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This is from Google:

Buckhorn is a home rule-class city in Perry County, Kentucky, in the United States. The population was 162 at the 2010 census. It is centered on the Buckhorn Presbyterian Church, a log structure listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Wikipedia
Population: 80 (2022)

They've had a high school there and still lost half its population since 2010.

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I respectfully disagree. Loyall, Wallins, Cumberland, etc are only shells of what the communities used to be. Part of that is the declining population, but a part of it was the removal of the community schools. i wouldn't expect a decline in Rosspoint because of the consolidation of Loyall and Green Hills and Totz into that school. So I'm not saying that the removal of those schools is the only reason for the community decline, but it definitely impacts it.

Downtown Harlan is a shell of what it was when I growing up in the 70s. It still has a high school that's doing well.
Cumberland went from 600-plus students in the 1980s to around 300 before closing. Jobs and people leaving had everything to do with turning into a shell of what it was when there were coal mines running full steam.
My point on Rosspoint is that a countywide high school opened next door in 2008 and it has done nothing to change the community of Rosspoint as far as population or businesses.
James A. Cawood closed as a high school in 2008. I grew up across the road. Homes are going for 200,000-plus there. The community isn't suffering in the least, especially when compared to the rest of the county.
Wallins was a boom town in the 30s, 40s and 50s due to coal. The school was there because of the population. When the population left, so did the school. That's how it works everywhere pretty much.

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Granny Bear and I are on the same side on 99 percent of issues, and I don't mean to come across like I'm angry. I've just had this consolidation debate for 20-plus years and just don't handle the sentimental angle very well.