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Burnside, Kentucky

Burnside, Kentucky

Burnside's Seven Gables Hotel, circa 1915. A river and railroad town, Burnside lays claim to the first Boy Scouts of America troop, founded in 1908. Burnside relocated in the early 1950s, before the original town site was inundated by Wolf Creek Dam.

About this community

Dam
Wolf Creek Dam
River
Cumberland River
Established
1800
Inundated
1951

The community that was displaced

Displacement cost
$8,567,671
Property value
$127,390
Vocations
farmer, fisherman, rancher
Birthplaces
local