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Bear Fork is a ghost town in Pike County, Kentucky. It is one of 72 former communities in Pike County on the federal names register. No county in Kentucky has more among the 101 Kentucky counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Bear Fork as a historical populated place on the Pikeville topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 37.3859° N, 82.5959° W.

Key facts

USGS quadranglePikeville
Elevation948 ft
Nearest living townVirgie, KY
Distance to it3.8 miles
GNIS feature ID2337492
Coordinates37.38595, -82.59594

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What's there now

Bear Fork is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Virgie, KY (population 412), about 3.8 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 948 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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Questions

Where is Bear Fork?

Bear Fork is in Pike County, Kentucky, at 37.3859, -82.5959.

How many ghost towns are in Pike County?

Pike County, Kentucky has 72 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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