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Place Name
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Jessamine County
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Pronunciation
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JEZ-uh-muhn
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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Nicholasville
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Population
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30,508 (1990)
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Location
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Kentucky, United States, North America
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Latitude
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37°52'N
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Longitude
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84°34'W
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Jessamine
(JEZ-uh-muhn), county (
174 sq mi/451 sq km; 1990 pop.
30,508), central Ky.;  Nicholasville; 37°52'N 84°34'W.
Bounded SW, S, and SE by Kentucky R; drained by Hickman Creek. Gently
rolling upland agr. area in Bluegrass region (burley tobacco,
corn, hay, alfalfa, soybeans; cattle, horses, poultry;
dairying). Palisades of Kentucky R. (gorge) in SW; Jim Beam
Nature Preserve; Daniel Boone's Cave and Camp Nelson Natl. Cemetery in
S. Formed 1798.
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