Kentucky State Penitentiary
The Kentucky State Penitentiary, also known as the "Castle on the Cumberland", is a maximum security and supermax prison with capacity for 856 prisoners located in Eddyville, Kentucky on Lake Barkley on the Cumberland River, about 4.8 kilometres from downtown Eddyville.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Prison
- Description: maximum security prison located at Eddyville, Kentucky
- Also known as: “KSP”
- Address: 266 Water Street, Eddyville, KY 42038
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Carmack and Suwanee.
Carmack
Locality
Carmack is an unincorporated community in Lyon County, Kentucky, United States. It is located on the shore of Lake Barkley in the Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area. It was also known as Pottertown. Carmack is situated 3 miles southwest of Kentucky State Penitentiary.
Suwanee
Hamlet
Suwanee is an unincorporated community in Lyon County, Kentucky, United States. Suwanee is situated 5 miles west of Kentucky State Penitentiary.
Confederate
Hamlet
Confederate is an unincorporated community in Lyon County, Kentucky, United States. Confederate is situated 6 miles southeast of Kentucky State Penitentiary.
Kentucky State Penitentiary
- Categories: state prison and government building
- Location: Lyon, Kentucky, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.04938° or 37° 2′ 58″ northLongitude
-88.07516° or 88° 4′ 31″ westElevation
463 feet (141 metres)Open location code
869H2WXF+QWOpenStreetMap ID
way 316314624OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=prisonGeoNames ID
11385190Wikidata ID
Q6392395
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In Other Languages
From French to Norwegian Bokmål—“Kentucky State Penitentiary” goes by many names.
- French: “pénitencier d’État du Kentucky”
- French: “Pénitencier d’État du Kentucky”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kentucky State Penitentiary”
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