| Hot Spot, Kentucky | |
| Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
| Pushpin Map: | Kentucky#USA |
| Pushpin Label: | Hot Spot |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Kentucky##Location in the United States |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Kentucky |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Letcher |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Population As Of: | 2000 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Elevation Ft: | 1066 |
| Coordinates: | 37.1275°N -82.9167°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 41845[1] |
| Area Code: | 606 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 494624 |
Hot Spot is an unincorporated community and former coal town in Letcher County, Kentucky, United States. It was named for the Hot Spot Coal Company. Other names for the community have been Smoot Creek, Dalna, Elsiecoal, and Premium. It has frequently been noted on lists of unusual place names.
Hot Spot is located near Smoot Creek on Kentucky Route 160.[2]
The Smoot Creek post office serviced a community in Letcher County near Smoot Creek waterway from 1890 to 1914. The post office moved with coal camps, changing names to Dalna in 1918 and Elsiecoal in 1923. In 1932, Hot Spot was named for the Hot Spot Coal Company. It since has frequently been noted on lists of unusual place names.[3] [4] Its associated post office was renamed Premium in 1942.[5] The Premium post office closed in 2022.