Fourseam, Kentucky

Unincorporated community in Kentucky, United States

37°13′14″N 83°10′43″W / 37.22056°N 83.17861°W / 37.22056; -83.17861CountryUnited StatesStateKentuckyCountyPerryElevation

906 ft (276 m)Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)GNIS feature ID512228^[1]

Fourseam is an unincorporated community located in Perry County, Kentucky, United States.

The coal town was named by the Fourseam Coal Co. for the four coal seams exploited in the mine beginning shortly before World War I.^[2]

References

^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Fourseam, Kentucky
^ Rennick, Robert M. (1987). Kentucky Place Names. University Press of Kentucky. p. 108. ISBN 0813126312. Retrieved April 28, 2013.

Municipalities and communities of Perry County, Kentucky, United States

County seat: Hazard

Cities

CDPs

Other
unincorporated
communities

Former mining towns

Post offices
(and the creeks
they are on)

Lost Creek (includes Lost Creek, Dice, and Engle)
Troublesome Creek (includes Troublesome, Dwarf, Ary, and Rowdy)
Big Creek (includes Avawam, Catur, Begley, and Tug)
North Fork tributaries at Hazard (includes Monos, Butterfly, Lotair, Allais, Airport Gardens, Lennut, Domino, and Combs)