Detailed profiles for cities and towns in Kentucky

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Lexington
Kentucky
  Population
260,512
  Median Home Value
$110,800
Lexington, Kentucky, United States, known as the "Horse Capital of the World," is located in the heart of the Bluegrass region. It is the second-largest city in Kentucky, after Louisville,[1] and the 68th largest in the United States. On January 1, 1974 L....
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Louisville
Kentucky
  Population
256,420
  Median Home Value
$82,300
Louisville (usually pronounced /luvl/ (helpinfo); see Pronunciation below) is Kentucky's largest city. It is ranked as either the 17th or 27th largest city in the United States depending on how the population is calculated (see Nomenclature, population an....
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Owensboro
Kentucky
  Population
54,138
  Median Home Value
$76,100
Owensboro is the third largest city in the U.S. state of Kentucky and the county seat of Daviess County.[1] It is located on U.S. Route 60 about 32 miles southeast of Evansville, Indiana and is the principal city of the Owensboro, Kentucky Metropolitan St....
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Bowling Green
Kentucky
  Population
49,125
  Median Home Value
$104,200
Bowling Green is the fourth-most populous city in the U.S. state of Kentucky after Louisville, Lexington and Owensboro, with an estimated population in 2006 of 53,112. It is the county seat of Warren County and the principal city of and is included in the....
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Covington
Kentucky
  Population
43,348
  Median Home Value
$71,900
Covington is a city in Kenton County, Kentucky, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 43,370; it is the fifth-most-populous city in Kentucky [2]. It is one of two county seats of Kenton County [3]. Covington is located at the confl....
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Hopkinsville
Kentucky
  Population
30,222
  Median Home Value
$73,400
Hopkinsville is a city in Christian County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 30,089 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Christian County[1].
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Frankfort
Kentucky
  Population
27,509
  Median Home Value
$88,100
Frankfort is a city in the U.S. commonwealth of Kentucky that serves as the state capital and the county seat of Franklin County.[1] The population was 27,741 at the 2000 census; by population, it is the 4th smallest state capital in the United States.
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Henderson
Kentucky
  Population
27,385
  Median Home Value
$75,900
Henderson is a city located in Henderson County, along the Ohio River in Western Kentucky. It was called "Red Banks" by the native Americans who originally lived and hunted there because of the reddish clay soil on the banks of the river. As of the 2000 c....
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Richmond
Kentucky
  Population
27,091
  Median Home Value
$89,800
Richmond is a city in and the county seat of Madison County, Kentucky, United States.[1] The population was 27,152 at the 2000 census. Named after Richmond, Virginia, it is the home of Eastern Kentucky University and the sixth largest city in Kentucky.[ci....
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Paducah
Kentucky
  Population
26,275
  Median Home Value
$62,700
Paducah is the largest city in Kentucky's Jackson Purchase Region and the county seat of McCracken County, Kentucky, United States. It is located at the confluence of the Tennessee River and the Ohio River. The population was estimated 25,661 in 2006 [2].....
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