The David A. Zegeer Coal-Railroad Museum is local history museum located at 102 Main Street in Jenkins, Kentucky

Jenkins, Kentucky

As of the census of 2010, there were 2,203 people, 877 households, and 671 families residing in the city. The population density was 281.2 people per square mile . There were 1,122 housing units at an average density of 131.4 per square mile...

 across from the former Jenkins High School. The museum was dedicated on May 9, 1998.

The museum is housed in an authentically restored 1911 train station

Train station

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 which it shares with a bank. Included in the museum's collection are photographs of historic and modern coal mining, actual tools and other artifacts used by the railroads and mines, and scrip

Scrip

Scrip is an American term for any substitute for currency which is not legal tender and is often a form of credit. Scrips were created as company payment of employees and also as a means of payment in times where regular money is unavailable, such as remote coal towns, military bases, ships on long...

 formerly used in the company stores. All of the exhibits illustrate the history of Jenkins and the Consolidation Coal Company.

The museums hours are Tuesday-Saturday (11:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.) and Sunday (1:00 P.M. to 5:00 P.M.) eastern time

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