Torchlight, Kentucky

Torchlight is an unincorporated community and coal town in Lawrence County, Kentucky, United States. The community is named for an annual torchlight parade accident which resulted in the Hotel Greenup being burned to the ground.^[2]

Torchlight, Kentucky
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 38°2′58″N 82°36′53″W
Country	United States
State	Kentucky
County	Lawrence
Elevation	640 ft (200 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
GNIS feature ID	509222[1]

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Torchlight, Kentucky
2. Rennick, Robert M. (2013). Kentucky Place Names. University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 9780813144016.