Martins Fork Lake is a

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Harlan County, Kentucky Harlan County is a county located in southeastern Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 26,831. Its county seat is Harlan. It is classified as a moist countya county in which alcohol sales are prohibited (a dry county), but conta ...

. The lake was impounded from the Martins Fork in 1979 by the

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. It is named for James Martin, an early pioneer in the area.

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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Martins Fork Lake
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