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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Kentucky, United States
- Also known as: “Catawba”, “Chenoa”, “Chenoka”, “Cuttawa”, “Cuttawba”, “Kentucke River”, “Louisa River”, “Millewakame”, and “Milley’s River”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Carroll County High School.
Carroll County High School
School
Carroll County High School is a secondary school located at 1706 Highland Ave in the city of Carrollton, Kentucky, United States. It is part of the Carroll County Public Schools district. The current principal of the school is Crystal Harris. Carroll County High School is situated 1½ miles east of Kentucky River.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Carrollton and Lamb.
Carrollton
Town
Photo: W.marsh, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Carrollton is a home rule-class city in and the county seat of Carroll County, Kentucky, United States, at the confluence of the Ohio and Kentucky rivers. The population was 3,890 at the 2020 census.
Lamb
Hamlet
Lamb is an unincorporated community in Craig Township, Switzerland County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.
Braytown
Hamlet
Braytown is an unincorporated community in Craig Township, Switzerland County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. Braytown is situated 3½ miles northeast of Kentucky River.
Kentucky River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Carroll, Kentucky, South, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
Discover Kentucky River from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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”
- Belarusian: “Рака 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 River”
- Czech: “Kentucky”
- Danish: “Kentucky River”
- Dutch: “Kentucky River”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر كينتوكى”
- Esperanto: “Kentukio”
- French: “Kentucky River”
- French: “Kentucky”
- German: “Kentucky River”
- German: “Middle Fork Kentucky River”
- German: “North Fork Kentucky River”
- German: “South Fork 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 River”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kentucky”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Luisa”
- Norwegian: “Kentucky”
- Ossetian: “Кентукки”
- Polish: “Kentucky”
- Portuguese: “Rio Kentucky”
- Russian: “Кентукки (река)”
- Russian: “Кентукки-Ривер”
- Russian: “Кентукки”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Kentucky”
- Slovenian: “Kentucky River”
- Slovenian: “Kentucky”
- Slovenian: “reka Kentucky”
- Spanish: “Rio 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
Explore places such as Prestonville and Kings Ridge.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Methodist Church Cemetery and Saint John’s Cemetery.
Kentucky: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Frankfort, Louisville, Lexington, and Bowling Green.
Curious Streams to Discover
Uncover intriguing streams from every corner of the globe.
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