Stone is an

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and

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in Pike County,

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, United States. It was established in 1912. Stone was a

mining Mining is the Resource extraction, extraction of valuable geological materials and minerals from the surface of the Earth. Mining is required to obtain most materials that cannot be grown through agriculture, agricultural processes, or feasib ...

community named for Galen Stone, head of the Pond Creek Coal Company which was based in Stone. In 1922 the Pond Creek Coal Company was sold to Fordson Coal Company, which was a subsidiary of

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. In 1936 Fordson sold the mine at Stone to Eastern Coal Company. Stone is located just across the

Tug Fork The Tug Fork is a tributary of the Big Sandy River, long,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed June 13, 2011 in southwestern West Virginia, southwestern Virginia, and easter ...

from

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, upstream from

Belfry, Kentucky Belfry is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Pike County, Kentucky. Belfry is located on U.S. Route 119, northeast of Pikeville. Belfry has a post office with ZIP code 41514, which opened on February 26, 1921. The o ...

, on Pond Creek.

References

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University of Kentucky, Kentucky Atlas and Gazetteer entry
Unincorporated communities in Kentucky Unincorporated communities in Pike County, Kentucky Populated places established in 1912 Company towns in Kentucky Coal towns in Kentucky 1912 establishments in Kentucky {{PikeCountyKY-geo-stub