Fourseam
Fourseam is located in Kentucky
Fourseam
Fourseam
Location within the state of Kentucky
Fourseam is located in the United States
Fourseam
Fourseam
Fourseam (the United States)
Coordinates: 37°13′14″N 83°10′43″W / 37.22056°N 83.17861°W / 37.22056; -83.17861
CountryUnited States
StateKentucky
CountyPerry
Elevation
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

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


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