Drift Branch

Drift Branch is a stream in Harlan, Kentucky. Drift Branch is situated nearby to the hamlet Blair, as well as near Clutts.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kingdom Come State Park and Kentucky Coal Museum.

Kingdom Come State Park

Park

Kingdom Come State Park is a part of Kentucky's state park system in Harlan County atop Pine Mountain near the city of Cumberland. It was named after the 1903 best-selling novel The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come by native Kentuckian John Fox, Jr.

Kentucky Coal Museum

Museum

The Kentucky Coal Museum is a heritage center located in Benham, Kentucky. Its focus is the history of the coal industry in Eastern Kentucky, featuring specific exhibits on the company towns of Benham and neighboring Lynch. Kentucky Coal Museum is situated 1½ miles southeast of Drift Branch.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Clutts and Cumberland.

Clutts

Hamlet

Clutts is a coal town and an unincorporated community in Harlan County, Kentucky, United States. The coal it produced was distributed through the Clutts railroad station that gave the community its original name. It has also been referred to as Pee Vee.

Cumberland

Town

Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.

Cumberland is a home rule-class city in Harlan County, Kentucky, in the United States. As of the 2020 census, Cumberland had a population of 1,947. The city sits at the confluence of Looney Creek and the Poor Fork Cumberland River. Cumberland is situated 1½ miles west of Drift Branch.

Linefork

Hamlet

Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.

Linefork is an unincorporated community located in Letcher County, Kentucky, United States. Linefork is situated 2½ miles north of Drift Branch.

Drift Branch

Type: Stream
Category: body of water
Location: Harlan, Kentucky, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

36.98426° or 36° 59′ 3″ north

Longitude

-82.96322° or 82° 57′ 48″ west

Elevation

1,447 feet (441 metres)

Open location code

868VX2MP+PP

GeoNames ID

4290241

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Highlights include Creech Cemetery and Israel Blair Cemetery.

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