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Place Name
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Barbourville
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Pronunciation
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BAHR-buhr-vil
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Place Status (Type)
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town
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Capital Of
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Knox County
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Population
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3,658 (1990)
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Location
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Knox County, Kentucky (KY), United States, North America
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Latitude
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36°52'N
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Longitude
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83°52'W
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Barbourville
(BAHR-buhr-vil), town (1990 pop. 3,658), 
Knox co., SE Ky., in the Cumberland Mts., on Cumberland R.,
21 mi/34 km NNW of Middlesboro; 36°52'N
83°52'W. In region producing bituminous coal; horses; tobacco; mfg.
(wood prods., lumber, machinery, apparel, meat processing, coal
processing, printing and publishing). Seat of Union Col. Dr. Thomas
Walker State Historic Site to SW, containing replica of 1st cabin built
by white settlers (1750) in Ky. Est. 1799.
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