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Despite ranking 37th in size by area, Kentucky has 120 counties, fourth among states (including Virginia's independent cities). [1] The original motivation for having so many counties was to ensure that residents in the days of poor roads and horseback travel could make a round trip from their home to the county seat in a single day, as well as ...
The region defined by the commission currently includes 420 counties and eight independent cities in 13 states, including all 55 counties in West Virginia, 14 counties in New York, 52 in Pennsylvania, 32 in Ohio, 3 in Maryland, 54 in Kentucky, 25 counties and 8 cities in Virginia, [11] 29 in North Carolina, 52 in Tennessee, 6 in South Carolina ...
A map depicting the economic status of counties within the ARC's service area as of fiscal year 2024. An animated map depicting the economic status of counties within the ARC's service area from fiscal year 2002–2024. The ARC uses several indicators to designate an area as distressed, including median family income and the local poverty rate ...
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Though it has only three major natural lakes, [31] Kentucky is home to many artificial lakes. Kentucky has both the largest artificial lake east of the Mississippi in water volume (Lake Cumberland) and surface area (Kentucky Lake). Kentucky Lake's 2,064 miles (3,322 km) of shoreline, 160,300 acres (64,900 hectares) of water surface, and ...
Robertson County is a county located in the U.S. Commonwealth of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 2,193. [1] Its county seat is Mount Olivet. [2] The county is named for George Robertson, a Kentucky Congressman from 1817 to 1821. It is Kentucky's smallest county by both total area and by population.
Fostering a pet can be a direct contribution to saving an animal’s life. Rescue shelters have limited space and resources, and are often overcrowded.
Laurel County, the 80th county to be organized in Kentucky, was established by an act of the general assembly, December 21, 1825, from parts of Rockcastle, Clay, Knox and Whitley Counties. [3] Laurel County was named from the Laurel River , noted for dense laurel thickets along its banks.