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Map of the United States with Kentucky highlighted. Kentucky, a state in the United States, has 418 active cities. [1] The two largest, Louisville and Lexington, are designated "first class" cities. A first class city would normally have a mayor-alderman government, but that does not apply to the merged governments in
Kentucky's regions (click on image for color-coding information) Kentucky can be divided into five primary regions: the Cumberland Plateau in the east, which contains much of the historic coal mines; the north-central Bluegrass region, where the major cities and the state capital (Frankfort) are located; the south-central and western Pennyroyal Plateau (also known as the Pennyrile or ...
There are 120 countiesin the U.S. Commonwealthof Kentucky. Despite ranking 37th in size by area, Kentucky has 120 counties, fourth among states (including Virginia's independent cities).[1] The original motivation for having so many counties was to ensure that residents in the days of poor roads and horseback travel could make a round trip from ...
Kentucky (US: / k ə n ˈ t ʌ k i / ⓘ kən-TUK-ee, UK: / k ɛ n-/ ken-), [5] officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, [c] is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States. Kentucky borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north, West Virginia to the northeast, Virginia to the east, Tennessee to the south, and Missouri ...
Frankfort, Kentucky. / 38.200°N 84.867°W / 38.200; -84.867. Frankfort is the capital city of the U.S. state of Kentucky and the seat of Franklin County. [ 5] It is a home rule-class city. [ 6] The population was 28,602 at the 2020 United States census. [ 7] Located along the Kentucky River, Frankfort is the principal city of the ...
21-48006. GNIS feature ID. 2404963 [ 10] Website. louisvilleky .gov. Louisville[ b] is the most populous city in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, sixth-most populous city in the Southeast, and the 27th-most-populous city in the United States. [ a][ 11] By land area, it is the country's 24th-largest city, although by population density, it is the ...
Northern Kentucky is located within a climatic transition zone and is at the extreme northern limit of the humid subtropical climate.Evidence of both humid subtropical climate and humid continental climate can be found here, particularly noticeable by the presence of plants indicative of each climatic region; for example, the southern magnolia, and crape myrtle, from the subtropics and the ...
Website. elizabethtownky .org. Elizabethtown is a home rule-class city [ 3] and the county seat of Hardin County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 28,531 at the 2010 census, [ 4] and was estimated at 31,394 by the U.S. Census Bureau in 2020, making it the 11th-largest city in the state.