Burning Fork, Kentucky
Burning Fork is an unincorporated community located in Magoffin County, Kentucky, United States. The etymology of Burning Fork refers to a natural gas vein that was ignited and eventually extinguished by 1865.
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Burning Fork, Kentucky
- ^ Rennick, Robert M. (2013). Kentucky Place Names. University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 9780813144016.
- ^ Collins, Lewis (1877). History of Kentucky. p. 536.