Hensley Settlement

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Hensley Settlement is a historic, early-20th-century Appalachian mountain community preserved as a living history site within Cumberland Gap National Historical Park.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historic district ⓘ
historic settlement ⓘ
living history site ⓘ
access reached primarily by park shuttle or hiking trails ⓘ
addedToNationalRegister 1979 ⓘ
category historic rural settlement ⓘ
open-air museum ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
county Bell County ⓘ
linked to: Bell County, Texas
elevation approximately 3500 feet ⓘ
era early 20th century Appalachia ⓘ
foundedBy Sherman Hensley ⓘ
foundedInPeriod early 20th century ⓘ
governingBody National Park Service ⓘ
hasBuildingMaterial hewn logs ⓘ
stone ⓘ
hasFeature agricultural fields ⓘ
barns ⓘ
log houses ⓘ
one-room schoolhouse ⓘ
springhouses ⓘ
stone fences ⓘ
unpaved lanes ⓘ
hasHistoricUse Appalachian mountain community ⓘ
subsistence farming community ⓘ
heritageDesignation National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
interpretiveTheme Appalachian subsistence farming ⓘ
rural education in one-room schools ⓘ
self-sufficient mountain communities ⓘ
locatedIn Bell County, Kentucky ⓘ
Cumberland Gap National Historical Park ⓘ
United States ⓘ
locatedInRegion Appalachian Mountains ⓘ
locatedOn Cumberland Mountain ⓘ
managedBy National Park Service ⓘ
namedAfter Hensley family ⓘ
originalEconomicBase livestock raising ⓘ
small-scale agriculture ⓘ
partOf Cumberland Gap National Historical Park ⓘ
partOfProtectedArea Cumberland Gap National Historical Park ⓘ
preservationStatus preserved historic site ⓘ
preservationType living history preservation ⓘ
region Central Appalachia ⓘ
significance illustrates early 20th-century rural life in Appalachia ⓘ
well-preserved example of an isolated Appalachian mountain community ⓘ
state Kentucky ⓘ
timePeriodRepresented circa 1900–1950 ⓘ
tourism open to visitors via guided tours ⓘ

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