Lynch Historic District

The Lynch Historic District, in Lynch, Kentucky, is a 125 acre historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003. It included 298 contributing buildings, four contributing structures, and a contributing site.

The district is roughly bounded by city limits, L&N railroad bed, Big Looney Cr., Second, Mountain, Highland Terrace, Liberty, and Church Streets.

Lynch was the largest company-owned coal mining town in Kentucky and was established by U.S. Coal and Coke Company, a subsidiary of U.S. Steel.