Place:Wallins Creek, Harlan, Kentucky, United States

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NameWallins Creek
Alt namesWallinssource: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS21029133
TypeCity
Coordinates36.828°N 83.414°W
Located inHarlan, Kentucky, United States
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Wallins Creek is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Harlan County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 156 at the 2010 census, when it was still a city, having dropped from 257 at the 2000 census.

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Wallins Creek began life as a coal mining town in 1925; the mine was owned by the Wallins Creek Coal Corporation. The Wallins Creek Baptist Church was established in 1855 with 30 members.

Wallins Creek is home to the Wallins Elementary School, which has been in use since the 1940s and has won several awards in sports and academics, at one point a bustling coal town, the population has declined significantly since 1990.

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