Balkan is an unincorporated community in Bell County, in the U.S. state of Kentucky. [1] A post office was established at Balkan in 1912, and remained in operation until 1982. [2] . It was named after the Balkans, in Southeast Europe, the native land of many of the early settlers in this mining community. [3] ^ "Bell County".

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Balkan Map. The neighborhood of Balkan is located in Bell County in the State of Kentucky. Find directions to Balkan, browse local businesses, landmarks, get current traffic estimates, road conditions, and more. The Balkan time zone is Eastern Daylight Time which is 5 hours behind Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).

Balkan was a Bell county town on Tom Fork about nine miles east of Pineville. The town was established circa 1912 by the Southern Mining Company to house miners, and their families, for their underground coal mines.

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The collection was previously organized by the University of Kentucky Appalachian Center and the original numbering was retained. Several items in the photographs series were moved to the Balkan, Kentucky, research materials series. These include numbers 4, 144, 152-153, 160b, 168, 177, 221, 223, 252, 266, 271-272, 287-288, 309, and 320.

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Balkan, KY is located in Bell County in the state of Kentucky. The total City Population for Balkan is about 10,362 with about 6 people per square mile . The Average Home Value is $ 50,800 , which is roughly 52% lower than the Average Home Value of $105,582 for the state of Kentucky , and roughly 77% lower than the National Average of $217,072.

There are 73.45 miles from Salyersville to Balkan in southwest direction and 140 miles (225.31 kilometers) by car, following the KY 80 route. Salyersville and Balkan are 2 hours 52 mins far apart, if you drive non-stop .