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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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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

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Burning Fork, Kentucky
  2. ^ Rennick, Robert M. (2013). Kentucky Place Names. University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 9780813144016.
  3. ^ Collins, Lewis (1877). History of Kentucky. p. 536.