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  2. Lexington, Kentucky - Wikipedia

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    Area code. 859. FIPS code. 21-46027. Website. www .lexingtonky .gov. 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 ...

  3. List of cities in Kentucky - Wikipedia

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    Map of the United States with Kentucky highlighted. Kentucky, a state in the United States, has 418 active cities. [1] The two largest, 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

  4. Lexington–Fayette metropolitan area - Wikipedia

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    The Lexington-Fayette metropolitan area is the 109th-largest metropolitan statistical area (MSA) in the United States.It was originally formed by the United States Census Bureau in 1950 and consisted solely of Fayette County until 1980 when surrounding counties saw increases in their population densities and the number of their residents employed within Lexington-Fayette, which led to them ...

  5. Fayette County, Kentucky - Wikipedia

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    Website. www .lexingtonky .gov. Fayette County is a county located in the central part of the U.S. state of Kentucky and is consolidated with the city of Lexington. As of the 2020 census, the population was 322,570, [ 1] making it the second-most populous county in the commonwealth. Since 1974, its territory, population and government have been ...

  6. List of counties in Kentucky - Wikipedia

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    List of counties in Kentucky. 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] The original motivation for having so many counties was to ensure that residents in the days of poor roads and horseback ...

  7. Waveland State Historic Site - Wikipedia

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    August 12, 1971. Waveland State Historic Site, also known as the Joseph Bryan House, in Lexington, Kentucky is the site of a Greek Revival home and 10 acres now maintained and operated as part of the Kentucky state park system. It was the home of the Joseph Bryan family, their descendants and the people they enslaved in the nineteenth century.

  8. Gratz Park Historic District - Wikipedia

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    Gratz Park is a neighborhood and historic district located just north of downtown Lexington, Kentucky. It was named after early Lexington businessman Benjamin Gratz whose home stands on the corner of Mill and New streets at the edge of Gratz Park. The Gratz Park Historic District consists of 16 contributing buildings including the Hunt-Morgan ...

  9. Ashland (Henry Clay estate) - Wikipedia

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    Ashland is the name of the plantation of the 19th-century Kentucky statesman Henry Clay, [ 2] located in Lexington, Kentucky, in the central Bluegrass region of the state. The buildings were built by slaves who also grew and harvested hemp, farmed livestock, and cooked and cleaned for the Clays. Ashland is a registered National Historic ...