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==History== {{Unreferenced section|date=June 2017}} [[File:General store operated by subsidiary company. U.S. Coal & Coke Company, U.S. ^30 & 31 Mines, Lynch, Harlan County... - NARA - 541405 - cropped and restored.jpg|left|thumb|A company store owned and operated by the U.S. Coal and Coke Company in Lynch, Kentucky. At this store, miners employed by the coal company could buy groceries and other necessities for their families, 1945]] Lynch was plotted in 1917 by the U.S. Coal and Coke Company (a subsidiary of [[U.S. Steel]]) as a [[company town]] to house workers at the company's nearby [[coal mine]]s. It was named for then-head of the company, Thomas Lynch. By the 1940s, Lynch had a population of 10,000 and had such amenities as a hospital and movie theater. The population declined dramatically in the 1960s and 1970s as mining techniques shifted to less labor-intensive methods. In 1996, the rails to Lynch and nearby [[Benham, Kentucky|Benham]] were officially abandoned. In 2012, PBS of Eastern Tennessee created a documentary titled ''The Eastern Kentucky Social Club'' dealing with the history of the black community and immigrant community in Lynch.<ref>{{Citation|title=The Eastern Kentucky Social Club|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCanT3QcDS4|language=en|access-date=2022-02-10}}</ref>
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