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Crane Nest (also known as Cranes Nest) is an unincorporated community located in Knox County, Kentucky, United States.

Crane Nest, Kentucky
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 36°59′23″N 83°52′46″W
Country	United States
State	Kentucky
County	Knox
Elevation	1,024 ft (312 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CST)
GNIS feature ID	507772[1]

A post office was established in 1874. According to tradition, the town gets its name from a rare crane's nest discovered in the area.[2]

References

U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Crane Nest, Kentucky
Rennick, Robert M. (1987). Kentucky Place Names. University Press of Kentucky. pp. 70–71. ISBN 0813126312. Retrieved 2013-04-28.

v t e Municipalities and communities of Knox County, Kentucky, United States
County seat: Barbourville
Cities	Barbourville Corbin‡	Location of Knox County, Kentucky
CDPs	Artemus Flat Lick North Corbin‡
Other unincorporated communities	Bimble Bryants Store Cannon Crane Nest Dewitt Girdler Gray Green Road Heidrick Himyar Hinkle Kayjay Mills Powers Coal Camp Salt Gum Scalf Siler The Forks of Stinking Trosper Walker Warren Watch Woollum
Ghost towns	Anchor Elys Slick Lizard Coal Camp
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county
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