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A ^ All but two of Kentucky's county seats are cities. The exceptions are Whitley City (McCreary Co.) and Burlington . Two Kentucky counties have dual seats of government: the seats of Campbell Co. are Alexandria and Newport and the seats of Kenton Co. are Independence and Covington. [140]
The county was formed in 1870 from parts of Breathitt, Estill, Owsley and Wolfe counties. [3] The county was named for Robert E. Lee . [ 4 ] The area of Kentucky where Lee County is located was a pro-union region of Kentucky [ 5 ] but the legislature that created the county was controlled by former Confederates.
The Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) code, which is used by the United States government to uniquely identify counties, is provided with each entry; for Kentucky, the codes start with 21 and are completed with the three digit county code. The FIPS code for each county links to census data for that county.
Jackson County is located on the edge of the Cumberland Plateau and Eastern Kentucky Coalfields region of Kentucky, adjacent to the Kentucky Bluegrass region. Because of this, the county's motto is "where the mountains and the bluegrass blend." The elevation of the county ranges from 600 ft. to 1600 ft. above sea level. [12]
Knox County is a county located in Appalachia near the southeastern corner of the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 30,193. [1] Its county seat is Barbourville. [2] The county is named for General Henry Knox. It is one of the few coal-producing counties in Kentucky that has not suffered massive population loss.
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Martin is located near the center of Floyd County. Kentucky Routes 80 and 122 run along the western side of the city. KY 80 leads southwest 41 miles (66 km) to Hazard and north 5 miles (8 km) to U.S. Route 23 at a point 3 miles (5 km) south of Prestonsburg, the county seat.
Eastern, Kentucky. 1 language. ... ZIP codes: 41622. Area code: 606: GNIS feature ID: 491508 [1] Eastern is an unincorporated community located in Floyd County ...