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Bear Wallow Ridge

Ghost town · Cumberland County, Kentucky

Lillydale quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1924, 1:62,500)
Lillydale quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1924, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Bear Wallow Ridge is a ghost town in Cumberland County, Kentucky. It is one of 5 former communities in Cumberland County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 63rd among the 101 Kentucky counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Bear Wallow Ridge as a historical populated place on the Blacks Ferry topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 36.6962° N, 85.4287° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleBlacks Ferry
Elevation965 ft
Nearest living townBurkesville, KY
Distance to it7.4 miles
GNIS feature ID2742605
Coordinates36.69623, -85.42874

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What's there now

Bear Wallow Ridge is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Burkesville, KY (population 1,407), about 7.4 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 965 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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Questions

Where is Bear Wallow Ridge?

Bear Wallow Ridge is in Cumberland County, Kentucky, at 36.6962, -85.4287.

How many ghost towns are in Cumberland County?

Cumberland County, Kentucky has 5 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-05.