10 of the highest cities and towns in Kentucky by elevation
Lynch sits highest on this list.
The towns that follow are not ranked against each other. A published elevation is a single point chosen to represent a town, not a reading of the whole town, and different sources choose different points — so a few feet of difference on paper does not establish which town sits higher. They are listed alphabetically.
Highest towns in Kentucky
10 of 10| Town | County | Elevation (approx., ft) |
|---|---|---|
| Lynch | Harlan County | 1,717 ft |
| Benham | Harlan County | 1,580 ft |
| Cumberland | Harlan County | 1,437 ft |
| Eubank | Pulaski County | 1,196 ft |
| Evarts | Harlan County | 1,594 ft |
| Fleming-Neon | Letcher County | 1,418 ft |
| Jenkins | Letcher County | 1,539 ft |
| London | Laurel County | 1,241 ft |
| Middlesborough | Bell County | 1,204 ft |
| Mount Vernon | Rockcastle County | 1,190 ft |
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Highest towns in other states
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About this list. Incorporated cities and towns are municipalities recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau; census-designated places, townships, and unincorporated communities are not included. Elevation figures come from the U.S. Geological Survey's 3D Elevation Program. Each elevation is approximate. A town does not have one single elevation — different sources choose different points to represent it, so the figure depends on which point is measured, and ours can differ from the figure other sources publish. The elevation column in our downloadable City lists gives these same figures to one decimal place. Where a candidate town's figures don't hold together well enough to stand behind, it's left out rather than the list padded — so some states run to fewer than ten.