Frankfort, Kentucky Kentucky State Capitol Kentucky State Capitol Location in Franklin County and the state of Kentucky Location in Franklin County and the state of Kentucky Frankfort is positioned in Kentucky Frankfort - Frankfort Show map of Kentucky State Kentucky Frankfort is the capital town/city of the Commonwealth of Kentucky and the seat of Franklin County. Based on population, it is the fifth-smallest state capital in the United States.
It is a home rule-class town/city in Kentucky; the populace was 25,527 at the 2010 census.
Located along the Kentucky River, Frankfort is the principal town/city of the Frankfort, Kentucky Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Franklin and Anderson counties.
American Indians attacked a group of early European-American pioneers from Bryan Station, who were making salt at a ford in the Kentucky River.
In 1786, James Wilkinson purchased the 260-acre (1.1 km2) tract of territory on the north side of the Kentucky River, which advanced as downtown Frankfort.
He was an early promoter of Frankfort as the state capital.
Bird's eye view of the town/city of Frankfort in 1871.
Downtown Frankfort is seen in the foreground, while South Frankfort lies athwart the river in the background.
After Kentucky became the 15th state in early 1792, five commissioners from various counties were appointed on June 20 to choose a locale for the capital.
Frankfort had a United States postal service by 1794, with Daniel Weisiger as postmaster. (Post Office Department records were finished by a fire in 1836.
John Brown, a Virginia lawyer and statesman, assembled a home now called Liberty Hall in Frankfort in 1796.
In 1796, the Kentucky General Assembly appropriated funds to furnish a home to accommodate the governor; it was instead of two years later.
In 1829, Gideon Shryock designed the Old Capitol, Kentucky's third, in Greek Revival style.
It served Kentucky as its capitol from 1830 to 1910.
The separate settlement known as South Frankfort was took in by the town/city in January 3, 1850. Downtown Frankfort, with the Capital Plaza Office Tower at center.
During the American Civil War, the Union Army assembled fortifications overlooking Frankfort on what is now called Fort Hill.
The Confederate Army also occupied Frankfort for a short time starting from September 3, 1862. On February 3, 1900 Governor-elect William Goebel was assassinated in Frankfort while walking to the capitol on the way to his inauguration.
The initial building was instead of in the 1930s on the locale of the former Kentucky State Penitentiary.
It comprises the Capitol Plaza Office Tower, the tallest building in the city, the Capitol Plaza Hotel (formerly the Holiday Inn, Frankfort), and the Fountain Place Shoppes.
Frankfort is home to a several major distilleries of Kentucky Bourbon, including the Buffalo Trace Distillery (formerly Ancient Age).
Astronaut Photography of Frankfort Kentucky taken from the International Space Station (ISS) Hilltop view of modern-day Frankfort.
The Kentucky River is visible on the left.
Frankfort is positioned at 38 12 N 84 52 W (38.197, -84.863). It is in the (inner) Bluegrass region of Central Kentucky.
The town/city is bisected by the Kentucky River, which makes an s-turn as it passes through the center of town.
The valley inside the town/city limits contains Downtown and South Frankfort districts, which lie opposite one another on the river.
The suburban areas on either side of the valley are in the order given referred to as the "West Side" and "East Side" (or "West Frankfort" and "East Frankfort").
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 14.6 square miles (37.8 km2), of which 14.3 square miles (37.0 km2) is territory and 0.3 square miles (0.78 km2) is water.
Frankfort does not have a commercial airport and travelers fly into Blue Grass Airport in Lexington, Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport near Covington or Louisville International Airport in Louisville.
Frankfort has a Humid Subtropical climate with four distinct seasons.
Climate data for Downtown Frankfort, Kentucky Frankfort is the focal point of a micropolitan statistical region consisting of Frankfort and Franklin County as well as adjoining Lawrenceburg and Anderson County.
Frankfort's municipal populace makes it the fourth smallest capital town/city in the United States.
Commonwealth Gardens is a 501(c)3 organization dedicated to the formation of improve plant nurseries and school plant nurseries in the Frankfort and Franklin County area.
Walk/Bike Frankfort is dedicated to making the capital of Kentucky the best town/city in the Commonwealth for pedestrians and cyclists.
Frankfort Climate Action Network works to raise awareness about the threat of climate change and solutions for it.
The Folkbike Re-Cyclery is a non-profit, volunteer organization positioned at 425 Lewis Street in Frankfort.
East Frankfort Park Disc Golf Course is home to an 18-hole Disc Golf Course, which has been described as short, but technical.
Frankfort is the home of Kentucky State University, a historically black college situated near the downtown area.
Two school districts serve the city, with three enhance high schools inside the town/city limits: Frankfort Independent Schools, whose boundaries roughly coincide with downtown, South Frankfort, and the Bellepoint and Tanglewood neighborhoods: Frankfort High School Franklin County Public Schools, covering the rest of the county: Franklin County High School, primarily serving the easterly half of Franklin County Western Hills High School, serving west Frankfort and Franklin County Frankfort Christian Academy: Capital Day School (pk3-8th) Frankfort, Franklin County and the encircling area also have a considerable homeschooling population.
Frankfort has one sister city: Elijah Craig, Baptist preacher and early bourbon distiller, moved to Frankfort from Virginia in the 1780s.
Kentucky State Capitol building view from US 60 Lookout point Kentucky's Capitol building at evening Downtown Frankfort Downtown Frankfort at evening Grave site of pioneer Daniel Boone and his wife at Frankfort Cemetery Kentucky League of Cities.
City of Frankfort, Kentucky.
"Kentucky Historical Marker 1774".
(1993) Kentucky's Bluegrass: A Survey of the Post Offices, pp.
Commonwealth of Kentucky.
Redevelopment Plan", Kentucky "Station Name: KY Frankfort Downtown".
"Frankfort Climate Action Network".
"The Folkbike Re-Cyclery - Join The Revolution - Frankfort, KY".
"East Frankfort Park Disc Golf Course".
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