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Harlan County Kentucky
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 Eleven Men Become United States Citizens of  Harlan County Ky--1928
These men were coal miners.

 
 Harlan County  is located in the eastern coal field region of Ky. Harlan has been immortalized in books and forever preserved on film. Harlan County USA a film by Barbara Koppel depicting life in the coal fields of Harlan, Ky .This documentary won a academy award.  Harlan County is one of the most famous counties in Ky. Harlan has earned it's place in History and is portrayed in our history books as "Bloody Harlan". Pioneers were of strong stock and  brawn. Many had served in the Rev War and their sons fought in the War of 1812. They battled the Indians making their way through the Wilderness Trail. Kentucky's, soil is soaked with the blood of the Shawnees, Cherokees, and Iroquois.  Pioneers  were of English, English-Irish, Scot -Irish and Scot  Highlander blood lines. Rugged to the terrain  of vast mountains and deep descending valleys, pioneers paved the way to the west through the Wilderness Road. Kentucky fought and won its freedom from Virginia in 1792 and became the fifteenth state to join the Union. It was 1916 when coal mining was fully established in Harlan, Kentucky that the influence of the North soon would change the lives of our fore-fathers forever. 
 



Harlan County Movie
Filmed on location in Harlan County
Harlan County Books

 Harlan County Movie 
Filmed in Canada
 
Harlan County Court House 
205 Central Street 
Harlan, Kentucky-40831-0670 
Harlan sits at the base of the Cumberland river. Black Mountain being the highest point, 4732 ft above sea level. Cumberland was the largest community but was remote from Harlan until the railroad was built in the early 1900s.
Today there is no public transportation to or from Harlan County. Corbin is the closest town for public transportation. I use to take the greyhound from Harlan to Lexington but greyhound no longer operates in Harlan County. Harlan is considered remote and the outer areas are still unspoiled by modern technology.

 
Old Harlan High School and the old Harlan Hospital
Harlan County Research Page 
Here you will find the links to data files, census records, family pages, vital records and more
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Harlan County was formed in 1819 from a portion of Knox County. In 1842 it lost a small portion at the northeast end to the formation of Letcher County. It remained the same size until 1867, shortly after the Civil War, when a western portion of the county was taken off to become the eastern half of Bell County. In 1878, part of the northern section of the county was joined to parts of Clay and Perry Counties to become Leslie County. Use the links below to visit the neighboring counties

 
Leslie County
Knox County
 Wise Co. Va

 
Letcher County
Clay County
 
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