Laurel Branch
Laurel Branch is a stream in Harlan, Kentucky. Laurel Branch is situated nearby to the hamlet Clutts, as well as near the town Cumberland.Places of Interest
Highlights include Kentucky Coal Museum and Kingdom Come State Park.
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.
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. Kingdom Come State Park is situated 2 miles north of Laurel 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.
Lynch
Village
Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.
Lynch is a home rule-class city in Harlan County, Kentucky, United States. In the 2020 census the city population was 658, down from 747 in 2010. Lynch is situated 2½ miles east of Laurel Branch.
Laurel Branch
- Type: Stream
- Category: body of water
- Location: Harlan, Kentucky, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
36.97204° or 36° 58′ 19″ northLongitude
-82.96905° or 82° 58′ 9″ westElevation
1,516 feet (462 metres)Open location code
868VX2CJ+R9GeoNames ID
4297448
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