Baxter, Kentucky

Baxter is an unincorporated community in Harlan County, Kentucky, United States.

Baxter, Kentucky
Baxter is located in Kentucky
Baxter
Baxter
Baxter is located in the United States
Baxter
Baxter
Coordinates: 36°51′35″N 83°19′51″W / 36.85972°N 83.33083°W / 36.85972; -83.33083
CountryUnited States
StateKentucky
CountyHarlan
Elevation1,211 ft (369 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP codes
40806
GNIS feature ID486480[1]

The community sits at the confluence of Martin's Fork with Clover Fork to form the Cumberland River.[2]

References edit

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Baxter, Kentucky
  2. ^ Harlan, KY, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1954 (1977 rev.)

Further reading edit

  • James S. Greene III. Major Silas Harlan: His Life and Times Baxter, Kentucky: 1963