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    Harlan County is a county located in southeastern Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 26,831. Its county seat is Harlan. It is classified...
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    Harlan is a home rule-class city in and the county seat of Harlan County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 1,745 at the 2010 census, down from...
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  • bombings and strikes (both attempted and realized) that took place in Harlan County, Kentucky, during the 1930s. The incidents involved coal miners and union...
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  • Eastover Coal Company's Brookside Mine and Prep Plant in Harlan County, southeast Kentucky. It won the Academy Award for Best Documentary at the 49th...
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    1842 from Harlan and Perry counties, and named for Robert P. Letcher, Governor of Kentucky from 1840 to 1844. The area now known as Letcher County was first...
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  • underground coal miners in Kentucky. Scott said the inspiration for the song came from a visit to Harlan County, Kentucky, in an attempt to research his...
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    Evarts is a home rule-class city in Harlan County, Kentucky, in the United States. The post office was opened on February 9, 1855, and named for one of...
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    89389°W / 36.91417; -82.89389 in Harlan County, Kentucky near the Virginia border, just above the towns of Lynch, Kentucky and Appalachia, Virginia. It is...
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    Cumberland River (category Rivers of Harlan County, Kentucky)
    begin in Kentucky and converge in Baxter, KY, located in Harlan County. Martin's Fork starts near Hensley Settlement on Brush Mountain in Bell County and snakes...
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  • rises in the Appalachian Mountains in extreme southeastern Kentucky, in northeastern Harlan County, approximately 5 mi (8 km) from the Virginia state line...
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  • Harlan County may refer to: Harlan County, Kentucky Harlan County, Nebraska Harlan County (album), a 1969 album by American singer-songwriter Jim Ford...
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    family near Danville, Kentucky, Harlan experienced a quick rise to political prominence. When the American Civil War broke out, Harlan strongly supported...
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  • Which Side Are You On? (category Harlan County, Kentucky)
    for the United Mine Workers in Harlan County, Kentucky. In 1931, the miners and the mine owners in southeastern Kentucky were locked in a bitter and violent...
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    Cumberland is a home rule-class city in Harlan County, Kentucky, in the United States. The population according to the 2010 Census was 2,237, down from...
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  • Harlan County War (2000) is a television film directed by Tony Bill and written by Peter Silverman. It aired on Showtime. A Kentucky woman whose mine-worker...
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  • community in Harlan County, Kentucky, United States. The community is located about 2.5 miles (4.0 km) above the city of Cumberland, Kentucky. The Blair...
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  • in Harlan County, Kentucky, United States. Its post office is closed. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Sunshine, Harlan County...
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  • which has compared workers' accounts of industrial conflicts in Harlan County, Kentucky, and Terni, Italy. In 2014–15, he was a visiting professor in the...
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    Benham is a home rule-class city in Harlan County, Kentucky, in the United States. The city was formally incorporated by the General Assembly in 1961...
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    Lynch is a home rule-class city in Harlan County, Kentucky, United States. In the 2020 census the city population was 658, down from 747 in 2010. Lynch...
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    James Harlan (June 22, 1800 – February 18, 1863) was an attorney and politician, a U.S. Representative from Kentucky. He also served as US Attorney for...
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    Loyall (/ˈloʊəl/) is a home rule-class city in Harlan County, Kentucky, in the United States. The population was 1,461 as of the 2010 census, up from...
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  • The 2019 Harlan County coal miners' protest was a labor protest held by dozens of coal miners in Cumberland, Kentucky. The causes of the protest stemmed...
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  • Baxter is an unincorporated community in Harlan County, Kentucky, United States. The community sits at the confluence of Martin's Fork with Clover Fork...
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    Bell County is a county located in the southeast part of the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 24,097. Its county seat...
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    portions of Clay, Harlan, and Perry counties, and named for Preston Leslie, governor of Kentucky from 1871 to 1875. Leslie County was formed in 1878...
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  • U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Marshall Harlan. Harlan County, Kentucky is named in honor of Silas Harlan. Silas and his brother, James, accompanied...
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  • Kentucky Justice is a reality television series which followed the activities and exploits of the Harlan County Sheriff's department, in eastern Kentucky...
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  • Justified (TV series) (category Harlan County, Kentucky)
    area of eastern Kentucky, specifically Harlan County where many of the main characters grew up. It also features Lexington, Kentucky, where the local...
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  • Chad is an unincorporated community in Harlan County, Kentucky, United States. Chad is located on U.S. Route 119 and the Poor Fork about 2 miles (3.2 km)...
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