Ghent

Ghent is a home rule-class city along the south bank of the Ohio River in , in the United States. The population was 323 at the 2010 census.
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  • Type: Village with 389 residents
  • Description: town in Carroll County, Kentucky, United States
  • Also known as: Ghent, Kentucky”, “Ghent, KY”, and “McCools Creek Settlement
  • Postal code: 41045

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ghent Generating Station.

Power station
The is a coal-fired power plant owned and operated by Kentucky Utilities near Ghent, Kentucky. It is located between and Cincinnati, Ohio. is situated 1½ miles northeast of Ghent.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Vevay and Mount Sterling.

Town
Photo: Warren LeMay, CC0.
is a town located in and the county seat of , United States, along the Ohio River. The population was 1,741 at the 2020 census.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in , United States. is situated 4 miles north of Ghent.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community that is located in , , . Its post office is closed. is situated 4½ miles south of Ghent.

Ghent

Latitude
38.73756° or 38° 44′ 15″ north
Longitude
-85.05828° or 85° 3′ 30″ west
Population
389
Elevation
486 feet (148 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US GHE
Open location code
86CPPWQR+2M
Open­Street­Map ID
node 153459984
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
4292709
Wiki­data ID
Q1012247
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Volapük—“Ghent” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: غنت
  • Basque: Ghent
  • Catalan: Ghent
  • Cebuano: Ghent
  • Chechen: Гент
  • Chinese: Ghent
  • Chinese: 根特
  • Czech: Ghent
  • Danish: Ghent
  • Dutch: Ghent
  • Egyptian Arabic: جنت
  • Esperanto: Ghent
  • French: Ghent
  • German: Ghent
  • German: McCool’s Creek Settlement
  • Gilaki: گنت (کنتاکي)
  • Gilaki: گنت
  • Haitian: Ghent, Kentucky
  • Haitian: Ghent
  • Ido: Ghent, Kentucky
  • Ido: Ghent
  • Irish: Ghent
  • Italian: Ghent
  • Kazakh: Gent
  • Kazakh: Гент
  • Kazakh: گەنت
  • Kirghiz: Гент
  • Ladin: Ghent
  • Malagasy: Ghent, Kentucky
  • Malagasy: Ghent
  • Mazanderani: گنت
  • Min Nan Chinese: Ghent
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Ghent
  • Persian: گنت
  • Polish: Ghent
  • Portuguese: Ghent
  • Serbian: Гент
  • Serbo-Croatian: Ghent, Kentucky
  • Serbo-Croatian: Ghent
  • Slovak: Ghent
  • South Azerbaijani: قنت، کنتاکی
  • Spanish: Ghent
  • Swedish: Ghent, Kentucky
  • Swedish: Ghent
  • Tatar: Гент
  • Ukrainian: Гент
  • Urdu: گھینٹ، کینٹکی
  • Urdu: گھینٹ
  • Uzbek: Ghent
  • Uzbek: Гҳент
  • Volapük: Ghent

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