Fredericktown | |
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  Fredericktown Location within the state of Kentucky  Fredericktown Fredericktown (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 37°45′30″N85°20′30″W / 37.75833°N 85.34167°W Coordinates: 37°45′30″N85°20′30″W / 37.75833°N 85.34167°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Kentucky |
| County | Washington |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
Fredericktown is an unincorporated in Washington County, Kentucky, United States. It lies just south of U.S. Route 150 and is southeast of Bardstown.
In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not governed by a local municipal corporation; similarly an unincorporated community is a settlement that is not governed by its own local municipal corporation, but rather is administered as part of larger administrative divisions, such as a township, parish, borough, county, city, canton, state, province or country. Occasionally, municipalities dissolve or disincorporate, which may happen if they become fiscally insolvent, and services become the responsibility of a higher administration. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. In most other countries of the world, there are either no unincorporated areas at all, or these are very rare; typically remote, outlying, sparsely populated or uninhabited areas.
Washington County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2010 census, the population was 11,717. Its county seat is Springfield. The county is named for George Washington.
Kentucky, officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state located in the east south-central region of the United States. Although styled as the "State of Kentucky" in the law creating it,, Kentucky is one of four U.S. states constituted as a commonwealth. Originally a part of Virginia, in 1792 Kentucky split from it and became the 15th state to join the Union. Kentucky is the 37th most extensive and the 26th most populous of the 50 United States.
First mentioned in a 1785 survey, the town was established in 1818 as Fredericksburg. By the time the post office opened in 1828, it was known as Fredericktown. The post office closed in 1911. [1]
