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Lower Chloe

Ghost town · Pike County, Kentucky

Pikeville quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1916, 1:62,500)
Pikeville quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1916, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Lower Chloe is a ghost town in Pike County, Kentucky. It is one of 72 former communities in Pike County on the federal names register. No county in Kentucky has more among the 101 Kentucky counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Lower Chloe as a historical populated place on the Pikeville 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 37.4776° N, 82.5078° W.

Key facts

USGS quadranglePikeville
Elevation681 ft
Nearest living townPikeville, KY
Distance to it1.2 miles
GNIS feature ID2336887
Coordinates37.47758, -82.50776

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What's there now

Lower Chloe is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Pikeville, KY (population 7,560), about 1.2 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 681 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 Lower Chloe?

Lower Chloe is in Pike County, Kentucky, at 37.4776, -82.5078.

How many ghost towns are in Pike County?

Pike County, Kentucky has 72 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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