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Watts Creek Jellico Coal Company

Ghost town · Whitley County, Kentucky

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

Watts Creek Jellico Coal Company is a ghost town in Whitley County, Kentucky. It is one of 6 former communities in Whitley County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 57th among the 101 Kentucky counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Watts Creek Jellico Coal Company as a historical populated place on the Rockholds 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 36.7944° N, 84.1248° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleRockholds
Elevation945 ft
Nearest living townRockholds, KY
Distance to it2.7 miles
GNIS feature ID2710257
Coordinates36.79436, -84.12479

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What's there now

Watts Creek Jellico Coal Company is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Rockholds, KY (population 192), about 2.7 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 945 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 Watts Creek Jellico Coal Company?

Watts Creek Jellico Coal Company is in Whitley County, Kentucky, at 36.7944, -84.1248.

How many ghost towns are in Whitley County?

Whitley County, Kentucky has 6 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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