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Caskey Settement

Ghost town · Morgan County, Kentucky

Lenox quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1950, 1:24,000)
Lenox quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1950, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Caskey Settement is a ghost town in Morgan County, Kentucky. It is one of 26 former communities in Morgan County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 12th among the 101 Kentucky counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Caskey Settement as a historical populated place on the Lenox 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 37.9524° N, 83.2117° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleLenox
Elevation781 ft
Nearest living townWest Liberty, KY
Distance to it3.9 miles
GNIS feature ID2362572
Coordinates37.95242, -83.21166

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What's there now

Caskey Settement is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is West Liberty, KY (population 3,280), about 3.9 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 781 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 Caskey Settement?

Caskey Settement is in Morgan County, Kentucky, at 37.9524, -83.2117.

How many ghost towns are in Morgan County?

Morgan County, Kentucky has 26 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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