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Fort Barker

Ghost town · Clark County, Kentucky

Sideview quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1952, 1:24,000)
Sideview quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1952, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Fort Barker is a ghost town in Clark County, Kentucky. It is one of 30 former communities in Clark County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 5th among the 101 Kentucky counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Fort Barker as a historical populated place on the Sideview 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 38.0306° N, 84.0265° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleSideview
Elevation1,075 ft
Nearest living townMount Sterling, KY
Distance to it4.9 miles
GNIS feature ID2508327
Coordinates38.03064, -84.02654

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What's there now

Fort Barker is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Mount Sterling, KY (population 7,549), about 4.9 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 1,075 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 Fort Barker?

Fort Barker is in Clark County, Kentucky, at 38.0306, -84.0265.

How many ghost towns are in Clark County?

Clark County, Kentucky has 30 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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