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Kentucky Route 284 (KY 284) is a 6.8-mile-long (10.9 km) state highway in the U.S. state of Kentucky. The highway connects Paducah , Woodlawn-Oakdale , and Reidland , within McCracken County . Route description
All rivers in Kentucky flow to the Mississippi River, nearly all by virtue of flowing to its major tributary, the Ohio River. Also listed are some important tributaries to the few Kentucky rivers that originate in, or flow through, other states.
Paducah (/ p ə ˈ d uː k ə / pə-DOO-kə) is a home rule-class city in the Upland South, and the county seat of McCracken County, Kentucky, United States. [6] The most populous city in the Jackson Purchase region, it is located in the Southeastern United States at the confluence of the Tennessee and the Ohio rivers, halfway between St. Louis, Missouri, to the northwest and Nashville ...
Kentucky is the only U.S. state to have a continuous border of rivers running along three of its sides – the Mississippi River to the west, the Ohio River to the north, and the Big Sandy River and Tug Fork to the east. [30] Its major internal rivers include the Kentucky River, Tennessee River, Cumberland River, Green River and Licking River.
Farley (formerly Woodlawn-Oakdale) is a census-designated place (CDP) in McCracken County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 4,701 at the 2010 census , a decline from 4,937 in 2000. It is part of the Paducah , KY- IL Micropolitan Statistical Area .
The Red River Gorge lies within the Daniel Boone National Forest in Kentucky. The forest maintains 706,000 acres while the Red River Gorge consists of 29,000 acres of rugged terrain inside of it.
McCracken County is a county located in the far west portion of U.S. state of Kentucky.As of the 2020 census, the population was 67,875. [1] The county seat and only municipality is Paducah. [2]
From a 1939 flood that killed 79 people, to a 1997 flood that affected 50,000 homes in just one city, here are some of the past major flooding events in Kentucky.