Emma is an unincorporated community and

coal town A coal town, also known as a coal camp or patch, is a type of company town or mining community established by the employer, a mining company, which imports workers to the site to work the mineral find. The company develops it and provides residen ...

in Floyd County, Kentucky, United States. A post office was established in the community in 1908. The origins of place name Emma are unclear: some hold it was named for the wife of the congressman

John W. Langley John Wesley Langley (January 14, 1868 – January 17, 1932) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky, husband of Katherine Gudger Langley. Born in Floyd County, Kentucky, Langley attended the common schools and then taught school for three year ...

, while others believe it was named for the wife of a prominent realtor.

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