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Powell County is a county located in the U.S. Commonwealth of Kentucky.As of the 2020 census, the population was 13,129. [1] Its county seat is Stanton. [2] The county was formed January 7, 1852, by Kentucky Governor Lazarus W. Powell from parts of Clark, Estill, and Montgomery counties. [3]
Kentucky's regions (click on image for color-coding information) Kentucky can be divided into five primary regions: the Cumberland Plateau in the east, which contains much of the historic coal mines; the north-central Bluegrass region, where the major cities and the state capital (Frankfort) are located; the south-central and western Pennyroyal Plateau (also known as the Pennyrile or ...
Boyd County was the 107th of 120 counties formed in Kentucky and was established in 1860 from parts of surrounding Greenup, Carter, and Lawrence Counties. [3] It was named for Linn Boyd of Paducah, former U.S. congressman, speaker of the United States House of Representatives, who died in 1859 soon after being elected lieutenant governor of Kentucky.
Motherwell (Scots: Mitherwall, Scottish Gaelic: Tobar na Màthar [3]) is a town and former burgh in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, south east of Glasgow. [4] It has a population of around 32,120. [5] [6] [7] Historically in the parish of Dalziel [8] and part of Lanarkshire, Motherwell is the headquarters for North Lanarkshire Council.
Kentucky (US: / k ə n ˈ t ʌ k i / ⓘ, UK: / k ɛ n-/), [5] [6] officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, [c] is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States.It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north, West Virginia to the northeast, Virginia to the east, Tennessee to the south, and Missouri to the west.
Bath County was established in 1811 from land given by Montgomery County, Kentucky. Its name is derived from natural springs said to have medicinal qualities. The courthouse in Owingsville was destroyed by an accidental fire caused by Union troops during the American Civil War in 1864. [4] It is the site of the Kentucky Meat Shower. From 11 a.m ...
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]
Knox County is a county located in Appalachia near the southeastern corner of the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 30,193. [1] Its county seat is Barbourville. [2] The county is named for General Henry Knox. It is one of the few coal-producing counties in Kentucky that has not suffered massive population loss.