Saint John, Kentucky

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Saint John, Kentucky
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Saint John
Coordinates: 37°41′54″N85°57′59″W / 37.69833°N 85.96639°W / 37.69833; -85.96639 Coordinates: 37°41′54″N85°57′59″W / 37.69833°N 85.96639°W / 37.69833; -85.96639
Country United States
State Kentucky
County Hardin
Elevation 755 ft (230 m)
Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
Area code(s) 270 & 364
GNIS feature ID 508997 [1]

Saint John is an unincorporated community in Hardin County, Kentucky, United States. Saint John is located on Kentucky Route 1357, 5.6 miles (9.0 km) west of Elizabethtown. [2]

Hardin County, Kentucky county in Kentucky, United States of America

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Kentucky State of the United States of America

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, (because in Kentucky's first constitution, the name state was used) Kentucky is one of four U.S. states constituted as a commonwealth. Originally a part of Virginia, in 1792 Kentucky became the 15th state to join the Union. Kentucky is the 37th most extensive and the 26th most populous of the 50 United States.

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Elizabethtown is a home rule-class city and the county seat of Hardin County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 28,531 at the 2010 census, and was estimated at 29,906 by the U.S. Census Bureau in 2016, making it the 11th-largest city in the state. It is included in the Elizabethtown–Fort Knox, Kentucky Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is included in the Louisville/Jefferson County–Elizabethtown–Madison, Kentucky-Indiana Combined Statistical Area.

The community took its name from the nearby St. John the Baptist Catholic church. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ "Saint John". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey.
  2. ↑ State Primary Road System: Hardin County (PDF) (Map). Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. 2012. Retrieved May 1, 2013.
  3. ↑ Rennick, Robert M. Kentucky Place Names. University Press of Kentucky. p. 260. ISBN   0-8131-2631-2.


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