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Place Name
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Elkton
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Place Status (Type)
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city
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Capital Of
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Todd County
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Population
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1,789 (1990)
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Location
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Todd County, Kentucky (KY), United States, North America
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Latitude
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36°48'N
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Longitude
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87°09'W
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Elkton
, city (1990 pop. 1,789),  Todd co., S Ky.,
17 mi/27 km ESE of Hopkinsville; 36°48'N
87°09'W. Agr. area (burley tobacco, grain, fruit; cattle); mfg. (oak
furniture, refrigerator doors, aluminum die castings, blue jeans,
crushed limestone, beef processing, camp chairs); stone quarries;
timber. Robert Penn Warren Birthplace; Milliken Memorial Community
House (1929); Jefferson Davis State Historic Site is W, at
Fairview. Est. 1820.
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