McCreary County, Kentucky

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McCreary County, Kentucky is a rural county known for its extensive forests, outdoor recreation areas, and large portions of the Daniel Boone National Forest and Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
McCreary County, Kentucky canonical 17
McCreary 1
McCreary County 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative territorial entity ⓘ
county ⓘ
borders Fentress County, Tennessee ⓘ
Laurel County, Kentucky ⓘ
Pickett County, Tennessee ⓘ
Pulaski County, Kentucky ⓘ
Scott County, Tennessee ⓘ
Tennessee ⓘ
Wayne County, Kentucky ⓘ
Whitley County, Kentucky ⓘ
contains Barthell Coal Camp ⓘ
Cumberland River (Big South Fork) ⓘ
Pine Knot, Kentucky ⓘ
Stearns, Kentucky ⓘ
Whitley City, Kentucky ⓘ
Yahoo Falls ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
dateOfEstablishment 1912 ⓘ
FIPSCode 21147 ⓘ
formedFrom Pulaski County, Kentucky ⓘ
Wayne County, Kentucky ⓘ
Whitley County, Kentucky ⓘ
GNISID 0512730 ⓘ
governmentType county government ⓘ
hasAreaCharacteristic predominantly land with rugged terrain ⓘ
hasCountySeat Whitley City, Kentucky ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity outdoor recreation industry ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
hasEconomicHistory coal mining ⓘ
hasFederalProtectedArea Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area ⓘ
Daniel Boone National Forest ⓘ
hasLargestCommunity Whitley City, Kentucky ⓘ
hasSignificantLandCover forest ⓘ
isRural true ⓘ
knownFor camping ⓘ
hiking ⓘ
outdoor recreation ⓘ
scenic gorges ⓘ
locatedIn Kentucky ⓘ
United States ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
namedAfter James B. McCreary ⓘ
partOf Appalachia ⓘ
Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area ⓘ
Daniel Boone National Forest ⓘ
subdivisionOf Commonwealth of Kentucky ⓘ
linked to: Kentucky
traversedBy Kentucky Route 90 ⓘ
Kentucky Route 92 ⓘ
U.S. Route 27 NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Referenced by (20)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

south-central Kentucky → containsCounty → McCreary County, Kentucky ⓘ
McCreary County v. ACLU of Kentucky → stateParty → McCreary County, Kentucky ⓘ
McCreary County v. ACLU of Kentucky → petitioner → McCreary County, Kentucky ⓘ
Campbell County, Tennessee → hasBorder → McCreary County, Kentucky ⓘ
Scott County, Tennessee → borders → McCreary County, Kentucky ⓘ
McCreery → hasVariant → McCreary ⓘ
linked to: McCreary County, Kentucky
Whitley City, Kentucky → county → McCreary County, Kentucky ⓘ
Whitley City, Kentucky → isCountySeatOf → McCreary County, Kentucky ⓘ
Whitley City, Kentucky → governingBody → McCreary County government ⓘ
linked to: McCreary County, Kentucky
Stearns Visitor Center → locatedIn → McCreary County, Kentucky ⓘ
Big South Fork of the Cumberland River → flowsThrough → McCreary County, Kentucky ⓘ
Pulaski County, Kentucky → hasBorderWith → McCreary County, Kentucky ⓘ
Wayne County, Kentucky → borders → McCreary County, Kentucky ⓘ
Laurel County, Kentucky → borderedBy → McCreary County, Kentucky ⓘ
Natural Arch Scenic Area → locatedIn → McCreary County, Kentucky ⓘ
Natural Arch Scenic Area → county → McCreary County ⓘ
linked to: McCreary County, Kentucky
Natural Arch Scenic Area → isTouristAttractionOf → McCreary County, Kentucky ⓘ
Whitley County, Kentucky → borders → McCreary County, Kentucky ⓘ
Lake Cumberland → locatedInCounty → McCreary County, Kentucky ⓘ
Cumberland Falls → locatedInCounty → McCreary County, Kentucky ⓘ