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Place Name
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Bath County
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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Owingsville
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Population
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9,692 (1990)
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Location
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Kentucky, United States, North America
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Latitude
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38°08'N
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Longitude
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83°44'W
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Bath
, county (
283 sq mi/733 sq km; 1990 pop.
9,692), NE Ky.;  Owingsville; 38°08'N 83°44'W. Bounded NE by
Licking R., drained by Slate Creek. Rolling upland agr. area, in
Bluegrass region (burley tobacco, corn, soybeans, hay, alfalfa; cattle,
poultry; dairying); timber. Includes part of Daniel Boone Natl. Forest
in SE. Has once-famous mineral baths (Olympia Springs, others) for
which co. is named. Formed 1811.
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