Madison County, Kentucky

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administrative territorial entity county

Madison County, Kentucky is a largely rural county in central Kentucky known for its historic city of Richmond, Eastern Kentucky University, and significant Civil War and frontier heritage.

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative territorial entity →
county →
contains Battle of Richmond battlefield →
Berea College →
Berea, Kentucky →
Eastern Kentucky University →
Fort Boonesborough State Park →
Richmond, Kentucky →
country United States of America →
hasCountySeat Richmond, Kentucky →
hasCulturalHeritage Civil War battlefields →
frontier-era fortifications →
hasEducationalInstitution Berea College →
Eastern Kentucky University →
hasFeature Bluegrass farmland →
rolling hills →
hasGovernmentType county government →
hasHistoricSite Battle of Richmond Visitors Center →
Fort Boonesborough State Park →
surface form: "Fort Boonesborough"
hasJudicialCenter Madison County Courthouse in Richmond →
hasLargestCity Richmond, Kentucky →
hasLawEnforcementAgency Madison County Sheriff’s Office →
hasMajorHighway Interstate 75 NERFINISHED →
U.S. Route 25 NERFINISHED →
U.S. Route 421 NERFINISHED →
hasNotableCity Berea, Kentucky →
Richmond, Kentucky →
hasPostalAbbreviationState KY →
hasPrimaryEconomicSector agriculture →
education →
healthcare →
hasRegionalCenter Richmond, Kentucky →
hasRegionalRole home of Eastern Kentucky University main campus →
hasSignificantHeritage Civil War history →
frontier history →
hasTourismAttraction Battle of Richmond battlefield →
surface form: "Battle of Richmond Civil War battlefield"

Fort Boonesborough State Park →
isPartOf central Kentucky →
isRuralArea true →
isSubdivisionOf Kentucky →
surface form: "Commonwealth of Kentucky"
locatedIn Kentucky →
United States of America →
surface form: "United States"
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone →
namedAfter James Madison →
partOf Kentucky Bluegrass region →
surface form: "Bluegrass region"

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Clark County, Kentucky → borderedBy → Madison County, Kentucky →
Jessamine County, Kentucky → borders → Madison County, Kentucky →
Richmond, Kentucky → county → Madison County, Kentucky →
Central Kentucky → includesCounty → Madison County, Kentucky →
Richmond, Kentucky → isCountySeatOf → Madison County, Kentucky →
Eastern Kentucky University → locatedIn → Madison County, Kentucky →
Kit Carson → placeOfBirth → Madison County, Kentucky →