Leach Railroad Station, Kentucky
| Leach Railroad Station | |
|---|---|
| Unincorporated community | |
  Leach Railroad Station Location within the state of Kentucky | |
| Coordinates: 38°21′25″N 82°35′59″W / 38.35694°N 82.59972°WCoordinates: 38°21′25″N 82°35′59″W / 38.35694°N 82.59972°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Kentucky |
| County | Boyd |
| Elevation | 545 ft (166 m) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EST (UTC-4) |
| GNIS feature ID | 2088737[1] |
Leach Railroad Station, was an unincorporated community located 3 miles south of Catlettsburg in Boyd County, Kentucky. Leech Station was established in the 1800s as a freight and passenger loading facility for the Chatteroi railroad (now CSX Transportation) and later Chesapeake and Ohio Railway. The former community of Leech Station is now mostly owned by Marathon Oil, which operates one of the largest oil refineries in the world there. Marathon bought the large refinery at Leech Station from Ashland, Inc. in 1999. In 2000, Marathon took over ownership of old U.S. 23 and then purchased the remaining residential property located at Leech Station.
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