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Kentucky Route 169 (KY 169) is a 36.161-mile-long (58.195 km) state highway in the U.S. state of Kentucky. KY 169 travels from U.S. Route 25 Business (US 25 Bus.) in Richmond to KY 33 south of Versailles via Nicholasville and Keene. The highway crosses the Kentucky River via the Valley View Ferry.
Located on Kentucky Route 169, this ferry service connects auto traffic between the county seats of Richmond in Madison County, Nicholasville in Jessamine County and Lexington Kentucky. The route leads you directly to downtown Richmond, Lexington and Nicholasville. The ferry was founded in 1780, predating Kentucky's admission to the Union in 1792
The U.S. state of West Virginia has 55 counties. Fifty of them existed at the time of the Wheeling Convention in 1861, during the American Civil War, when those counties seceded from the Commonwealth of Virginia to form the new state of West Virginia. [1] West Virginia was admitted as a separate state of the United States on June 20, 1863. [2]
The Huntington–Ashland metropolitan area is a metropolitan area in the Appalachian Plateau region of the United States.Referred to locally as the "Tri-State area," and colloquially as "Kyova" (Kentucky, Ohio, and West Virginia), the region spans seven counties in the three states of Kentucky, Ohio, and West Virginia. [5]
Counties Routes involved Route description Length Black Mountain Scenic Byway Harlan: KY 160: From Benham and Lynch to the Virginia state line 10.341 miles (16.642 km) Pine Mountain Road Letcher: US 119: From KY 15 junction in Whitesburg to KY 806 junction near Oven Fork 8.153 miles (13.121 km) Red River Gorge Scenic Byways Menifee, Powell, Wolfe
Virginia state line proposed — Proposed upgrade of CR 120 [2] WV 121: 13.2: 21.2 Slab Fork: North of Sophia — — Future US 121, will be decommissioned when more of US 121 is completed WV 122 — — Forest Hill: North of Rock Camp — — WV 123 — — Virginia state line: West of Princeton — — WV 125 — — Hinton: Sandstone ...
In 1863, West Virginia's counties were divided into civil townships, with the intention of encouraging local government. This proved impractical in the heavily rural state, and in 1872 the townships were converted into magisterial districts . [ 5 ]
Jefferson County is located in the Shenandoah Valley in the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia.It is the easternmost county of the U.S. state of West Virginia.As of the 2020 census, the population was 57,701. [1]