Crane Nest (also known as Cranes Nest) is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

located in Knox County,

Kentucky Kentucky (, ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north, West Virginia to the ...

, United States. A post office was established in 1874. According to tradition, the town gets its name from a rare crane's nest discovered in the area.

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Unincorporated communities in Knox County, Kentucky Unincorporated communities in Kentucky {{KnoxCountyKY-geo-stub