Holt

Holt is a hamlet in Lawrence, Kentucky. Holt is situated nearby to the hamlet Walbridge, as well as near Smoky Valley.

Type: Hamlet
Description: unincorporated community in Lawrence County, Kentucky
Also known as: “Holt, KY”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Louisa and Fort Gay.

Louisa

Town

Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.

Louisa is a home-rule class city in Lawrence County, Kentucky, United States, of which it is the county seat. It is at the merger of the Levisa and Tug Forks into the Big Sandy River, which forms part of the state's border with West Virginia. Louisa is situated 2 miles north of Holt.

Fort Gay

Village

Fort Gay is a town in Wayne County, West Virginia, United States, situated along the Tug Fork and Big Sandy rivers. It is located within the Huntington–Ashland metropolitan area, and adjoins Louisa, Kentucky. The population was 677 at the 2020 census. Fort Gay is situated 2 miles north of Holt.

Torchlight

Hamlet

Torchlight is an unincorporated community and coal town in Lawrence County, Kentucky, United States. The community is named for an annual torchlight parade accident which resulted in the Hotel Greenup being burned to the ground. Torchlight is situated 2½ miles south of Holt.

Holt

Categories: unincorporated community and locality
Location: Lawrence, Kentucky, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

38.08481° or 38° 5′ 5″ north

Longitude

-82.59821° or 82° 35′ 54″ west

Elevation

591 feet (180 metres)

Open location code

86CV3CM2+WP

OpenStreetMap ID

node 153955566

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

4295099

Wikidata ID

Q14690628

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From French to Irish—“Holt” goes by many names.

French: “Holt”
German: “Holt (Lawrence County, Kentucky)”
German: “Holt”
Irish: “Holt”

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Localities in the Area

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Highlights include Three Rivers Medical Center and Saint Jude Catholic Church.

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