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Vance Fork

Ghost town · Morgan County, Kentucky

White Oak quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1951, 1:24,000)
White Oak quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1951, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Vance Fork is a ghost town in Morgan County, Kentucky. It is one of 26 former communities in Morgan County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 12th among the 101 Kentucky counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Vance Fork as a historical populated place on the White Oak 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 37.8340° N, 83.2197° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleWhite Oak
Elevation876 ft
Nearest living townWest Liberty, KY
Distance to it6.4 miles
GNIS feature ID2362596
Coordinates37.83405, -83.21975

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What's there now

Vance Fork is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is West Liberty, KY (population 3,280), about 6.4 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 876 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 Vance Fork?

Vance Fork is in Morgan County, Kentucky, at 37.8340, -83.2197.

How many ghost towns are in Morgan County?

Morgan County, Kentucky has 26 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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