Closplint, Kentucky

Unincorporated community in Kentucky, United States

36°54′14″N 83°4′10″W / 36.90389°N 83.06944°W / 36.90389; -83.06944CountryUnited StatesStateKentuckyCountyHarlanElevation

1,539 ft (469 m)Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CST)ZIP codes

40927

GNIS feature ID511416^[1]

Closplint is an unincorporated community in Harlan County, Kentucky, United States. The settlement was named Cloversplint after the mining company (Clover Splint Coal Company, Inc.^[2] ) that built the mine to exploit the coal and the settlement as a coal town in 1926.^[3] The arrangement of the company houses is considered to have shown the influence of reform thinking about such towns. The company operated here between 1928 and 1946. ^[4] When the United States Postal Service established a post office (ZIP Code 40927), it shortened the name to Closplint.

References

^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Closplint, Kentucky
^ "Fasttrack Organization Search". app.sos.ky.gov. Retrieved January 30, 2019.
^ Chris DellaMea. "CLOSPLINT KY". coalcampusa.com. Retrieved January 30, 2019. The Clover Splint Coal Company (hence Closplint) constructed this coal town and coal mine in 1926. That is kind of a late date for a coal company town, and it shows in the "enlightened" and "reformed" arrangement of these company houses.
^ Kentucky Foundation. "Kentucky Coal Heritage - Harlan County, Kentucky Coal Camps". coaleducation.org. Retrieved January 30, 2019.