Leslie County, Kentucky
Leslie County is located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. Its county seat is Hyden. Leslie is a prohibition or dry county.
History
Leslie County was founded in 1878. It was named for Preston H. Leslie, Governor of Kentucky (1871-1875).
The Hu ...
, located south of
Chappell, Kentucky
Chappell is an unincorporated community in Leslie County, Kentucky
Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It borde ...
on Greasy Creek Road (
Kentucky Route 2009
Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north; West Virginia and Vi ...
), was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
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in 1975.
It dates from c.1850. The listing included four
contributing buildings
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.
It is on the side of Gray Mountain, just north of the Leslie-
Harlan
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Surname
*Bob Harlan (born 1936 Robert E. Harlan), American football executive
* Bruce Harlan (1926–1959), American Olympic diver
* Byron B. Harlan (1886–1949), American politician
* Byro ...
county line. It is located on the Shell Branch of the Laurel Fork of Greasy Creek. It is located about 15 miles approximately southeast of
U.S. Highway 421
U.S. Route 421 (also U.S. Highway 421, US 421) is a diagonal northwest–southeast United States Numbered Highway in the states of North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Kentucky, and Indiana. The highway runs for from Fort Fisher, North Caro ...