Hunnewell is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...

in Greenup County,

Kentucky Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north; West Virginia and Virginia to ...

, United States.

History

Hunnewell was a stop along the

Eastern Kentucky Railway The Eastern Kentucky Railway was a railroad in northeastern Kentucky, United States. It served mainly mine traffic, running north from Webbville through Grayson to Riverton (now part of Greenup) on the Ohio River and Chesapeake and Ohio Rail ...

and was named after one of the railways founders H.H. Hunnewell. Prior to the railway, the area was the site of the Greenup Furnace community, which was renamed Hunnewell Furnace. A post office called Hunnewell was established in 1874, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1950. In 1922, Hunnewell was almost completely destroyed by the largest tornado Kentucky has ever seen.

References

Unincorporated communities in Greenup County, Kentucky Unincorporated communities in Kentucky {{GreenupCountyKY-geo-stub