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English: This is a locator map showing Ohio County in Kentucky. For more information, see Commons:United States county locator maps. Date: 12 February 2006: Source:
A map of Kentucky. Kentucky is situated in the Upland South region of the United States. [1] ... South Central KY Ohio River flood of 1937: Early 1937: unknown: Statewide
John Breckinridge (1760–1806), Kentucky statesman and U.S. Senator: 21,124: 572 sq mi (1,481 km 2) Bullitt County: 029: Shepherdsville: 1796: Jefferson County and Nelson County: Alexander Scott Bullitt, Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky (1800–04) 84,863: 299 sq mi (774 km 2) Butler County: 031: Morgantown: 1810: Logan County and Ohio County
Ohio County was formed in 1798 from land taken from Hardin County. [3] Ohio was the 35th Kentucky county in order of formation. [4] It was named for the Ohio River, which originally formed its northern boundary, but it lost its northern portions in 1829, when Daviess County and Hancock County were formed.
It is 548 miles as the crow flies between Cairo and Pittsburgh, but 981 miles by water. Direct water travel over the length of the river is obstructed by the Falls of the Ohio just below Louisville, Kentucky. The Ohio River Scenic Byway follows the Ohio River through Illinois, Indiana and Ohio ending at Steubenville, Ohio, on the river.
Map of the United States with Kentucky highlighted. Kentucky, a state in the United States, has 418 active cities. [1] The two most populous cities, Louisville and Lexington, are designated "first class" cities. A first class city would normally have a mayor-alderman government, but that does not apply to the merged governments in Louisville ...
U.S. Route 62 (US 62) in Kentucky runs for a total of 391.207 miles (629.587 km) across 20 counties in western, north-central, and northeastern Kentucky. [1] It enters the state by crossing the Ohio River near Wickliffe, then begins heading eastward at Bardwell, and traversing several cities and towns across the state up to Maysville, where it crosses the Ohio River a second time to enter the ...
The Ohio Valley is a sub region in Kentucky running 658 miles (1,059 km) long including parts of 25 counties and across five regions of the state. Over 45% of Kentucky's population live in counties that border the Ohio River , although those counties are only 16% of the state's land area.