Butcher Hollow, Kentucky
Butcher Hollow, Kentucky | |
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ZIP Code | 41265 |
Area code | 606 |
GNIS feature ID | 488497[1] |
Butcher Hollow (also known and most commonly pronounced as Butcher Holler) is a
History
The town is the birthplace of country singer Loretta Lynn, who paid tribute to the community in the song "Coal Miner's Daughter", which begins with the lyrics
Well, I was born'd a coal miner's daughter. In a cabin on a hill in Butcher Holler.
Later in the song, she also mentions Van Lear, the larger community in which Butcher Hollow is located:
My daddy worked all night in the Van Lear coal mines. All day long in the fields a-hoein corn[3]
Butcher Hollow took the name of a nearby valley which was named for the local Butcher family.
Although Butcher Hollow is often listed as a separate town, it is geographically considered a street or a neighborhood by natives of Eastern Kentucky. Thus, Butcher Hollow's address would be Butcher Hollow, Van Lear, Johnson County, Kentucky.