McCreary County, Kentucky

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administrative territorial entity county

McCreary County, Kentucky is a rural county known for its extensive forests, outdoor recreation areas, and large portions of the Daniel Boone National Forest and Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
McCreary County, Kentucky canonical	5
McCreary	1
McCreary County government	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	administrative territorial entity ⓘ county ⓘ
borders	Fentress County, Tennessee NERFINISHED ⓘ Laurel County, Kentucky NERFINISHED ⓘ Pickett County, Tennessee NERFINISHED ⓘ Pulaski County, Kentucky NERFINISHED ⓘ Scott County, Tennessee NERFINISHED ⓘ Tennessee NERFINISHED ⓘ Wayne County, Kentucky NERFINISHED ⓘ Whitley County, Kentucky NERFINISHED ⓘ
contains	Barthell Coal Camp NERFINISHED ⓘ Cumberland River (Big South Fork) NERFINISHED ⓘ Pine Knot, Kentucky NERFINISHED ⓘ Stearns, Kentucky NERFINISHED ⓘ Whitley City, Kentucky NERFINISHED ⓘ Yahoo Falls NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfEstablishment	1912 ⓘ
FIPSCode	21147 ⓘ
formedFrom	Pulaski County, Kentucky NERFINISHED ⓘ Wayne County, Kentucky NERFINISHED ⓘ Whitley County, Kentucky NERFINISHED ⓘ
GNISID	0512730 ⓘ
governmentType	county government ⓘ
hasAreaCharacteristic	predominantly land with rugged terrain ⓘ
hasCountySeat	Whitley City, Kentucky NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity	outdoor recreation industry ⓘ tourism ⓘ
hasEconomicHistory	coal mining ⓘ
hasFederalProtectedArea	Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area NERFINISHED ⓘ Daniel Boone National Forest NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLargestCommunity	Whitley City, Kentucky NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasSignificantLandCover	forest ⓘ
isRural	true ⓘ
knownFor	camping ⓘ hiking ⓘ outdoor recreation ⓘ scenic gorges ⓘ
locatedIn	Kentucky ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
locatedInTimeZone	Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
namedAfter	James B. McCreary NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Appalachia NERFINISHED ⓘ Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area NERFINISHED ⓘ Daniel Boone National Forest NERFINISHED ⓘ
subdivisionOf	Commonwealth of Kentucky NERFINISHED ⓘ
traversedBy	Kentucky Route 90 NERFINISHED ⓘ Kentucky Route 92 NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Route 27 NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

south-central Kentucky → containsCounty → McCreary County, Kentucky ⓘ

McCreary County v. ACLU of Kentucky → stateParty → McCreary County, Kentucky ⓘ

McCreary County v. ACLU of Kentucky → petitioner → McCreary County, Kentucky ⓘ

Campbell County, Tennessee → hasBorder → McCreary County, Kentucky ⓘ

Scott County, Tennessee → borders → McCreary County, Kentucky ⓘ

McCreery → hasVariant → McCreary County, Kentucky ⓘ

this entity surface form: McCreary

Whitley City, Kentucky → governingBody → McCreary County, Kentucky ⓘ

this entity surface form: McCreary County government