Leach Railroad Station, Kentucky
| Leach Railroad Station | |
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| Unincorporated community | |
  Leach Railroad Station  Leach Railroad Station Location within the state of Kentucky | |
| Coordinates: 38°21′25″N 82°35′59″W / 38.35694°N 82.59972°WCoordinates: 38°21′25″N 82°35′59″W / 38.35694°N 82.59972°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Kentucky |
| County | Boyd |
| Elevation | 545 ft (166 m) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EST (UTC-4) |
| GNIS feature ID | 2088737[1] |
Leach Railroad Station, is an unincorporated community located 3 miles south of Catlettsburg in Boyd County, Kentucky. It was first established in approximately 1882 as a freight and passenger loading facility for the Chatteroi railroad (later Chesapeake and Ohio Railway). The former community of Leech Station is now mostly owned by Marathon Oil, which operates one of its seven oil refineries there. Marathon bought the large refinery at Leech Station from Ashland, Inc. in 1999. In 2000, Marathon took over ownership of old U.S. 23 and then purchased the remaining residential property located at Leech Station.
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Municipalities and communities of Boyd County, Kentucky, United States | ||
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |
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