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Nashville, often known as Music City, [9] is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. Located in Middle Tennessee, it had a population of 689,447 at the 2020 U.S. census .
Frankfort is the capital 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 census, making it the thirteenth-most populous city in Kentucky. [7]
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 265th most dense city.
Kentucky population density by census tract (2010), showing the concentration of settlement around Jefferson, Fayette and Kenton counties. The two-class system went into effect on January 1, 2015, following the 2014 passage of House Bill 331 by the Kentucky General Assembly and the bill's signing into law by Governor Steve Beshear.
Clarksville-Hopkinsville, TN-KY MSA [2] County 2009 Pop 2000 Pop Change ... Louisville, largest city and metropolitan area. Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN MSA [2]
In 1904, the Kentucky General Assembly chose Frankfort (rather than Lexington or Louisville) as the location for the state capital and appropriated $1 million for the construction of a permanent state capitol building, to be located in southern Frankfort.
The most populous city in Boyd County, Ashland is located upon a southern bank of the Ohio River at the state border with Ohio and near West Virginia. The population was 21,625 at the 2020 census . Ashland is a principal city of the Huntington–Ashland metropolitan area , referred to locally as the "Tri-State area", home to 376,155 residents ...
The Fort Loudoun Lake impoundment of the Tennessee River comprises Louisville's northern border. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 13.5 square miles (35.0 km 2), of which 11.7 square miles (30.4 km 2) is land and 1.8 square miles (4.6 km 2), or 13.18%, is water. [6]