Kenvir, KY

Kenvir is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Harlan County, Kentucky, United States. The 2020 census counted 204 residents. Kenvir is located 8 miles east of Harlan, the county seat of Harlan County. The area is known locally as Black Mountain. A newcomer can read Kenvir through the overlap of its older landmarks, surrounding geography, and current places. For a newcomer, Kenvir comes into focus through those concrete links among its past, landscape, and current routines. Kenvir was founded by the Black Mountain Coal Company in 1919 on Yocum Creek, a tributary of the Clover Fork. Kenvir was named for its closeness to the Kentucky- Virginia border.