Back جورجتاون (كنتاكي) Arabic جورجتاون (سكوت) ARZ جرجتاون، کنتاکی AZB Georgetown (Kentucky) Catalan Джорджтаун (Кентукки) CE Georgetown (kapital sa kondado sa Tinipong Bansa, Kentucky) CEB Georgetown (Kentucky) German Georgetown (Kentucky) Spanish Georgetown (Kentucky) Basque جرجتاون، کنتاکی Persian
Georgetown, Kentucky | |
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| Nickname: G-Town | |
 Location of Georgetown in Scott County, Kentucky. | |
| Coordinates: 38°12′35″N 84°33′36″W / 38.20972°N 84.56000°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Kentucky |
| County | Scott |
| Established | 1784[1] |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Burney Jenkins[2] |
| Area | |
| • City | 17.15 sq mi (44.41 km2) |
| • Land | 16.98 sq mi (43.99 km2) |
| • Water | 0.17 sq mi (0.43 km2) |
| Elevation | 883 ft (269 m) |
| Population | |
| • City | 37,086 |
| • Estimate (2023)[6] | 39,462 |
| • Rank | US: 1054th KY: 6th |
| • Density | 2,183.6/sq mi (843.09/km2) |
| • Metro | 517,846 (US: 109th) |
| • Demonym | Georgetonian |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (Eastern) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| ZIP Code | 40324 |
| Area code | 502 |
| FIPS code | 021209 |
| GNIS feature ID | 2403689[4] |
| Website | georgetownky.gov |
Georgetown is a home rule-class city[7] in Scott County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 37,086 at the 2020 census.[5] It is the 6th-most populous city 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.[8] Historically, settlers were drawn to Georgetown for its Royal Spring.[9]
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, Lexus ES, and RAV4 Hybrid automobiles.[10][11]
- ^ Georgetown, Kentucky Archived August 23, 2013, at archive.today Kentucky Secretary of State: Land Office. Retrieved August 23, 2013.
- ^ "Mayor's Office". Georgetown, Kentucky. Retrieved July 12, 2023.
- ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 18, 2022.
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Georgetown, Kentucky
- ^ a b "Explore Census Data". Explore Census Data. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 5, 2022.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
USCensusEst2023was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Summary and Reference Guide to House Bill 331 City Classification Reform" (PDF). Kentucky League of Cities. Retrieved December 30, 2014.
- ^ "History of Georgetown/Scott County". Georgetown/Scott County Tourism. Retrieved December 14, 2018.
- ^ O'Dell, Gary A. (2023). Bluegrass Paradise: Royal Spring and the Birth of Georgetown, Kentucky. University Press of Kentucky. doi:10.5810/kentucky/9780813196718.001.0001. ISBN 978-0-8131-9708-1.
- ^ "Georgetown Toyota plant debuts new Lexus line with 3,000 employees, Kentucky officials". Lexington Herald-Leader. Retrieved October 19, 2015.
- ^ "RAV4 Hybrid production begins". Georgetown News-Graphic. Retrieved January 9, 2020.