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Parina

Ghost town · Bracken County, Kentucky

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

Parina is a ghost town in Bracken County, Kentucky. It is one of 4 former communities in Bracken County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 69th among the 101 Kentucky counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Parina as a historical populated place on the Brooksville 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 38.6314° N, 84.0455° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleBrooksville
Elevation870 ft
Nearest living townBrooksville, KY
Distance to it3.5 miles
GNIS feature ID2362840
Coordinates38.63144, -84.04546

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What's there now

Parina is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Brooksville, KY (population 805), about 3.5 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 870 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 Parina?

Parina is in Bracken County, Kentucky, at 38.6314, -84.0455.

How many ghost towns are in Bracken County?

Bracken County, Kentucky has 4 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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