Bardo, Kentucky

Bardo, Kentucky
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 36°45′35″N 83°20′40″W / 36.75972°N 83.34444°W / 36.75972; -83.34444Coordinates: 36°45′35″N 83°20′40″W / 36.75972°N 83.34444°W / 36.75972; -83.34444
Country	United States
State	Kentucky
County	Harlan
Elevation	1,470 ft (450 m)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
GNIS ID	486331^[1]

Bardo is an unincorporated community and coal town in Harlan County, Kentucky, United States.

History

A post office was established at Bardo in 1929, and remained in operation until 1963.^[2] The name is derived from Bordeaux, France, according to local history.^[3]

References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bardo, Kentucky
↑ "County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
↑ Rennick, Robert M. (28 August 2013). Kentucky Place Names. University Press of Kentucky. p. 56. ISBN 0-8131-4401-9.

Municipalities and communities of Harlan County, Kentucky, United States
County seat: Harlan
Cities	Benham Cumberland Evarts Harlan Loyall Lynch
CDPs	Ages Cawood Coldiron Coxton Kenvir Pathfork South Wallins Wallins Creek
Other unincorporated communities	Alva Bardo Baxter Benito Big Laurel Black Star Coal Camp Blackjoe Bledsoe Brookside Chevrolet Closplint Clutts Cranks Creech Dayhoit Dizney Draper Elcomb Fresh Meadows Golden Ash Grays Knob Highsplint Holmes Mill Insull Kentenia Kildav Kitts Lejunior Lenarue Louellen Mary Alice Mary Helen Molus Natures Bathing Pool Nolansburg Pansy Pine Mountain Putney Redbud Ridgeway Rosspoint Smith Stanfill Sunshine Tacky Town Teetersville Ten Spot Totz Tway Verda Yancey
Ghost towns	Banner Fork Coal Company Darby Coal Mining Camp Gano Coal Camp Pee Vee Three Point Coal Camp Tin Can Alley Wheeler Coal Camp White Star

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