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  2. Ceremonial counties of England - Wikipedia

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    62/km² to 4,806/km². Ceremonial counties, [2] formally known as counties for the purposes of the lieutenancies, [3] are areas of England to which lord-lieutenants are appointed. They are one of the two main legal definitions of the counties of England in modern usage, the other being the counties for the purposes of local government legislation.

  3. List of counties in Kentucky - Wikipedia

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    2,313 (Robertson) – 772,144 (Jefferson) Areas. 100 square miles (260 km 2) (Robertson) – 788 square miles (2,040 km 2) (Pike) Government. County government. 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 ...

  4. Government of Louisville, Kentucky - Wikipedia

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    The government of Louisville, Kentucky, headquartered at Louisville City Hall in Downtown Louisville, is organized under Chapter 67C of the Kentucky Revised Statutes as a First-Class city in the state of Kentucky. Created after the merger of the governments of Louisville, Kentucky and Jefferson County, Kentucky, the city/county government is ...

  5. Local government in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Most U.S. states and territories have at least two tiers of local government: counties and municipalities. Louisiana uses the term parish and Alaska uses the term borough for what the U.S. Census Bureau terms county equivalents in those states. Civil townships or towns are used as subdivisions of a county in 20 states, mostly in the Northeast ...

  6. Government of Kentucky - Wikipedia

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    The current governor is Andy Beshear, and the lieutenant governor is Jacqueline Coleman, both of whom are Democrats. [2][3] The executive branch is, organized into the following "cabinets", each headed by a secretary who is also a member of the governor's cabinet: [4] General Government Cabinet. Transportation Cabinet.

  7. Commonwealth (U.S. state) - Wikipedia

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    Commonwealth is a term used by four of the 50 states of the United States in their full official state names: Kentucky, [1] Massachusetts, [2] Pennsylvania, [3] and Virginia. [4] ". Commonwealth" is a traditional English term used to describe a political community as having been founded for the common good, and shares some similarities with the ...

  8. Counties of England - Wikipedia

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    The counties of England are a type of subdivision of England.Counties have been used as administrative areas in England since Anglo-Saxon times. There are three definitions of county in England: the 48 ceremonial counties used for the purposes of lieutenancy; the 84 metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties for local government; [a] and the 39 historic counties which were used for ...

  9. Bullitt County, Kentucky - Wikipedia

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    bullittky.com. Bullitt County is a county located in the north central portion of the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 82,217. [ 1 ] Its county seat is Shepherdsville. [ 2 ] The county was founded in 1796. [ 3 ]