Near Whitley City, Kentucky, this two hundred ten-acre historic district preserves the archaeological remains of a former coal camp and mine complex whose most visible surviving feature is the Barren Fork Cemetery. The property developed after its purchase in 1879 by the Lexington Stave and Mining Company, later operated by successor coal companies. In 1912 the settlement was relocated and a company store added, reflecting a community closely bound to mine work and payment in company scrip. The camp stayed active into the 1930s until low coal prices during the Great Depression and a 1935 union vote preceded the mine’s closure. Its importance now lies chiefly in buried evidence of industrial and community life.