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Stone, Kentucky

Coordinates: 37°35′9″N 82°16′16″W / 37.58583°N 82.27111°W / 37.58583; -82.27111
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Stone
Stone is located in Kentucky
Stone
Stone
Location within the state of Kentucky
Stone is located in the United States
Stone
Stone
Stone (the United States)
Coordinates: 37°35′9″N 82°16′16″W / 37.58583°N 82.27111°W / 37.58583; -82.27111
CountryUnited States
StateKentucky
CountyPike
Elevation
784 ft (239 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CST)
ZIP code
41567[1]
Area code606
GNIS feature ID504444[2]

Stone is an unincorporated community and coal town in Pike County, Kentucky, United States. It was established in 1912. Stone was a mining community named for Galen Stone, head of the Pond Creek Coal Company which was based in Stone. In 1922 the Pond Creek Coal Company was sold to Fordson Coal Company, which was a subsidiary of Ford Motor Company. In 1936 Fordson sold the mine at Stone to Eastern Coal Company.

Stone is located just across the Tug Fork from Williamson, West Virginia, upstream from Belfry, Kentucky, on Pond Creek.

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  1. ^ "Stone ZIP Code". zipdatamaps.com. 2022. Retrieved November 30, 2022.
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Stone, Kentucky
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