Boone Furnace, Kentucky

Boone Furnace is an unincorporated community in Carter County, Kentucky, in the United States.[1]

History

Boone Furnace once contained a blast furnace.[2] A post office was established at Boone Furnace in 1860, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1884.[3]

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gollark: This is a *system* being needlessly stupid when they have a perfectly functional login system using actual passwords.
gollark: And then presumably transfer phone numbers or whatever.
gollark: My mobile phone provider will happily just accept you as me if you have my location and date of birth.
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References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Boone Furnace, Kentucky
  2. Lewis Collins (1877). History of Kentucky. p. 122.
  3. "Carter County". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on 4 January 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2015.



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