Bluegrass Region

The Bluegrass Region is perhaps 's most famous region, if not its most visited. This bucolic region is named for the coveted grass that suburban homeowners slave to get to grow on their lawns throughout the country.
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is the capital of . Downtown is characterized by charismatic, old-fashioned, antebellum style buildings holding shops, cafes, restaurants and museums.

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is the second largest city in , located in the Bluegrass Region. Known as the Horse Capital of the World, has traditionally been dominated by the horse industry and is also heavily influenced by the University of Kentucky, the state's flagship university and the largest employer in the city.

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is a city in the Bluegrass Region of , about 30 miles south of . The county seat of Madison County, is best known as the home of Eastern Kentucky University.

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is a home rule–class city in , and the county seat. It lies 18 miles northeast of on the Stoner Fork of the .

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is a home rule-class city in and the county seat of , United States. The population was 17,236 at the 2020 census. is the principal city of the Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of the Boyle and counties.

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is a city of 31,000 in Jessamine County in the Bluegrass Region. The city serves as both a residential area for Lexington-area commuters and as an employment and shopping center for central Kentucky.

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is a town in the Bluegrass Region of , near . It is home to the Wild Turkey Distillery.

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is a home rule-class city in and the county seat of , United States. The population was 9,064 at the 2020 census. Although was formally established by the Virginia House of Burgesses after and was not incorporated by the Kentucky legislature until 1836, President Franklin D.

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is a small city in 's Bluegrass Region in southern Madison County about 15 miles south of and 45 miles south of . The community has experienced major population growth: 38% from 2000 to 2010, and 16% to 2018.

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is a city in . While it lies within the state tourism region known as the , it is locally considered part of the Bluegrass region, which covers a noticeably larger area than the state-defined tourism region of that name.

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is a home rule-class city in , United States. It lies 13 miles by road west of and is part of the Lexington-Fayette Metropolitan Statistical Area.

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is a small city in the Bluegrass Region of in the northern section of Woodford County half way between the cities of and .

Bluegrass Region

Latitude of center
38° north
Longitude of center
-84.5° or 84° 30′ west
Wiki­data ID
Q2748425
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Swedish—“Bluegrass Region” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “منطقة بلوغراس”
  • Central Kurdish: “ھەرێمی بلووگراس”
  • Chinese: “蓝草地区”
  • Chinese: “藍草地區”
  • Dutch: “Bluegrass-regio”
  • Finnish: “Bluegrass”
  • French: “Bluegrass region”
  • French: “région du Bluegrass”
  • Galician: “rexión de Bluegrass”
  • German: “Bluegrass Region”
  • Hebrew: “בלוגראס”
  • Italian: “Bluegrass Region”
  • Italian: “regione del Bluegrass”
  • Japanese: “ブルーグラス地域”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Bluegrass”
  • Norwegian: “Bluegrass”
  • Portuguese: “Região de Bluegrass”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Bluegrass”
  • Spanish: “región de Bluegrass”
  • Spanish: “Región de Bluegrass”
  • Swedish: “Bluegrass”
  • Swedish: “Bluegrassregionen”

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