Coxton, Kentucky

Coxton is an unincorporated coal town and census-designated place in Harlan County, Kentucky, United States. Their post office is closed. The community was listed as a CDP in 2014, so no population figures are available from the 2010 census.

Geography

Coxton is in central Harlan County in the valley of the Clover Fork of the Cumberland River. It is bordered by Blackjoe to the west and Brookside to the east, both unincorporated. Kentucky Route 38 runs along the southern edge of the Coxton CDP, across the Clover Fork from the center of town. KY 38 leads west down the Clover Fork valle to Harlan, the county seat, and east to Evarts.