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Lower Cumberland

HISTORICAL POPULATED PLACE ยท KENTUCKY

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

Location Record

Name
Lower Cumberland
Feature Type
Populated Place (historical)
State
Kentucky
County
Letcher County
USGS Map
Fount
Coordinates
36.9947954, -83.8555360
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GNIS Feature ID
2336151

Names and historical notes

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

Also recorded as

Source editions and recorded citations

Feature ID 2336151. Description/History extract: August 28, 2026. All Names extract: September 30, 2026. Retrieved October 22, 2026. Only populated fields are displayed.

GNIS citation text may identify a source series rather than a specific page. It is reproduced below without implying that its underlying documents were inspected.

  • 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.
  • Text Contractor site visit with GPS to establish location. If known, the year the data was compiled follows:

GNIS source datasets and documentation

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