Hello Randal and all, Thanks so much for this clue. Does your source show the name of the Mr. Hunnell? Or give any indication of why they would name the Furnace after him? Which railroad was this? ~~~ The original reference to the names of the towns came from the following tornado warning post, which is dated in 1998; just last year. Thanks again for all the help everyone has given to me. ~~~ This is the text from the tornado warning post ~~~~~~ > TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 415 PM EDT SUN MAY 24 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 445 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION......IN EAST KENTUCKY ...GREENUP COUNTY AT 414 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED A TORNADO IN SOUTHERN GREENUP COUNTY KENTUCKY NEAR TUIGA. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL REACH OLDTOWN AT 420 PM...AND HUNNELL AT 435 PM. IN ADDITION...HAIL WITH A DIAMETER OF TWO INCHES WAS REPORTED AT WARNOCK > end of text. Linda in Tampa Genealogy - Always looking for HUNNELL , CRUEY , PUCKETT , LAMBERT , DUFF , MCGUIRE , HARRIS , HARRISON , TATUM , & STEEL(E) in SW Va .