Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Map of the United States with Kentucky highlighted. Kentucky, a state in the United States, has 418 active cities. [1] The two most populous cities, 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 Louisville ...
The Fall City (reported in the 1880s) [26] or Falls City [24] Gateway to the South [27] River City [24] [28] The Ville [29] Madisonville – Best Town on Earth [30] Manchester – City of Hope [31] Mayfield – Pearl of the Purchase; Middlesboro. The Athens of the Mountains [32] The City Built Inside a Meteorite Crater [33] Crater City [34 ...
Lexington is a consolidated city coterminous with and the county seat of Fayette County, Kentucky, United States.As of the 2020 census the city's population was 322,570, making it the second-most populous city in Kentucky (after Louisville), the 14th-most populous city in the Southeast, and the 59th-most populous city in the United States.
The city's early growth was influenced by the fact that river boats had to be unloaded and moved downriver before reaching the falls. By 1828, the population had grown to 7,000 and Louisville became an incorporated city. [31] Early Louisville was a major shipping port and enslaved African Americans worked in a variety of associated trades. [32]
The main article for this category is List of cities in Kentucky; Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cities in Kentucky; See also Kentucky and categories Census-designated places in Kentucky, Unincorporated communities in Kentucky
Astronaut photography of Frankfort, Kentucky, taken from the International Space Station (ISS) Frankfort is located in the (inner) Bluegrass region of Central Kentucky. The city is bisected by the Kentucky River, which makes an s-turn as it passes through the center of town. The river valley widens at this point, which creates four distinct ...
Within Kentucky, Danville is called the "City of Firsts": It housed the first courthouse in Kentucky. [12] The first Kentucky constitution was written and signed here. [12] It was the first capital of Kentucky. [12] It had the first U.S. post office west of the Allegheny Mountains. [12] It hosts the first state-supported school for the deaf. [13]
Kentucky (US: / k ə n ˈ t ʌ k i / ⓘ, UK: / k ɛ n-/), [5] [6] officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, [c] is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States.It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north, West Virginia to the northeast, Virginia to the east, Tennessee to the south, and Missouri to the west.