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This is a list of properties and historic districts in Kentucky that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. There are listings in all of Kentucky's 120 counties . The locations of National Register properties and districts (at least for all showing latitude and longitude coordinates below), may be seen in an online map by ...
Because today's largest county by area, Pike County, is 788 square miles (2,041 km 2), it is only still possible to form a new county from portions of more than one existing county; McCreary County was formed in this manner, from parts of Wayne, Pulaski and Whitley counties. Kentucky was originally a single county in Virginia, created in 1776.
This is a complete list of National Historic Landmarks in Kentucky. [1] There are 33 such landmarks in Kentucky; one landmark has had its designation withdrawn. Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap
Kentucky County, Virginia, 1777–1780; District of Kentucky (Fayette, Jefferson, Lincoln, and successor counties), 1780–1792; Commonwealth of Kentucky becomes 15th State admitted to the United States of America on June 1, 1792 Abraham Lincoln born in 1809 in Kentucky; Henry Clay, politician 1800–1850; War of 1812, June 18, 1812 – March ...
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. [4]
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.
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 ...
Populated places in Kentucky by county (123 C) Protected areas of Kentucky by county (93 C) A. ... Geography of Woodford County, Kentucky (3 C, 2 P) This page was ...