Bourbon County, Kentucky

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Bourbon County, Kentucky is a historic county in the Bluegrass region known for its horse farms, rich agricultural heritage, and ties to the origins of bourbon whiskey.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative territorial entity
county
borderedBy other Kentucky counties
continent North America
country United States of America
countrySubdivision United States of America
surface form: United States
countySeat Paris, Kentucky
foundedIn 18th century
hasAgriculturalProduct cattle
corn
hay
horses
hasCity Paris, Kentucky
hasCulturalAssociation Kentucky horse culture
bourbon whiskey
hasDemographics predominantly rural population
hasEconomicActivity grain farming
hay production
livestock farming
hasFeature historic county
horse farms
rich agricultural heritage
hasGovernmentType county government
hasHistoricSignificance early Kentucky settlement area
early center of bourbon whiskey trade
hasIndustry agricultural production
equine industry
hasLandUse crop farming
pastureland
hasRegionType rural
hasTransportation rural road network
knownFor agriculture
horse breeding
thoroughbred horse farms
ties to the origins of bourbon whiskey
locatedIn Kentucky Bluegrass region
surface form: Bluegrass region

Kentucky Bluegrass region
surface form: Inner Bluegrass region

Kentucky
United States South
Upper South
surface form: Upland South
namedAfter Bourbon County, Virginia
namedFor House of Bourbon
partOf Kentucky
surface form: Commonwealth of Kentucky

United States Census Bureau counties
state Kentucky
subdivisionType county of Kentucky
timeZone Eastern Time Zone

Referenced by (4)

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Clark County, Kentucky borderedBy Bourbon County, Kentucky
Scott County, Kentucky borderedBy Bourbon County, Kentucky
Paris, Kentucky county Bourbon County, Kentucky
Central Kentucky includesCounty Bourbon County, Kentucky