Upper Cumberland

HISTORICAL POPULATED PLACE · KENTUCKY

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

Location Record

Name: Upper Cumberland
Feature Type: Populated Place (historical)
State: Kentucky
County: Letcher County
USGS Map: Flat Gap
Coordinates: 37.0707160, -82.7356880
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GNIS Feature ID: 2336226

Names and historical notes

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

GNIS description

In 1915, in KY. In older map, in VA.

Source editions and recorded citations

Feature ID 2336226. 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.

GNIS source datasets and documentation

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