Soldier, Kentucky

Soldier, Kentucky
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 38°15′33″N 83°17′58″W / 38.25917°N 83.29944°W / 38.25917; -83.29944Coordinates: 38°15′33″N 83°17′58″W / 38.25917°N 83.29944°W / 38.25917; -83.29944
Country	United States
State	Kentucky
County	Carter
Elevation	968 ft (295 m)
Time zone	Central (CST) (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CST (UTC-5)
ZIP codes	41173
GNIS feature ID	515531^[1]

Soldier is an unincorporated community and coal town in Carter County, Kentucky, United States.

References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Soldier, Kentucky

Municipalities and communities of Carter County, Kentucky, United States
County seat: Grayson
Cities	Grayson Olive Hill
Unincorporated communities	Beech Grove Beetle Boone Furnace Carter Davy Run Denton Grahn Hitchins Mount Savage Rooney Rush‡ Smiths Creek Soldier Straight Creek Willard
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Soldier was not a coal town. It had clay mines where material to make fire bricks was mined. In nearby Haldeman and Hayward were brick yards where the clay was baked in kilns to make the bricks.

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