Christian County, Kentucky

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Christian County, Kentucky is a rural county in southwestern Kentucky known historically as the birthplace of Confederate president Jefferson Davis and for its agricultural economy centered around the city of Hopkinsville.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative territorial entity
county
borders Caldwell County, Kentucky
Hopkins County, Kentucky
Montgomery County, Tennessee
Muhlenberg County, Kentucky
Stewart County, Tennessee
Todd County, Kentucky
Trigg County, Kentucky
contains Crofton, Kentucky
Fort Campbell, Kentucky
surface form: Fort Campbell (part)

Hopkinsville, Kentucky
Jefferson Davis State Historic Site
Oak Grove, Kentucky
Pembroke, Kentucky
country United States of America
formedFrom Logan County, Kentucky
founded 1797
hasArea approximately 724 square miles
hasAreaCode 270
364
hasBirthplaceOf Jefferson Davis
hasCountySeat Hopkinsville, Kentucky
hasFIPSCode 21-047
hasGNISID 489089
hasGovernmentType county government
hasHistoricSignificance birthplace of Confederate president Jefferson Davis
hasLargestCity Hopkinsville, Kentucky
hasMajorIndustry corn production
poultry production
soybean production
tobacco farming
hasOfficialLanguage English
hasPopulationCenter Hopkinsville, Kentucky
hasPostalAbbreviation KY
isRural true
knownFor agricultural economy
locatedIn Kentucky
Pennyroyal Plateau
United States of America
surface form: United States

Western Coal Field region (part)
locatedInRegion southwestern Kentucky
locatedInTimeZone Central Time Zone
namedFor William Christian
partOf Pennyrile region
Bureau of the Census
surface form: United States Census Bureau
subdivisionOf Kentucky
surface form: Commonwealth of Kentucky
subdivisionType county

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Jefferson Davis placeOfBirth Christian County, Kentucky
Fort Campbell, Kentucky locatedInCounty Christian County, Kentucky
Adlai E. Stevenson I placeOfBirth Christian County, Kentucky
Western Kentucky contains Christian County, Kentucky
Elder Watson Diggs placeOfBirth Christian County, Kentucky
this entity surface form: Christian County, Kentucky, United States
Trigg County, Kentucky borders Christian County, Kentucky
Sabre Army Heliport locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Christian County, Kentucky
Hopkinsville, Kentucky county Christian County, Kentucky
Hopkinsville, Kentucky isCountySeatOf Christian County, Kentucky
Montgomery County, Tennessee adjacentTo Christian County, Kentucky
Campbell Army Airfield locatedInCounty Christian County, Kentucky
Kentucky Route 80 passesThrough Christian County, Kentucky
Pembroke, Kentucky isInCountySeatOf Christian County, Kentucky
this entity surface form: Christian County, Kentucky (not county seat)