Lusk (also Atpontley) is an

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in Bledsoe County,

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, United States. It lies along U.S. Route 127 southwest of the city of Pikeville, the

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of Bledsoe County. The variant name Atpontley is a compound of the names of three coal miners: Atkinson, Dupont, and Finley.

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Unincorporated communities in Bledsoe County, Tennessee Unincorporated communities in Tennessee {{BledsoeCountyTN-geo-stub