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Fayette

Fayette County is a county located in the central part of the U.S. state of and is consolidated with the city of . As of the 2020 census, the population was 322,570, making it the second-most populous county in the commonwealth.
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  • Type: County with 323,000 residents
  • Description: county in Kentucky, United States
  • Also known as: “Fayette County”, “Fayette county, Kentucky”, “Fayette County, Kentucky”, and “Fayette County, KY”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kroger Field and William T. Young Library.

Stadium
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, also known as Commonwealth Stadium, is a stadium in , United States, located on the campus of the University of Kentucky that primarily serves as the home field for the Kentucky Wildcats football team.

Library
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The is located on the campus of the University of Kentucky in , Kentucky, United States. It is named for William T. Young, a prominent local businessman, horse breeder, philanthropist and alumnus of the university, who began fundraising efforts with a donation of $5 million.

Stadium
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at Central Bank Center is an arena located in downtown , . Since its opening in 1976, it has been the centerpiece of , a convention and shopping facility owned by an arm of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government, which is located next to the Lexington Hyatt and Hilton hotels.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lexington and Kenwick.

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is the second largest city in , located in the . Known as the Horse Capital of the World, has traditionally been dominated by the horse industry and is also heavily influenced by the University of Kentucky, the state's flagship university and the largest employer in the city.

Neighborhood
is a neighborhood in southeastern , United States. Its boundaries are Sherman Avenue to the south, East Main Street to the west, railroad tracks to the north, and Richmond Avenue to the north.

Hamlet
is a neighborhood in southeastern , United States. Its boundaries are Winchester Road to the north, New Circle Road to the east, and R. J. Corman railroad tracks to the west and south.

Fayette

Latitude
38.0281° or 38° 1′ 41″ north
Longitude
-84.4722° or 84° 28′ 20″ west
Population
323,000
Elevation
1,053 feet (321 metres)
Open location code
86CQ2GHH+64
Open­Street­Map ID
node 316958983
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
4291564
Wiki­data ID
Q491931
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Fayette” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Fayette County”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة فاييت”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعه فاييت، كنتاكي”
  • Armenian: “Ֆայետ շրջան”
  • Asturian: “condáu de Fayette”
  • Basque: “Fayette konderria”
  • Bavarian: “Fayette County, Kentucky”
  • Bavarian: “Fayette County”
  • Belarusian: “Фает”
  • Bishnupriya: “ফায়েত কাউন্টি, কেন্টাকি”
  • Bishnupriya: “ফায়েত কাউন্টি”
  • Bulgarian: “Файет”
  • Catalan: “comtat de Fayette”
  • Cebuano: “Fayette County”
  • Chechen: “Фейетт (гуо, Кентукки)”
  • Chechen: “Фейетт”
  • Chinese: “Fayette Kūn”
  • Chinese: “費耶特縣”
  • Chinese: “费耶特县”
  • Czech: “Fayette County”
  • Dutch: “Fayette County”
  • Esperanto: “Fayette County”
  • Esperanto: “kantono Fayette”
  • Esperanto: “Kantono Fayette”
  • Estonian: “Fayette’i maakond”
  • Finnish: “Fayetten piirikunta”
  • French: “comté de Fayette”
  • French: “Comté de Fayette”
  • French: “Fayette County”
  • Ganda: “Fayette County, Kentucky”
  • Ganda: “Fayette County”
  • Georgian: “ფეიეტის ოლქი”
  • German: “Fayette County”
  • Gilaki: “فیت ٚ شأرستان (کنتاکي)”
  • Gilaki: “فیت ٚ شأرستان”
  • Greek: “Κομητεία Φαγιέτ”
  • Hungarian: “Fayette megye”
  • Irish: “Contae Fayette”
  • Italian: “contea di Fayette”
  • Italian: “Contea di Fayette”
  • Italian: “Fayette County”
  • Japanese: “ファイエット郡”
  • Japanese: “フェイエット郡”
  • Korean: “페이엣군”
  • Low German: “Fayette County”
  • Mazanderani: “فیت شهرستان”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Fayette Gông”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Fayette Kūn”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Fayette County i Kentucky”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Fayette County”
  • Norwegian: “Fayette County”
  • Ossetian: “Фейетт”
  • Persian: “شهرستان فیت، کنتاکی”
  • Persian: “شهرستان فیت”
  • Polish: “Hrabstwo Fayette”
  • Portuguese: “condado de Fayette”
  • Portuguese: “Condado de Fayette”
  • Portuguese: “Fayette County”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Fayette, Kentucky”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Fayette”
  • Russian: “Фейетт”
  • Sardinian: “contea de Fayette”
  • Scots: “Fayette Coonty”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Fayette County”
  • Serbian: “Округ Фејет”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Fayette County, Kentucky”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Fayette County”
  • Spanish: “condado de Fayette”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Fayette”
  • Spanish: “Fayette County”
  • Swedish: “Fayette County, Kentucky”
  • Swedish: “Fayette County”
  • Tatar: “Фейетт (округ, Кентуки)”
  • Tatar: “Фейетт”
  • Tumbuka: “Fayette County, Kentucky”
  • Tumbuka: “Fayette County”
  • Turkish: “Fayette County, Kentucky”
  • Turkish: “Fayette County, Ky.”
  • Turkish: “Fayette County, KY”
  • Turkish: “Fayette County”
  • Turkish: “Fayette ilçesi, Kentucky”
  • Turkish: “Fayette ilçesi, Ky.”
  • Turkish: “Fayette ilçesi, KY”
  • Turkish: “Fayette ilçesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Фаєтт”
  • Urdu: “فائیٹ کاؤنٹی، کینٹکی”
  • Urdu: “فائیٹ کاؤنٹی”
  • Venetian: “contea de Fayette”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Fayette, Kentucky”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Fayette”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Fayette, Kentucky”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Fayette”
  • Welsh: “Fayette County, Kentucky”
  • Welsh: “Fayette County”
  • Western Panjabi: “فایٹ کاؤنٹی، کینٹکی”
  • Western Panjabi: “فایٹ کاؤنٹی”

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