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Davis Station

Ghost town · Bell County, Kentucky

Middlesboro quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1927, 1:62,500)
Middlesboro quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1927, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Davis Station is a ghost town in Bell County, Kentucky. It is one of 6 former communities in Bell County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 54th among the 101 Kentucky counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Davis Station as a historical populated place on the Middlesboro South 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 36.6058° N, 83.6892° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleMiddlesboro South
Elevation1,137 ft
Nearest living townCumberland Gap, TN
Distance to it1.4 miles
GNIS feature ID2554784
Coordinates36.60584, -83.68916

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What's there now

Davis Station is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Cumberland Gap, TN (population 330), about 1.4 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 1,137 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 Davis Station?

Davis Station is in Bell County, Kentucky, at 36.6058, -83.6892.

How many ghost towns are in Bell County?

Bell County, Kentucky has 6 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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