Fourseam is an
unincorporated community located in
Perry County Perry County may refer to:
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,
Kentucky, United States.
The
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 ...
was named by the Fourseam Coal Co. for the four coal seams exploited in the mine beginning shortly before World War I.
References
Unincorporated communities in Perry County, Kentucky
Unincorporated communities in Kentucky
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