Eastern Kentucky

Lab members will live and work within the TFA Appalachia geographic region, spanning designated counties in West Virginia, Southwest Virginia, Northeast Tennessee, and Eastern Kentucky.

Keep scrolling for an overview of the Eastern Kentucky sub-region.

  • Whitesburg (Photo by Arely Munoz)

  • View from Pine Mountain (Photo by Jonathan Stephens)

  • The Wrigley Taproom, Corbin (Photo by Jonathan Stephens)

  • Whitesburg (Photo by Arely Munoz)

  • Cumberland Falls (Photo by Lauren Barton)

  • Corbin (Photo by Jonathan Stephens)

  • Lake Cumberland (Photo by John Michael Lindsey)

  • Pine Island Double Falls (Photo by Jonathan Stephens)

  • Dewey Lake, Floyd County (Photo by Patrick Jennings)

  • Native Bagel Co., Berea

  • Appalshop, Whitesburg

  • Prestonsburg

  • Kingdom Come State Park, Harlan County (Photo by Anthony Heflin)

  • Flat Lick Falls, Jackson County

  • Whitesburg

  • Elkhorn City, Pike County (Photo by Joe Larrimore)

  • Prestonsburg

  • Kentucky Mist Moonshine Distillery, Whitesburg

  • Red River Gorge (Photo by Joe Larrimore)

  • Pikeville (Photo by Arely Munoz)

  • Prestonsburg Passage Rail Trail (Photo by Jonathan Stephens)

  • Pikeville (Photo by Joe Larrimore)

  • Pine Mountain Settlement School, Harlan County (Photo by Jonathan Stephens)

  • Red River Gorge (Photo by Joe Larrimore)

  • Corbin

  • Rockcastle County (Photo by Jonathan Stephens)

  • Jenny Wiley State Resort Park (Photo by Jonathan Stephens)

  • Heritage Kitchen, Whitesburg

  • The Mountain Muse, Prestonsburg

Counties within the TFA Appalachia Eastern Kentucky sub-region are highlighted in blue.

The following counties in Kentucky are designated as within the TFA Appalachia region.

  • Adair

  • Bath

  • Bell

  • Boyd

  • Breathitt

  • Carter

  • Casey

  • Clark

  • Clay

  • Clinton

  • Cumberland

  • Edmonson

  • Elliott

  • Estill

  • Fleming

  • Floyd

  • Garrard

  • Green

  • Greenup

  • Harlan

  • Hart

  • Jackson

  • Johnson

  • Knott

  • Knox

  • Laurel

  • Lawrence

  • Lee

  • Leslie

  • Letcher

  • Lewis

  • Lincoln

  • Madison

  • Magoffin

  • Martin

  • McCreary

  • Menifee

  • Metcalfe

  • Monroe

  • Montgomery

  • Morgan

  • Nicholas

  • Owsley

  • Perry

  • Pike

  • Powell

  • Pulaski

  • Robertson

  • Rockcastle

  • Rowan

  • Russell

  • Wayne

  • Whitley

  • Wolfe

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