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Lexington (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 38 02 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 38.0333 decimal degrees |
| Long: 084 30 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -84.5000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Major center in Kentucky Bluegrass region & famous for American Thoroughbred horse breeding; was important cultural center in early Midwest; has long been famed for horse racing, which was banned from town commmon in 1788, but moved to suburbs. |
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| Lexington (preferred,C,V)
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............ | named for Battle of Lexington, Massachusetts (1st battle in Revolution) by hunters who heard of it on this site in 1775 |
| Lexington-Fayette (C,V)
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Lexington (inhabited place) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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settled by European-Americans in 1779, chartered in 1832 |
| city (C) |
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| county seat (C) |
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is really basically co-extensive with the county |
| breeding center (animal) (C) |
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| market center (C) |
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| manufacturing center (C) |
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especially noted for bourbon whiskey |
| sporting center (C) |
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for horse racing, since 18th cen. |
| cultural center (C) |
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famed 18th-cen. center for college, library, street lights, theater & for first performance of a Beethoven symphony in USA |
| legislative center (C) |
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site of first session of Kentucky legislature in 1792 |
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