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CLOSPLINT, KY

These coal camp houses at Closplint, KY are well preserved. The Clover Splint Coal Company (hence Closplint) constructed this coal town and coal mine in 1926. That is kind of a late date for a coal company town, and it shows in the "enlightened" and "reformed" arrangement of these company houses. Closplint mines were served by the L&N railroad. (2017 image by author)

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Black Mountain rises up in the background behind the Closplint coal camp.

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Per "model" coal camp designs not all of the houses are of the same shape. And I don't believe that these are two-family houses, either.

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Probably boarding house, club house, and / or "bosses row."

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These nice houses were probably for managers.

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Possibly a boarding house.

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So most of the Closplint coal company town is still there, but I did not see any remnant from the mine itself.

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