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Richmond is a home class city in Kentucky and the county seat of Madison County, Kentucky, United States. [4] It is named after Richmond, Virginia , and is home to Eastern Kentucky University . The population was 38,030 as of 2024.
White Hall State Historic Site is a 14-acre (5.7 ha) park in Richmond, Kentucky, southeast of Lexington.White Hall was home to two legendary Kentucky statesmen: General Green Clay and his son General Cassius Marcellus Clay, as well as suffragists Mary Barr Clay and Laura Clay.
Map of Richmond Battlefield core and study areas by the American Battlefield Protection Program. The Battle of Richmond, Kentucky, fought August 29–30, 1862, was one of the most complete Confederate victories in the war [3] by Major General Edmund Kirby Smith against Union major general William "Bull" Nelson's forces, which were defending the town.
Kentucky has both the largest artificial lake east of the Mississippi in water volume (Lake Cumberland) and surface area (Kentucky Lake). Kentucky Lake's 2,064 miles (3,322 km) of shoreline, 160,300 acres (64,900 hectares) of water surface, and 4,008,000 acre-feet (4.9 billion cubic meters) of flood storage are the most of any lake in the TVA ...
Kentucky Route 876 (KY 876) is a 10-mile-long (16 km) state highway in the Richmond, Kentucky area. The western terminus of the route is at KY 595 southeast of Cottonburg . The eastern terminus is at U.S. Route 25 (US 25) and US 421 in Richmond.
The Downtown Richmond Historic District in Richmond, Kentucky is a 15.5 acres (6.3 ha) historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. [1] It includes the Madison County Courthouse, a post office, a city hall, a fire station, a bank and other buildings among its 60 contributing buildings. [2]
Madison County is a county located in the central part of the U.S. state of Kentucky.At the 2020 census, its population was 92,701. [1] Its county seat is Richmond. [2] The county is named for Virginia statesman James Madison, who later became the fourth President of the United States.
There are 120 counties in the U.S. Commonwealth of Kentucky.Despite ranking 37th in size by area, Kentucky has 120 counties, fourth among states (including Virginia's independent cities). [1]