Kentucky River
The Kentucky River is a tributary of the Ohio River in Kentucky, United States. The 260-mile river and its tributaries drain much of eastern and central Kentucky, passing through the Eastern Coalfield, the Cumberland Mountains, and the Bluegrass region.- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Kentucky, United States
- Also known as: “Catawba”, “Chenoa”, “Chenoka”, “Cuttawa”, “Cuttawba”, “Kentucke River”, “Louisa River”, “Luisa”, “Middle Fork Kentucky River”, “Millewakame”, “Milley’s River”, “North Fork Kentucky River”, “reka Kentucky”, “South Fork Kentucky River”, “Кентукки (река)”, and “Кентукки-Ривер”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Carroll County High School.
Carroll County High School
School
Carroll County High School is a secondary school… Carroll County High School is situated 1½ miles east of Kentucky River.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Carrollton and Lamb.
Locust
Hamlet
Locust is an unincorporated community located in Carroll County, Kentucky, United States. Locust is situated 4 miles west of Kentucky River.
Kentucky River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Carroll, Kentucky, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.6834° or 38° 41′ 0″ north
Longitude
-85.18829° or 85° 11′ 18″ west
Elevation
420 feet (128 metres)
Open location code
86CPMRM6+9M
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Wu Chinese—“Kentucky River” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “نهر كنتاكي”
- Asturian: “Ríu Kentucky”
- Basque: “Kentucky ibaia”
- Belarusian: “Кентукі”
- Bulgarian: “Кентъки (река)”
- Bulgarian: “Кентъки”
- Catalan: “riu Kentucky”
- Cebuano: “Kentucky River”
- Central Bikol: “Salog Kentucky”
- Central Kurdish: “ڕووباری کنتاکی”
- Chinese: “肯塔基河”
- Croatian: “Kentucky”
- Czech: “Kentucky”
- Danish: “Kentucky River”
- Dutch: “Kentucky River”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر كينتوكى”
- Esperanto: “Kentukio”
- French: “Kentucky”
- German: “Kentucky River”
- Greek: “Κεντάκι”
- Irish: “Abhainn Kentucky”
- Japanese: “ケンタッキー川”
- Korean: “켄터키강”
- Lithuanian: “Kentukis”
- Mingrelian: “კენტუკი (წყარმალუ)”
- Mingrelian: “კენტუკი”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kentucky”
- Norwegian: “Kentucky”
- Ossetian: “Кентукки”
- Polish: “Kentucky”
- Portuguese: “Rio Kentucky”
- Russian: “Кентукки”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Kentucky”
- Slovenian: “Kentucky”
- Spanish: “Río Kentucky”
- Turkish: “Kentucky Nehri”
- Ukrainian: “Кентуккі”
- Ukrainian: “Річка Кентуккі”
- Venetian: “Kentucky”
- Vietnamese: “sông Kentucky”
- Welsh: “Afon Kentucky”
- Western Frisian: “Kentucky”
- Wu Chinese: “肯塔基河”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Prestonville and Kings Ridge.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Methodist Church Cemetery and Saint John’s Cemetery.
Kentucky: Must-Visit Destinations
Worth a closer look: Frankfort and Louisville.
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