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Place Name
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Bracken County
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Pronunciation
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BRAK-uhn
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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Brooksville
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Population
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7,766 (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°41'N
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Longitude
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84°04'W
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Bracken
(BRAK-uhn), county (
208 sq mi/539 sq km; 1990 pop.
7,766), N Ky.;  Brooksville; 38°41'N 84°04'W. Bounded N by
Ohio R. (Ohio state line), S in part by North Fork of Licking R. Gently
rolling upland agr. area (burley tobacco, corn, hay, alfalfa; cattle,
poultry; dairying), in N part of Bluegrass region; shipping, some mfg.
at Augusta. Formed 1796.
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