Paducah, Kentucky, United States

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city county seat

Paducah is a historic river city in western Kentucky known for its strategic location at the confluence of the Ohio and Tennessee Rivers and its role as a regional cultural and economic center.

Aliases (4)

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city → county seat →
areaCode	270 → 364 →
climate	humid subtropical climate →
country	United States →
designatedAsUNESCOCreativeCityIn	2013 →
economySector	healthcare services → retail trade → river transportation → tourism →
foundedBy	William Clark →
foundedIn	1827 →
hasAirport	Barkley Regional Airport →
hasCulturalEvent	Lower Town Arts & Music Festival → Paducah QuiltWeek →
hasEducationalInstitution	West Kentucky Community and Technical College →
hasHeritageDesignation	UNESCO Creative City of Crafts and Folk Art →
hasHistoricDistrict	Downtown Paducah Historic District → Lower Town Arts District →
hasLandmark	Carson Center for the Performing Arts → Paducah Wall to Wall Murals →
hasMuseum	National Quilt Museum →
incorporatedAsCityIn	1830 →
isCountySeatOf	McCracken County, Kentucky →
knownFor	National Quilt Museum → historic river commerce → regional cultural center → regional economic center →
locatedAtConfluenceOf	Ohio River → Tennessee River →
locatedIn	McCracken County, Kentucky →
locatedInRegion	Western Kentucky →
locatedOnRiver	Ohio River → Tennessee River →
namedAfter	Paduke (legendary Chickasaw chief) →
nearFacility	Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant →
population	approximately 27,000 (2020 census) →
postalCode	42001 → 42002 → 42003 →
regionRole	regional medical center for western Kentucky and southern Illinois →
servedByHighway	Interstate 24 → U.S. Route 45 → U.S. Route 60 → U.S. Route 62 →
state	Kentucky →
timeZone	Central Time Zone →
transportHubFor	inland river barge traffic →

Referenced by (14)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Ohio River ("Paducah, Kentucky") → Tennessee River ("Paducah, Kentucky") →	flowsThroughCity
Paducah QuiltWeek ("downtown Paducah") →	associatedWith
McCracken County, Kentucky ("Paducah, Kentucky") →	hasCity
United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky ("Paducah, Kentucky") →	hasCourthouseIn
McCracken County, Kentucky ("Paducah, Kentucky") →	hasRegionalHub
McCracken County, Kentucky ("West Paducah, Kentucky") →	hasUnincorporatedCommunity
McCracken County, Kentucky ("Paducah, Kentucky") →	largestCity
Mount Kenton Cemetery ("Paducah, Kentucky") →	locatedIn
Paducah Wall to Wall Murals ("City of Paducah") →	maintainedBy
Tennessee River ("Paducah, Kentucky") →	mouthLocation
John T. Scopes →	placeOfBirth
Alben W. Barkley →	residence
McCracken County, Kentucky ("Paducah, Kentucky") →	seat