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    Cumberland is a home rule-class city in Harlan County, Kentucky, in the United States. The population according to the 2010 Census was 2,237, down from...
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    of Kentucky and Tennessee. An important part of the Wilderness Road, it is now part of the Cumberland Gap National Historical Park. The Cumberland Gap...
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    Cumberland County is a county located in the Pennyroyal Plateau region of the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 5,888....
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  • The University of the Cumberlands is a private Christian university in Williamsburg, Kentucky. Over 20,000 students are enrolled at the university. University...
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    Paducah, Kentucky, and the mouth of the Tennessee River. Major tributaries include the Obey, Caney Fork, Stones, and Red Rivers. Although the Cumberland River...
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    Lake Cumberland is a reservoir in Clinton, Pulaski, Russell, Wayne, and Laurel, counties in Kentucky. The primary reasons for its construction were a...
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    southeastern Kentucky. Spanning the river at the border of McCreary and Whitley counties, the waterfall is the central feature of Cumberland Falls State...
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    of eastern Kentucky and Tennessee, and portions of northern Alabama and northwest Georgia. The terms "Allegheny Plateau" and the "Cumberland Plateau" both...
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    Tackett Creek, the Cumberland River, Poor Fork Cumberland River, and Elkhorn Creek on the northwest. The crest of the range forms the Kentucky and Virginia...
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  • Presbyterian congregation. In 1826, Cumberland Presbyterians established Cumberland College in Princeton, Kentucky, in order to better train their candidates...
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    city in Cumberland County, Kentucky, in the United States. Nestled among the rolling foothills of Appalachia and bordered by the Cumberland River to...
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    between the Cumberland River and Pine Mountain. Pineville is one of the oldest settlements in Kentucky, located at the crossing of the Cumberland River by...
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    intersection of Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia. The tunnel consists of two separate bores which carry four lanes of traffic between Cumberland Gap, Tennessee...
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  • The Louie B. Nunn Cumberland Parkway is a 88.4-mile (142.3 km) freeway in the U.S. state of Kentucky, extending from Barren County in the west to Somerset...
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    west of the Cumberland Gap and is the largest city in southeastern Kentucky. It is located entirely between Pine Mountain and the Cumberland Mountains in...
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    The Cumberland Gap National Historical Park is a United States National Historical Park located at the border between Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia...
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    with KY 90 near Waterview in Cumberland County. According to the Caves, Lakes, and Corvettes regional brochure by the Kentucky Department of Tourism, the...
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    national era settlers to reach Kentucky from the East. Although this road goes through the Cumberland Gap into southern Kentucky and northern Tennessee, the...
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    the southeastern border of Kentucky, United States. The population was 5,326 at the 2020 census. Developed along the Cumberland River, the city was founded...
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  • Iowa Cumberland, Kentucky Cumberland, Maine in Cumberland County Cumberland Center, Maine Cumberland, Maryland Cumberland Narrows Cumberland Bone Cave...
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    through the Cumberland Gap and down the Kentucky River to reach the bluegrass heartland of Kentucky. While the Cherokee did not settle in Kentucky, they hunted...
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    stream of north-central Tennessee and south-central Kentucky, and a major tributary of the Cumberland River. It rises in Sumner County, Tennessee, south...
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  • goin' to be trouble In the Cumberland Gap" Kephart simply wrote that the song was of "modern and local origin." Kentucky ballad collector H. H. Fuson...
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    of the Cumberland River in neighboring Cumberland. Kentucky Route 160 is Benham's Main Street, leading west 2.5 miles (4.0 km) to Cumberland and east...
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    London Somerset Middlesboro Williamsburg Kentucky CSA population 303,829. Corbin is nearby to Laurel lake, Cumberland falls, Daniel Boone National Forest,...
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    Somerset is a home rule-class city in Pulaski County, Kentucky, United States. The city population was 11,924 according to the 2020 census. It is the seat...
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    Cumberland Falls State Resort Park is a park located just southwest of Corbin, Kentucky, and is contained entirely within the Daniel Boone National Forest...
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    man-made 64 Oneida Lake New York 80 sq mi 207 km2 natural 65 Lake Cumberland Kentucky 79 sq mi 205 km2 man-made 66 Kerr Lake North Carolina–Virginia 78 sq mi...
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    is the site of the annual Kentucky Black Bear Festival. Martins Fork Lake Pine Mountain Settlement School Benham Cumberland Evarts Harlan (county seat)...
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    of Virginia from the western portion (beyond the Big Sandy River and Cumberland Mountains) of Fincastle County effective 1777. The name of the county...
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