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Fusonia, Kentucky

Coordinates: 37°10′26″N 83°5′26″W / 37.17389°N 83.09056°W / 37.17389; -83.09056
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Fusonia
Fusonia is located in Kentucky
Fusonia
Fusonia
Location within the state of Kentucky
Fusonia is located in the United States
Fusonia
Fusonia
Fusonia (the United States)
Coordinates: 37°10′26″N 83°5′26″W / 37.17389°N 83.09056°W / 37.17389; -83.09056
CountryUnited States
StateKentucky
CountyPerry
Elevation
945 ft (288 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
GNIS feature ID508054[1]

Fusonia is an unincorporated community and coal town in Perry County, Kentucky, United States.

The community was named for the Fuson Mining Co., which closed in the 1930s.[2] Their post office[3] has been discontinued.

References

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  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Fusonia, Kentucky
  2. ^ Rennick, Robert M. (1987). Kentucky Place Names. University Press of Kentucky. p. 112. ISBN 0813126312. Retrieved April 28, 2013.
  3. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Fusonia KY post office