The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The area that became Neon was originally known as Chip, which served as a lumber yard and storage site for yellow poplar. A post office operated under the name "Chip" from 1902 until 1915. Unlike many surrounding "company towns," Neon was developed by the Letcher Coal and Development Company (also known as the Letcher County Coal and Improvement Company), a local enterprise founded by businessmen from Whitesburg. In 1910, James H. Frazier purchased the 31-acre site from Robert Younts for $3,100.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Start Fleming-Neon’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Fleming-Neon’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Fleming-Neon, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Fleming-Neon is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Fleming-Neon has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Dunham High School in Jenkins, 4.2 miles away.
Fleming-Neon and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (4). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.