Torchlight, Kentucky

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{{Short description|Unincorporated community in Kentucky, United States}}

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|subdivision_name2 = Lawrence

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|timezone = Eastern (EST)

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Torchlight is an unincorporated community and coal town in Lawrence County, Kentucky, United States. The community is named for an annual torchlight parade accident which resulted in the Hotel Greenup being burned to the ground.{{cite book|last1=Rennick|first1=Robert M.|title=Kentucky Place Names|date=2013|publisher=University Press of Kentucky|isbn=9780813144016}}