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  2. List of counties in Kentucky - Wikipedia

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    Breathitt County, Clay County, and Estill County: William Owsley, Kentucky Secretary of State and later Governor of Kentucky (1844–48) 4,001: 198 sq mi (513 km 2) Pendleton County: 191: Falmouth: 1798: Campbell County and Bracken County: Edmund Pendleton (1721–1803), member of the Continental Congress: 14,810: 280 sq mi (725 km 2) Perry ...

  3. Government of Missouri - Wikipedia

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    Government of Missouri. The government of the U.S. state of Missouri is organized into the state government and local government, including county government, and city and municipal government. While the state was originally a part of the Democratic-dominated "Solid South," the state transitioned into a national bellwether at the start of the ...

  4. Kentucky in the American Civil War - Wikipedia

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    Utah. Washington. Kentucky was a southern border state of key importance in the American Civil War. It officially declared its neutrality at the beginning of the war, but after a failed attempt by Confederate General Leonidas Polk to take the state of Kentucky for the Confederacy, the legislature petitioned the Union Army for assistance.

  5. Missouri - Wikipedia

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    Missouri (/ mɪˈzʊəri / ⓘ miz-OOR-ee) is a doubly landlocked state in the Midwestern region of the United States. [ 6 ] Ranking 21st in land area, it borders Iowa to the north, Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee to the east, Arkansas to the south and Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska to the west. In the south are the Ozarks, a forested highland ...

  6. Government of Kentucky - Wikipedia

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    The Kentucky State Capitol building in Frankfort. Kentucky's legislative branch consists of a bicameral body known as the Kentucky General Assembly. The Senate is considered the upper house of the General Assembly; it has 38 members and is led by the President of the Senate, currently Robert Stivers (R). The House of Representatives has 100 ...

  7. Geography of Kentucky - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  8. Richmond, Kentucky - Wikipedia

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    Website. richmond.ky.us. Richmond is a home class city in Kentucky and the county seat of Madison County, Kentucky, United States. [4] It is named after Richmond, Virginia, and is home to Eastern Kentucky University. The population was 38,030 as of 2024.

  9. Ballard County, Kentucky - Wikipedia

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    Ballard County is a county located in the west portion of the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 7,728. Its county seat is Wickliffe and its largest city is LaCenter. [1] The county was created by the Kentucky State Legislature in 1842 and is named for Captain Bland Ballard, a soldier, statesman, and member of the ...