Fourmile, Kentucky

Fourmile
Unincorporated community
Fourmile
Coordinates: 36°47′33″N 83°44′34″W / 36.79250°N 83.74278°W / 36.79250; -83.74278Coordinates: 36°47′33″N 83°44′34″W / 36.79250°N 83.74278°W / 36.79250; -83.74278
Country	United States
State	Kentucky
County	Bell
Elevation	1,001 ft (305 m)
Time zone	Eastern (UTC-5)
ZIP code	40939

Fourmile is an unincorporated community located in Bell County, Kentucky.

Fourmile appears on the Pineville U.S. Geological Survey Map.^[1]

Geography

Fourmile is located at 36°47′33″N 83°44′34″W / 36.79250°N 83.74278°W / 36.79250; -83.74278. Fourmile is along the Cumberland River.

History

A post office was established in the community in 1899. The origins of the name Fourmile are disputed: some hold it is because of hamlet's location four miles downriver from Pineville, while others believe it was named after the four-mile length of nearby Fourmile Creek.^[2]

References

↑ "Fourmile Populated Place Profile / Bell County, Kentucky Data". KY HomeTownLocator. Retrieved 2012-08-20.
↑ Rennick, Robert M. (1987). Kentucky Place Names. University Press of Kentucky. p. 107. Retrieved 2013-04-28.

Municipalities and communities of Bell County, Kentucky, United States
County seat: Pineville
Cities	Middlesboro Pineville
Unincorporated communities	Arjay Balkan Beverly Black Snake Blackmont Calvin Clear Creek Springs Colmar Cubage Field Fonde Fourmile Frakes Harbell Hutch Ingram Jaybel Keenox Kettle Island Laurel Ford Meldrum Miracle Mocking Bird Branch Noetown Oaks Olcott Ponza Premier Pruden‡ Red Oak Rella Stoney Fork Stony Fork Junction Sugar Run Tejay Timsley Tuggleville Varilla Wallsend Wasioto
Ghost towns	Arjay Coal Camp Glendon Coal Camp Kettle Island Coal Camp Nugym Rim Camp Yellow Creek
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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