Soldier, Kentucky
| Soldier, Kentucky | |
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| Unincorporated community | |
  Soldier  Soldier Location within the state of Kentucky | |
| Coordinates: 38°15′33″N 83°17′58″W / 38.25917°N 83.29944°WCoordinates: 38°15′33″N 83°17′58″W / 38.25917°N 83.29944°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Kentucky |
| County | Carter |
| Elevation | 968 ft (295 m) |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CST (UTC-5) |
| ZIP codes | 41173 |
| GNIS feature ID | 515531[1] |
Soldier is an unincorporated community and coal town in Carter County, Kentucky, United States.
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Municipalities and communities of Carter County, Kentucky, United States | ||
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| Unincorporated communities | ||
| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |
Soldier was not a coal town. It had clay mines where material to make fire bricks was mined. In nearby Haldeman and Hayward were brick yards where the clay was baked in kilns to make the bricks.
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