Hell for Certain, Kentucky

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Hell for Certain is an unincorporated area in Leslie County, Kentucky, United States.

The unincorporated town of Dryhill, (37.1546° North, 83.4157° West), is the proper name of Hell for Certain, located seven miles north of the small town of Hyden. Dryhill became known by this name because it is located near Hell for Certain Creek^[1].

The area is sparsely populated due to the primitive terrain, and is generally habitated by families who have passed on their property from one generation to the next. In the late 20th century, a number of newer homes were built throughout the region by persons not native to the Appalachian region.

At the mouth of Hell for Certain Creek, at the Middlefork River, a mission church exists which was started in the early 1950's by the late Miss Evelyn Fuqua^[2], who was a licensed minister in the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches.

The area has been extensively mined for coal. The Geological Society of America has borrowed "Hell for Certain" as a name for the tonstein located there, and throughout the Appalachian basin.

Less well known is another creek also known as "Hell for Certain." This one is located in Lee County, Kentucky (37.5819° North, 83.7023° West). There are also communities known as "Hell Creek" and "Whynot?" in Lee County.

[edit] References

^ University of Kentucky (2000-03).
^ "History of the Southern Ohio District Fellowship of Brethren Churches" by Historical Publication Committee, 1975

Middle Fork is accutally Middle Fork of the Kentucky River