Grays Knob 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 Harlan County, Kentucky, United States. A post office was established in the community in 1916, and named for a local hill. It is located just south of the city of

Harlan Harlan is a given name and a surname which may refer to: Surname *Bob Harlan (born 1936 Robert E. Harlan), American football executive *Bruce Harlan (1926–1959), American Olympic diver *Byron B. Harlan (1886–1949), American politician *Byron G ...

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Unincorporated communities in Harlan County, Kentucky Unincorporated communities in Kentucky Coal towns in Kentucky {{HarlanCountyKY-geo-stub