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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 travel could make a round trip from their home to the county seat in a single day, as well as ...
Kentucky's regions (click on image for color-coding information) Kentucky can be divided into five primary regions: the Cumberland Plateau in the east, which contains much of the historic coal mines; the north-central Bluegrass region, where the major cities and the state capital (Frankfort) are located; the south-central and western Pennyroyal Plateau (also known as the Pennyrile or ...
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.
Also known as the Country Music Highway. It is a designated Kentucky Scenic Byway and an American Byway. US 25: 177.3: 285.3 US 25W/US 25E at North Corbin: US 42/US 127 at Covington: 1926: current US 25W: 28: 45 US 25W at the TN state line: US 25/US 25E at North Corbin: 1926: current US 25E: 65.9: 106.1 US 25E at the TN state line: I-75 at ...
US 60 (Versailles Road) I-75: 1975 Surface road serving as partial southern beltway around Lexington. Constructed by the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, the unnumbered portion is maintained by the city KY 1425: 0.987 1.588 I-75: US 60 (Winchester Road) New Circle Road KY 4: 19.3 31.0 Beltway around Lexington 1950
KY 418, Grimes Mill Road, McCalls Mill Road Loop around two back roads off KY 418 near Athens: 8.6 miles (13.8 km) Pigsah Pike Woodford: KY 1967: From US 60 north to KY 1681 5.069 miles (8.158 km) Rice, VanMeter, and Elk Chester Roads Fayette KY 1969: All three specified roads on west side of Lexington off US 60 (Versailles Road)
KY 4: 19.283: 31.033 Beltway around Lexington: 1966: current KY 7: 203.073: 326.814 US 460 in West Liberty: KY 9 near Grayson: c. 1929: current KY 8: 114.202: 183.790 KY 1072 in Ludlow: Dodd Drive in Dayton — — KY 9: 116.285: 187.143 KY 1 near Grayson: KY 8 in Newport: c. 1929: current KY 10: 117.760: 189.516 KY 9 near Vanceburg: SR 253 ...
Established 1950 and removed 1955. Became part of KY 512. Old route of KY 512 is now Benson Creek Road KY 50: Armstrong Mill Road in Lexington: Palumbo Drive east of Lexington: Established 1973 and removed 1980 KY 52: US 62 in Boston: KY 30 near Jackson: KY 53: KY 555 near Willisburg: US 42 in Oldham County: KY 54: KY 2831 in Owensboro: US 62 ...