Hot Spot is an unincorporated community and former coal town in Letcher County, Kentucky, United States.

Other names for the community have been Smoot Creek, Dalna, Elsiecoal, and Premium.

Hot Spot is located near Smoot Creek on Kentucky Route 160.

[3] The post office moved with coal camps, changing names to Dalna in 1918 and Elsiecoal in 1923.

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