Place:Georgetown, Scott, Kentucky, United States

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NameGeorgetown
Alt namesLebanon
Lebanon Stationsource: BO Gaines History of Scott County
Royal Spring, Scott, Kentucky, United States
TypeCity
Coordinates38.214°N 84.556°W
Located inScott, Kentucky, United States
Contained Places
Cemetery
Georgetown Cemetery


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Georgetown is a home rule-class city in Scott County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 37,086 at the 2020 census. It is the 6th-largest city by population in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It is the seat of its county. It was originally called Lebanon when founded by Rev. Elijah Craig and was renamed in 1790 in honor of President George Washington. It is the home of Georgetown College, a private liberal arts college. Georgetown is part of the Lexington-Fayette, KY Metropolitan Statistical Area. At one time the city served as the training camp home for the NFL's Cincinnati Bengals.

The city's growth began in the mid-1980s, when Toyota built Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky, its first wholly owned United States plant, in Georgetown. The plant opened in 1988; it builds the Camry, Camry Hybrid, Avalon, Lexus ES, and RAV4 Hybrid automobiles.

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