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Alexandria is located near the geographic center of Campbell County. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 6.9 square miles (18.0 km 2), of which 6.9 square miles (17.9 km 2) is land and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km 2), or 0.05%, is water. [12]
Campbell County is a county located in the northern part of the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census , the population was 93,076. [ 1 ] Its county seats are Alexandria and Newport . [ 2 ]
A city and county that share a name may be completely unrelated in geography. For example, Richmond County is nowhere near the City of Richmond, and Franklin County is even farther from the City of Franklin. More Virginia counties are named for women than in any other state. [4] Virginia's postal abbreviation is VA and its FIPS state code is 51.
Alexandria is an independent city in the northern region of the Commonwealth of Virginia, United States.It lies on the western bank of the Potomac River approximately 7 miles (11 km) south of downtown Washington, D.C. Alexandria is the third-largest principal city of the Washington metropolitan area, which is part of the larger Washington–Baltimore combined statistical area.
A ^ All but two of Kentucky's county seats are cities. The exceptions are Whitley City (McCreary Co.) and Burlington . Two Kentucky counties have dual seats of government: the seats of Campbell Co. are Alexandria and Newport and the seats of Kenton Co. are Independence and Covington. [140]
Kentucky was originally a single county in Virginia, created in 1776. In 1780, Kentucky County was divided into Fayette, Jefferson, and Lincoln counties. Kentucky was admitted as a state in 1792, when it had nine counties. [4] Each county has a legislative council called the fiscal court; [5] despite the name, it no longer has any ...
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In 2009, a court ruled that Alexandria is the only county seat, and Newport is not a county seat. [57] On November 24, 2010, the Kentucky Court of Appeals disagreed, and granted Newport equal status as a county seat. [58] On August 25, 2011, the Supreme Court of Kentucky denied review of the appellate decision. [59]