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Steeles Creek

Ghost town · Gallatin County, Kentucky

Patriot quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1943, 1:24,000)
Patriot quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1943, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Steeles Creek is a ghost town in Gallatin County, Kentucky. It is the only former community in Gallatin County recorded on the federal names register, out of 1,175 across Kentucky.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Steeles Creek as a historical populated place on the Patriot 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 38.8349° N, 84.8148° W.

Key facts

USGS quadranglePatriot
Elevation501 ft
Nearest living townPatriot, IN
Distance to it0.8 miles
GNIS feature ID2558283
Coordinates38.83494, -84.81475

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What's there now

Steeles Creek is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Patriot, IN (population 176), about 0.8 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 501 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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