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Lower Cumberland

Ghost town · Letcher County, Kentucky

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

Lower Cumberland is a ghost town in Letcher County, Kentucky. It is one of 21 former communities in Letcher County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 22nd among the 101 Kentucky counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Lower Cumberland as a historical populated place on the Fount 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 36.9948° N, 83.8555° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleFount
Elevation986 ft
Nearest living townBarbourville, KY
Distance to it9 miles
GNIS feature ID2336151
Coordinates36.99480, -83.85554

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What's there now

Lower Cumberland is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Barbourville, KY (population 3,181), about 9 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 986 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 Lower Cumberland?

Lower Cumberland is in Letcher County, Kentucky, at 36.9948, -83.8555.

How many ghost towns are in Letcher County?

Letcher County, Kentucky has 21 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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