Lynch is a home rule-class city in Harlan County, Kentucky, United States.

The population declined dramatically in the 1960s and 1970s as mining techniques shifted to less labor-intensive methods.

[3] Lynch is located in eastern Harlan County at 36°57′54″N 82°55′00″W / 36.965133°N 82.916569°W / 36.965133; -82.916569 (36.965133, -82.916569),[4] in the valley of Looney Creek.

Lynch is the nearest city to Kentucky's highest point, Black Mountain (4,145 ft or 1,263 m).

KY 160 leads southeast up the valley of Looney Creek to the Virginia border on the crest of Black Mountain at an elevation of 3,700 feet (1,100 m), then continues to Appalachia, Virginia, 16 miles (26 km) southeast of Lynch.

[citation needed] According to the United States Census Bureau, Lynch has a total area of 0.3 square miles (0.78 km2), all of it land.