Emma is an unincorporated community and coal town in Floyd County, Kentucky, United States.
History A post office was established in the community in 1908. The origins of the place name Emma are unclear: some hold it was named for the wife of the congressman John W. Langley, while others believe it was named for the wife of a prominent realtor.
On February 28, 1958, eight children who lived in Emma died in the Prestonsburg, Kentucky, bus crash."Lima Resident Visits At Bus Tragedy Scene." The Lima Citizen. March 13, 1958, pg 7. https://www.newspapers.com/image/666000529/"Rites Are Held For 13 Victims: Four More Bodies Are Recovered; Search Continues For Other Seven." The Lexington Herald-Leader. March 5, 1958. pg 1, 12. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112662015/lexington-herald-leader/"List of Dead in Bus Plunge." The Messenger. March 3, 1958, pg. 1. https://img.newspapers.com/img/img?institutionId=0&user=7715884&id=530860136&clippingId=61393425&width=557&height=1581&crop=2285_2628_600_1735&rotation=0"Prestonburg Holds Burial Rites for 13 in Bus Tragedy." The Advocate-Messenger, March 5, 1958, pg 1. One of the victim's bodies was found on April 16. Her uncle headed volunteer search efforts to help recover bodies from the crash site for months after the crash."Body of Another School Bus Victim is Found in River." The Messenger-Inquirer, April 16, 1958, pg 4. https://img.newspapers.com/img/img?institutionId=0&user=7715884&id=381770894&clippingId=112663799&width=557&height=2369&crop=2609_304_626_2712&rotation=0
Geography Emma is located on Kentucky Route 1428, east of Kentucky Route 194.
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