Sam Bentley Cemetery

Sam Bentley Cemetery is a cemetery in Letcher, Kentucky. Sam Bentley Cemetery is situated nearby to the hamlet Payne Gap, as well as near the mountain saddle Pound Gap.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Pound Gap.

Pound Gap

Mountain saddle

Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.

The Pound Gap of Pine Mountain is on the Virginia/Kentucky border between Jenkins, Kentucky and Pound, Virginia. It served as a passage for early settlers to cross into Kentucky from Virginia. Today, U.S. Route 23 passes through the gap. Pound Gap is situated 2 miles east of Sam Bentley Cemetery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Payne Gap and Cromona.

Payne Gap

Hamlet

Payne Gap is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Letcher County, Kentucky, United States. As of the 2020 census, Payne Gap had a population of 347. U.S. Route 119 passes through the community.

Cromona

Hamlet

Photo: BackAlleyBoy, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Cromona is a small unincorporated community located in the mountains of Eastern Kentucky in Letcher County, Kentucky, United States. The Cromona post office has operated since 1916. Cromona is situated 2½ miles northwest of Sam Bentley Cemetery.

Dunham

Hamlet

Dunham is an unincorporated community and coal town in Letcher County, Kentucky, United States. Dunham's post office operated in the community from 1913 to 1960. Dunham is situated 3 miles northeast of Sam Bentley Cemetery.

Sam Bentley Cemetery

Type: Cemetery
Category: burial
Location: Letcher, Kentucky, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

37.15252° or 37° 9′ 9″ north

Longitude

-82.67307° or 82° 40′ 23″ west

Elevation

1,555 feet (474 metres)

Open location code

869V583G+2Q

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1026944326

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=cemetery

GeoNames ID

4307450

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