Lynch is a home rule-class city in Harlan County, Kentucky, United States. In the 2020 census the city population was 658, down from 747 in 2010.
Houses at Lynch's western end
A company store owned and operated by the U.S. Coal and Coke Company in Lynch, Kentucky. At this store, miners employed by the coal company could buy grocery's and other necessities for their family's, 1945
Lynch Post Office in 1946
Lynch in 1973
Harlan County is a county located in southeastern Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 26,831. Its county seat is Harlan. It is classified as a moist county—one in which alcohol sales are prohibited, but containing a "wet" city—in this case Cumberland, where package alcohol sales are allowed. In the city of Harlan, restaurants seating 100+ may serve alcoholic beverages.
Harlan County courthouse in Harlan
Harlan County Courthouse
Franklin D. Roosevelt in Harlan County, 1908
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