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Lexington (Ky.)

LC control no.n 79108998
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Geographic headingLexington (Ky.)
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Geographic subdivision usageKentucky--Lexington
See alsoFayette County (Ky.)
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Associated countryUnited States
LocatedKentucky
Special noteOld catalog heading: Lexington, Ky.
Found inGeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009 (ppl; 37°59ʹ19ʺN 084°28ʹ40ʺW)
Wikipedia, August 12, 2015: Lexington, Kentucky (Lexington, Kentucky; consolidated with Fayette County; second-largest city in Kentucky; 38°01ʹ47ʺN 84°29ʹ41ʺW) Fayette County, Kentucky (Its territory, population and government are coextensive with the city of Lexington, which also serves as county seat; one of the original three counties created from the former Kentucky County, Virginia, by the Virginia Act in 1780, along with Jefferson and Lincoln counties. Together they separated from Virginia in 1792 to become the Commonwealth of Kentucky; On January 1, 1974, Fayette County merged its government with that of its county seat of Lexington, creating a consolidated city-county governed by the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government)
Geographic area coden-us-ky