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Brush Creek

Ghost town · Knox County, Kentucky

Artemus quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1952, 1:24,000)
Artemus quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1952, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Brush Creek is a ghost town in Knox County, Kentucky. It is one of 8 former communities in Knox County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 47th among the 101 Kentucky counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Brush Creek as a historical populated place on the Artemus 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 36.8215° N, 83.8375° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleArtemus
Elevation970 ft
Nearest living townArtemus, KY
Distance to it1.1 miles
GNIS feature ID2554690
Coordinates36.82150, -83.83748

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What's there now

Brush Creek is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Artemus, KY (population 587), about 1.1 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 970 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 Brush Creek?

Brush Creek is in Knox County, Kentucky, at 36.8215, -83.8375.

How many ghost towns are in Knox County?

Knox County, Kentucky has 8 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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