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Dekoven, Kentucky
Dekoven
is an
unincorporated community
and
coal town
in
Union County
,
Kentucky, United States
.
In
1843
a
native
of
Flanders, Belgium
started a
coal mining
operation
. He named the
community
DeKoven
,
Flemish
for "a
camp
or
village
among the hills". A
post office
was
established
in 1871 and discontinued after
1938
.