Leslie County, Kentucky

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Leslie County, Kentucky is a rural, mountainous county in southeastern Kentucky known for its coal mining heritage and location in the Appalachian region.

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Leslie County, Kentucky canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative territorial entity
county
characteristic rural
country United States of America
countySeat Hyden, Kentucky
economyHistoricallyBasedOn coal mining
governmentType county government
hasGeographicFeature hollows
mountains
ridges
hasHeritage coal mining
hasIndustry coal mining
hasNaturalResource coal
hasRuralCharacter true
hasSettlement Hyden, Kentucky
isInRegion Central Appalachia
linked to: Appalachia

Eastern Kentucky
linked to: eastern Kentucky
isLandlocked true
isLocatedIn United States South
Upland South
linked to: Upper South
isMountainousArea true
isPartOf Appalachia
isPredominantlyRural true
isRuralArea true
isSparselyPopulated true
knownFor coal mining heritage
locatedIn Appalachian region
Eastern Kentucky Coalfield
Kentucky
United States Census-designated Appalachian region
southeastern Kentucky
locatedInMountainRange Appalachian Mountains
namedAfter Preston H. Leslie NERFINISHED
partOf United States Census Bureau
regionType Appalachian county
seat Hyden, Kentucky
state Kentucky
subdivisionName Leslie County
subdivisionName1 Kentucky
subdivisionName2 United States of America
subdivisionType county
subdivisionType1 state
subdivisionType2 country
terrain mountainous
timeZone Eastern Time Zone
timeZoneDST Eastern Daylight Time
linked to: Eastern Time Zone

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Kentucky Route 80 passesThrough Leslie County, Kentucky
Eastern Kentucky contains Leslie County, Kentucky
subject linked to: eastern Kentucky
Knox County, Kentucky borderedBy Leslie County, Kentucky
Clay County, Kentucky borderedBy Leslie County, Kentucky