Barker Branch

HISTORICAL POPULATED PLACE · KENTUCKY

A historical populated place in Powell County, Kentucky, recorded by the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System.

Location Record

Name: Barker Branch
Feature Type: Populated Place (historical)
State: Kentucky
County: Powell County
USGS Map: Zachariah
Coordinates: 37.7359582, -83.7243185
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GNIS Feature ID: 2420698

Names and historical notes

Recorded by GNIS. Source wording is retained; these notes have not been independently verified by Forgotten America.

GNIS historical note

Rural Neighborhood

Source editions and recorded citations

Feature ID 2420698. Description/History extract: August 28, 2026. All Names extract: September 30, 2026. Retrieved October 22, 2026. Only populated fields are displayed.

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Map Rennick, Robert M. Geographic names field research conducted over a span of approximately 40 years, and annotated on USGS 1:24,000 scale topographic maps which date from 1938 to 1973. This data was also used in several published works by the author that were published during and after the field research was conducted.

GNIS source datasets and documentation

Source: U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), Historical Features.