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Bracken

Bracken County is a county located in the U.S. state of . As of the 2020 census, the population was 8,400. Its county seat is . The county was formed in 1796.
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  • Type: County with 8,490 residents
  • Description: county in Kentucky, United States
  • Also known as: “Bracken County”, “Bracken County, Kentucky”, and “Bracken County, KY”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bracken County High School.

School
is located in , , and is part of the Bracken County school district. The school was founded as Brooksville High School. In 1947, the school changed its name to .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Brooksville and Bladeston.

Village
Photo: W.marsh, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a home rule-class city in Bracken County, , in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the city's population was 642. It is the county seat of Bracken County.

Hamlet
Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.
is an unincorporated community located in Bracken County, , United States. Their post office is no longer in service.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community located in Bracken County, , United States.

Bracken

Latitude
38.6869° or 38° 41′ 13″ north
Longitude
-84.0751° or 84° 4′ 31″ west
Population
8,490
Elevation
804 feet (245 metres)
Open location code
86CQMWPF+QW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 316959009
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
4285325
Wiki­data ID
Q491945
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Bracken” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Bracken County”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة براكين”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعه براكين، كنتاكي”
  • Armenian: “Բրաքեն շրջան”
  • Asturian: “condáu de Bracken”
  • Basque: “Bracken konderria”
  • Bavarian: “Bracken County, Kentucky”
  • Bavarian: “Bracken County”
  • Bishnupriya: “ব্রাকেন কাউন্টি, কেন্টাকি”
  • Bishnupriya: “ব্রাকেন কাউন্টি”
  • Bulgarian: “Бракън”
  • Catalan: “comtat de Bracken”
  • Cebuano: “Bracken County”
  • Chechen: “Бракен (гуо, Кентукки)”
  • Chechen: “Бракен”
  • Chinese: “Bracken Kūn”
  • Chinese: “布拉肯县”
  • Chinese: “布拉肯縣”
  • Chinese: “布拉肯郡”
  • Czech: “Bracken County”
  • Dutch: “Bracken County”
  • Esperanto: “Bracken County”
  • Esperanto: “kantono Bracken”
  • Estonian: “Brackeni maakond”
  • Finnish: “Brackenin piirikunta”
  • French: “Bracken County”
  • French: “comté de Bracken”
  • French: “Comté de Bracken”
  • Ganda: “Bracken County, Kentucky”
  • Ganda: “Bracken County”
  • Georgian: “ბრაკენის ოლქი”
  • German: “Bracken County”
  • Gilaki: “براکن ٚ شأرستان (کنتاکي)”
  • Gilaki: “براکن ٚ شأرستان”
  • Greek: “κομητεία Μπράκεν”
  • Greek: “Κομητεία Μπράκεν”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז בראקן”
  • Hungarian: “Bracken megye”
  • Irish: “Contae Bracken”
  • Italian: “Bracken County”
  • Italian: “contea di Bracken”
  • Italian: “Contea di Bracken”
  • Japanese: “ブラッケン郡”
  • Korean: “브랙큰군”
  • Low German: “Bracken County”
  • Mazanderani: “براکن شهرستان”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Bracken Gông”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Bracken Kūn”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Bracken County”
  • Norwegian: “Bracken County”
  • Persian: “شهرستان براکن، کنتاکی”
  • Persian: “شهرستان براکن”
  • Polish: “Hrabstwo Bracken”
  • Portuguese: “Bracken County”
  • Portuguese: “condado de Bracken”
  • Portuguese: “Condado de Bracken”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Bracken, Kentucky”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Bracken”
  • Russian: “Бракен”
  • Russian: “Бракэн”
  • Sardinian: “contea de Bracken”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Bracken County”
  • Serbian: “Округ Бракен”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Bracken County, Kentucky”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Bracken County”
  • Slovenian: “Bracken County”
  • Slovenian: “Okrožje Bracken”
  • Spanish: “Bracken County”
  • Spanish: “condado de Bracken”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Bracken”
  • Swedish: “Bracken County”
  • Tatar: “Бракен (округ, Кентуки)”
  • Tatar: “Бракен”
  • Tumbuka: “Bracken County, Kentucky”
  • Tumbuka: “Bracken County”
  • Turkish: “Bracken County, Kentucky”
  • Turkish: “Bracken County, Ky.”
  • Turkish: “Bracken County, KY”
  • Turkish: “Bracken County”
  • Turkish: “Bracken ilçesi, Kentucky”
  • Turkish: “Bracken ilçesi, Ky.”
  • Turkish: “Bracken ilçesi, KY”
  • Turkish: “Bracken ilçesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Бракен”
  • Urdu: “بریکن کاؤنٹی، کینٹکی”
  • Urdu: “بریکن کاؤنٹی”
  • Venetian: “contea de Bracken”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Bracken, Kentucky”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Bracken”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Bracken, Kentucky”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Bracken”
  • Welsh: “Bracken County, Kentucky”
  • Welsh: “Bracken County”
  • Western Panjabi: “بریکن کاؤنٹی”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Bracken County Public Library and Bracken County Judicial Center.

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