| Official Name: | Kettle Island, Kentucky |
| Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
| Pushpin Map: | Kentucky |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Kentucky |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Bell |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Elevation Ft: | 1122 |
| Coordinates: | 36.7906°N -83.6053°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 40958 |
| Area Code: | 606 |
| Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank Info: | 495702 |
Kettle Island is an unincorporated community and coal town in Bell County, Kentucky, United States. Kettle Island is located on Kentucky Route 1630 near Kentucky Route 221, 5.35miles east-northeast of Pineville.[1] Kettle Island has a post office with ZIP code 40958, which opened on March 15, 1912.[2] [3] The community also had a station on the Louisville and Nashville Railroad.[4]
There are two possible explanations for the community's name. The first is that early settlers did laundry in a common kettle on an island in Straight Creek. The second is that hunters used an iron kettle on the same island as a landmark.[4]
In 1930, an explosion at the Pioneer Mine in Kettle Island killed 16 miners.[5]