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Metcalfe

Metcalfe County is a county located in the U.S. state of . Its county seat and only municipality is . The county was founded in May 1860 and named for Thomas Metcalfe, Governor of Kentucky from 1828 to 1832.
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  • Type: County with 10,300 residents
  • Description: county in Kentucky, United States
  • Also known as: “Metcalfe County”, “Metcalfe County, Kentucky”, and “Metcalfe County, KY”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Edmonton and Goodluck.

Village
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is a home rule-class city in and the county seat of Metcalfe County, , . It is part of the Micropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,671 at the 2020 census.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community located in Metcalfe County, , United States. A post office called was established in 1894, and remained in operation until 1954. has been noted for its unusual place name.

Metcalfe

Latitude
36.9767° or 36° 58′ 36″ north
Longitude
-85.6254° or 85° 37′ 32″ west
Population
10,300
Elevation
719 feet (219 metres)
Open location code
868PX9GF+MR
Open­Street­Map ID
node 316958770
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
4300606
Wiki­data ID
Q505287
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Metcalfe” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Metcalfe County”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة ميتكالف”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعه ميتكالف، كنتاكي”
  • Armenian: “Մետկալֆ շրջան”
  • Asturian: “condáu de Metcalfe”
  • Basque: “Metcalfe konderria”
  • Bavarian: “Metcalfe County, Kentucky”
  • Bavarian: “Metcalfe County”
  • Bishnupriya: “মেটকালফে কাউন্টি, কেন্টাকি”
  • Bishnupriya: “মেটকালফে কাউন্টি”
  • Bulgarian: “Меткаф”
  • Catalan: “comtat de Metcalfe”
  • Cebuano: “Metcalfe County”
  • Chechen: “Меткаф (гуо, Кентукки)”
  • Chechen: “Меткаф”
  • Chinese: “Metcalfe Kūn”
  • Chinese: “梅特卡夫县”
  • Chinese: “梅特卡夫縣”
  • Chinese: “梅特卡夫郡”
  • Dutch: “Metcalfe County”
  • Esperanto: “kantono Metcalfe”
  • Esperanto: “Metcalfe County”
  • Estonian: “Metcalfe’i maakond”
  • Finnish: “Metcalfen piirikunta”
  • French: “comté de Metcalfe”
  • French: “Comté de Metcalfe”
  • French: “Metcalfe County”
  • Ganda: “Metcalfe County, Kentucky”
  • Ganda: “Metcalfe County”
  • Georgian: “მეტკაფის ოლქი”
  • German: “Metcalfe County”
  • Gilaki: “متکالف ٚ شأرستان (کنتاکي)”
  • Gilaki: “متکالف ٚ شأرستان”
  • Hungarian: “Metcalfe megye”
  • Irish: “Contae Metcalfe”
  • Italian: “contea di Metcalfe”
  • Italian: “Contea di Metcalfe”
  • Italian: “Metcalfe County”
  • Japanese: “メトカーフ郡”
  • Korean: “메트컬프군”
  • Low German: “Metcalfe County”
  • Mazanderani: “متکالف شهرستان”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Metcalfe Gông”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Metcalfe Kūn”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Metcalfe County”
  • Norwegian: “Metcalfe County”
  • Persian: “شهرستان متکالف، کنتاکی”
  • Persian: “شهرستان متکالف”
  • Polish: “Hrabstwo Metcalfe”
  • Portuguese: “condado de Metcalfe”
  • Portuguese: “Condado de Metcalfe”
  • Portuguese: “Metcalfe County”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Metcalfe, Kentucky”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Metcalfe”
  • Russian: “Меткаф”
  • Sardinian: “contea de Metcalfe”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Metcalfe County”
  • Serbian: “Округ Меткалф”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Metcalfe County, Kentucky”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Metcalfe County”
  • Spanish: “condado de Metcalfe”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Metcalfe”
  • Spanish: “Metcalfe County”
  • Swedish: “Metcalfe County”
  • Tatar: “Меткаф (округ, Кентуки)”
  • Tatar: “Меткаф”
  • Tumbuka: “Metcalfe County, Kentucky”
  • Tumbuka: “Metcalfe County”
  • Turkish: “Metcalfe County, Kentucky”
  • Turkish: “Metcalfe County, Ky.”
  • Turkish: “Metcalfe County, KY”
  • Turkish: “Metcalfe County”
  • Turkish: “Metcalfe ilçesi, Kentucky”
  • Turkish: “Metcalfe ilçesi, Ky.”
  • Turkish: “Metcalfe ilçesi, KY”
  • Turkish: “Metcalfe ilçesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Меткаф”
  • Urdu: “میٹکاف کاؤنٹی، کینٹکی”
  • Urdu: “میٹکاف کاؤنٹی”
  • Venetian: “contea de Metcalfe”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Metcalfe, Kentucky”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Metcalfe”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Metcalfe, Kentucky”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Metcalfe”
  • Welsh: “Metcalfe County, Kentucky”
  • Welsh: “Metcalfe County”
  • Western Panjabi: “مٹکالفے کاؤنٹی”

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Notable Places Nearby

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