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  2. Frankfort, Kentucky - Wikipedia

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    Frankfort, Kentucky. /  38.200°N 84.867°W  / 38.200; -84.867. Frankfort is the capital city of the U.S. state of Kentucky and the seat of Franklin County. [5] It is a home rule-class city. [6] The population was 28,602 at the 2020 United States census. [7] Located along the Kentucky River, Frankfort is the principal city of the ...

  3. Kentucky State University - Wikipedia

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    Kentucky State University (KSU, and KYSU) is a public historically black land-grant university in Frankfort, Kentucky. Founded in 1886 as the State Normal School for Colored Persons , and becoming a land-grant college in 1890, KSU is the second-oldest state-supported institution of higher learning in Kentucky. [1]

  4. List of people from Kentucky - Wikipedia

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    Lived in Lexington, taught at University of Kentucky for more than seven decades: Chris Clarke (born 1957) Southern Baptist missionary to the equestrian community: Operates Happy Trails Ministry in Burna: David and Mary Conley: The Amazing Race contestants known as "Team Kentucky" Live in Stone: Tara Conner (born 1985) 2006 Miss USA

  5. University of Kentucky - Wikipedia

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    The University of Kentucky ( UK, UKY, or U of K) is a public land-grant research university in Lexington, Kentucky. Founded in 1865 by John Bryan Bowman as the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Kentucky, [9] the university is one of the state's two land-grant universities (the other being Kentucky State University ).

  6. Old State Capitol (Kentucky) - Wikipedia

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    Designated CP. May 10, 1979. The Old State Capitol in Kentucky, also known as Old Statehouse, was the third capitol of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. The building is located in the Kentucky capital city of Frankfort and served as home of the Kentucky General Assembly from 1830 to 1910. The current Kentucky State Capitol was built in 1910.

  7. Lexington–Fayette metropolitan area - Wikipedia

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    UTC−4 ( EDT) Area code (s) 859, 502. 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 ...

  8. Franklin County, Kentucky - Wikipedia

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    Franklin County, Kentucky. /  38.24°N 84.88°W  / 38.24; -84.88. Franklin County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 51,541, making it the 2nd least populous capital county in the United States after Hughes County, South Dakota. [2] Its county seat is Frankfort, [3] the state capital.

  9. Liberty Hall (Frankfort, Kentucky) - Wikipedia

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    Liberty Hall is located west of downtown Frankfort, at the southwest corner of Wilkinson and West Main Streets, overlooking the Kentucky River. It is a two-story five-bay brick house whose main section is 60 by 46 feet (18 m × 14 m) in plan; it has a two-story rear ell which is 24.3 by 43.6 feet (7.4 m × 13.3 m) in plan.