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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 shared with Lexington. [2]
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 ...
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.
Metropolitan statistical areas. The following tables list population figures for the metropolitan statistical areas of Kentucky, in rank of population. Metropolitan area. 2021 Population. Bowling Green, KY MSA. 182,594. Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN MSA. 471,903 a. Clarksville-Hopkinsville, TN-KY MSA.
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 the Southeast ...
National Register of Historic Places listings in Kentucky. 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 ...
Pleasant Hill, Kentucky, USA, is the site of a Shaker religious community that was active from 1805 to 1910. Following a preservationist effort that began in 1961, the site, now a National Historic Landmark, has become a popular tourist destination.
Cityscape of Lexington, Kentucky. A portion of downtown Lexington in 2006. Kincaid Towers along Vine Street. The urban development patterns of Lexington, Kentucky, confined within an urban growth boundary protecting its famed horse farms, include greenbelts and expanses of land between it and the surrounding towns.