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Shoal, Halcyon, Harts, Leet, Rector, Sand Creek, Shively, Spottswood, Toney, Warren, and
Whirlwind. The larger community includes the following watersheds: Big Harts Creek (Lincoln and Logan counties), Big Ugly Creek, Fourteen Mile Creek, a portion of Kiahs Creek, Little Harts Creek, Little Ugly Creek, Sand Creek, Dry Branch, Browns Branch, Swift Shoals Branch, Walker Branch, Fowler Branch, Douglas Branch, Green Shoal Creek, and Abbotts Branch. These various locations were populated by numerous families prior to 1840: Brumfield, Elkins, Gore, Adkins, Fry, Brown, Lucas, Spurlock, Toney, Vance, Workman, Conley, Rowe, Adams, Browning, Collins, Dingess, Dolen, Heart, Johnson, Lambert, Lilly, Perry, Tomblin, Hensley, Butcher, White, Mullins, Dalton, Thompson, Dempsey, Abbott, Blankenship, Butcher, Estep, Farley, Ferrell, Nester, Richards, Spears, Dial, Carter, and Farmer. Most early settlers were of English origin.
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Dempsey established Harts Post Office, which continues today. Prominent merchants during this time and in subsequent decades included F.E. Adkins, Herb Adkins, P.B. "Fed" Adkins, Hollena Brumfield, Fisher B. Adkins, Watson Adkins,
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Harts (town), situated at the mouth of Big Harts Creek, is named for
Stephen Hart (Heart), an early settler who once lived in the area, or his father, the latter killed by Native Americans in the vicinity. Richard Elkins was the first permanent settler, arriving in 1807 or 1815. At the time of
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Hollena Brumfield were the most prominent residents. In 1904, the
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827:Bradyville
781:Alum Creek
491:References
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361:Huntington
264:feature ID
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962:Priestley
857:Eden Park
817:Atenville
460:Civil War
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331:38°1′50″N
320:Geography
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252:FIPS code
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