Furnace, Kentucky

Furnace is an unincorporated community located in Estill County, Kentucky, United States.

Furnace, Kentucky
Unincorporated community
Furnace
Location within the state of Kentucky
Furnace
Furnace (the United States)
Coordinates: 37°45′43″N 83°49′54″W
CountryUnited States
StateKentucky
CountyEstill
Elevation
1,257 ft (383 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
GNIS feature ID512266[1]

History

Settlers found the surrounding area rich in iron ore.[2] The Estill Steam Furnace, a blast furnace was established in about 1830.[2]

A post office was established in the community in 1857, and named for the Estill Steam Furnace. This was shortened to Furnace in 1882.[3] The post office was discontinued in 1975.[4]

gollark: That won't technically operate *forever* without harvesting more stuff.
gollark: Firstly, technological progress allows more efficient use of the existing limited resources.Secondly, technological progress allows more efficient extraction of more, as well as access to more in e.g. sspæceë.Thirdly, unless perfect recycling exists somehow, I don't think there's an actual alternative beyond slowly scaling down humanity and dying out or something. Or maybe regressing living standards.
gollark: I do find the "finite resources exist so arbitrary growth isn't possible" argument quite bee for various reasons however.
gollark: Sure, I guess. It isn't very actionable either way.
gollark: Although they contain apioformically hard microchips.

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Furnace, Kentucky
  2. Collins, Lewis (1877). History of Kentucky. p. 167.
  3. Rennick, Robert M. (1987). Kentucky Place Names. University Press of Kentucky. pp. 111–112. ISBN 0813126312. Retrieved 2013-04-28.
  4. "Estill County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 4 January 2015.



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