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Balkan is an unincorporated community in Bell County, in the U.S. state of Kentucky.[1]

Balkan
Unincorporated community
Balkan Location within the state of Kentucky Show map of Kentucky Balkan Balkan (the United States) Show map of the United States
Coordinates: 36°45′33″N 83°32′40″W
Country	United States
State	Kentucky
County	Bell
Elevation	1,266 ft (386 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EST)
ZIP codes	40913
GNIS feature ID	507443[1]

History

A post office was established at Balkan in 1912, and remained in operation until 1982.[2] It was named after the Balkans, in Southeast Europe, the native land of many of the early settlers in this mining community.[3]

References

U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Balkan, Kentucky
"Bell County". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
Rennick, Robert M. (28 August 2013). Kentucky Place Names. University Press of Kentucky. p. 54. ISBN 0-8131-4401-9.

External links

Guide to the James Walters photograph collection on Balkan, 1910-1912 housed at the University of Kentucky Libraries Special Collections Research Center

v t e Municipalities and communities of Bell County, Kentucky, United States
County seat: Pineville
Cities	Middlesboro Pineville	Location of Bell County, Kentucky
CDP	Arjay
Other unincorporated communities	Balkan Beverly Black Snake Blackmont Calvin Clear Creek Springs Colmar Cubage Field Fonde Fourmile Frakes Harbell Hutch Ingram Jaybel Keenox Kettle Island Meldrum Miracle Noetown Oaks Olcott Ponza Premier Pruden‡ Red Oak Rella Stoney Fork Stony Fork Junction Tejay Timsley Tuggleville Varilla Wallsend Wasioto
Ghost towns	Arjay Coal Camp Glendon Coal Camp Kettle Island Coal Camp Nugym Rim Camp Yellow Creek
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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