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Man o' War Boulevard, named after the racehorse Man o' War, is an almost 17-mile (27 km) urban arterial, circling Lexington, Kentucky to its south. Its western terminus is at US 60 / Keeneland Boulevard at Keeneland Race Course's main entrance, from which the highway heads southeast, intersecting with US 68, US 27, and other roads. It then turns east and northeast, intersecting KY 1974, US 25/US 421, and I-75, before ending at US 60 at Brighton. The majority of the road is a four-lane divided highway with curbs and sidewalks maintained by the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government, but the 1.429-mile (2.300 km) portion east of I-75 is maintained by the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet as Supplemental Road Kentucky Route 1425, and only carries two lanes.
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The following is a timeline of the history of Lexington, Kentucky, United States.
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Cadentown School in Lexington, Kentucky was a primary public school for black children in the segregated Fayette County Public Schools from about 1879 to 1922. The building that originally housed Cadentown School, located at 705 Caden Lane, is no longer extant. However, the Rosenwald Fund School is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Fayette County.
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Kentucky on November 3, 2015. All of Kentucky's executive officers were up for election. Primary elections were held on May 19, 2015.
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- ↑ Fayette County Clerk > Election Results Archived 2012-02-02 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Official Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government Website (archived October 17, 2006)
- ↑ Mead, Andy (November 8, 2006). "Lexington, KY voters reject take-over of American Water of KY". Lexington Herald-Leader . Retrieved July 31, 2012.
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