Western Coal Fields

's Western Coal Fields is bluegrass country of a whole different nature—a banjo picking nature, that is. It's also a fine part of the state for BBQ, owing to its western location.
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is a town on the banks of the Ohio River in 's Western Coal Fields. It bills itself as the Barbecue Capital of the World and has had some interesting figures call it home over the years, such as Beulah Annan, whose story inspired the play and movie Chicago; Florence Henderson, aka Carol Brady of The Brady Bunch; NASCAR great Darrell Waltrip; and Johnny Depp.

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is a city in 's Western Coal Fields. It is the seat of County and is located across the Ohio River from , .

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is a home rule-class city in , , in the United States. It is the seat of its county. The population was 4,492 as of the 2020 census.

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, along with Beaver Dam and Rosine, are towns in 's Western Coal Fields. is the Ohio County seat with a population of about 2000.

Western Coal Fields

Latitude of center
37.49° or 37° 29′ 24″ north
Longitude of center
-87.32° or 87° 19′ 12″ west
Wiki­data ID
Q7987718
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In Other Languages

“Western Coal Fields” goes by many names.
  • Hebrew: “שדות הפחם המערביים”

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