Furnace, Kentucky

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Furnace
Unincorporated community
Furnace Location within the state of Kentucky
Coordinates: 37°45′43″N 83°49′54″W / 37.76194°N 83.83167°W / 37.76194; -83.83167Coordinates: 37°45′43″N 83°49′54″W / 37.76194°N 83.83167°W / 37.76194; -83.83167
Country	United States
State	Kentucky
County	Estill
Elevation	1,257 ft (383 m)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
GNIS feature ID	512266^[1]

Furnace is an unincorporated community located in Estill County, Kentucky, United States.

A post office was established in the community in 1857, and named for the Estill Steam Furnace, a local pig ore industrial operation. This was shortened to Furnace in 1882.^[2] Its post office ^[3] has since closed.

References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Furnace, Kentucky
↑ Rennick, Robert M. (1987). Kentucky Place Names. University Press of Kentucky. pp. 111–112. Retrieved 2013-04-28.
↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Furnace KY post office

v t e Municipalities and communities of Estill County, Kentucky, United States

County seat: Irvine

Cities	Irvine Ravenna

Unincorporated communities	Bogie Cressy Cobhill Drowning Creek Fox Furnace Happy Top Iron Mound Jinks Kimbrell Knob Lick Lynch Town Macedonia Maddie Marbleyard Pryse Shade Sparks Stump Sweet Lick Texola The Forks Wagersville Winston Wisemantown Witt

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