Lusk (also Atpontley) is an unincorporated community in Bledsoe County, Tennessee. It lies along U.S. Route 127 southwest of the city of Pikeville, the county seat of Bledsoe County.Rand McNally. The Road Atlas '08. Chicago: Rand McNally, 2008, p. 95.
The variant name Atpontley is a compound of the names of three coal miners: Atkinson, Dupont, and Finley.
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