Talk:List of cities in Kentucky

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Where's Anton?[edit]

I didn't see Anton on that list, I am aware that there is no post office or town hall there, but still it's an town and CSX reconzie it as a town, so why is it on there? MadKeyZB 02:51, 25 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I would say that this list only includes incorporated cities. I don't think Anton is incorporated. Acdixon 14:01, 2 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
It makes sense that this list only includes incorporated cities. You won't find Hebron (suburban Northern Kentucky community in Boone County outside of Cincinnati, Ohio) on this list because it is an unincorporated community despite all the great urban sprawl there. Heegoop, 12 June 2009 (UTC)

Alphabetical labels[edit]

This list needs alphabetical labels for each set of cities beginning with the same letter. Heegoop, 12 June 2009 (UTC)

Include CDPs?[edit]

All but two of Kentucky's county seats are cities. The exceptions are Whitley City, seat of McCreary County and Burlington, seat of Boone County. They are census-designated places (CDPs). I made the decision to include them in the list. Is this correct? Robomanx (talk) 01:43, 28 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Some of the populations are wrong...[edit]

The population of Louisville is in the 700,000s and Lexington is in the 400,000s or something like that. This page needs to be fixed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.177.161.78 (talk) 13:32, 21 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Populations in the list are from the 2000 census. Robomanx (talk) 00:46, 22 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
This is inconsistent with articles like List of cities proper by population, List of United States cities by population, and some other states' lists, like List of cities in Minnesota and List of cities in California (by population), where the population is given for a reasonably up-to-date official estimate available. On the other hand, it agrees with List of cities in Ohio and probably a few others. Using 2000 census numbers is also less informative than using more recent numbers. I think it's too late to change the whole article before the next census, and it would be even more inconsistent and uninformative to change a few of the populations unless we addend a separate list for the source for each population. In the future, though, this article should be updated on a yearly basis with new populations.Charlesfahringer (talk) 23:43, 23 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
We'll be lucky to get it updated every ten years. Also, there isn't any way to update it yearly, as the US Census is only done every ten years.--FeralOink (talk) 16:02, 24 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Number of cities[edit]

This is the official number, from the Sec State's Land Office, but it still seems to be wrong. Indian Hills seems to have fully absorbed a few communities around it years ago, but they remain listed as "active". — LlywelynII 01:27, 19 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Vandalism[edit]

An IP address stopped by and mislabeled Lexington as a 1st-class city. As far as the Secretary of State's Land Office knows, it's still just a 2nd-class one. If they're wrong, kindly find a more authoritative source (difficult) and let them know via email. — LlywelynII 15:49, 29 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

"Vandalism"? More like "understandable confusion" since the first subsection of the article has a chart that appears to define class status purely by population. The Kentucky General Assembly repealed the "population only" form of classification in 1994, but they haven't replaced it with anything else yet. Frankly, I'm not sure why this article even bothers to mention the population portion of the equation. It's entirely irrelevant nowadays and miseducates the Wiki reader by implying significance of the metric. The KGA/Sec of State determine the class designation of Kentucky cities, not the census. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.244.104.32 (talk) 03:49, 28 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
There's been some further tussling over this. I just added some clarification to the article about it, including adding another column to the table and refining the headings. I believe the current content matches the cited source reasonably well (from the Kentucky League of Cities, September 2011) and provides some useful additional detail. If further refinement is desirable, we should make sure we have specific sources identified to justify it (either based on sources that are already cited, or adding more/better ones). —BarrelProof (talk) 22:28, 7 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Changes coming to classifications[edit]

Starting January 1, 2015, Kentucky is going to have only two classifications for cities: First Class and Home Rule. See [1]. I'm not sure when this should be added to the article, but when it is, I hope we can show the previous classification structure in a historical context. Stevie is the man! Talk • Work 19:03, 19 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Question[edit]

Would it be useful here to mention that unlike many other U.S. states, all "incorporated" jurisdictions in Kentucky regardless of size are properly referred to as "cities" rather than "towns" or even "villages" as is proper in many other places? 2600:1004:B14F:C56D:4C32:6E3E:48D3:232 (talk) 11:17, 24 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Eliminate City Class?[edit]

Since all cities but 2 are Home Rule class, the city class column seems pretty useless. I suggest eliminating it or replacing it with Form of Government. Robomanx (talk) 19:08, 14 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

The information should be kept in some way for historical purposes. We normally maintain historical information about a subject in its article (or subarticle, but that likely doesn't apply here). I'm open-minded about whether such info should stay in the table you refer to. Stevie is the man! Talk • Work 19:59, 14 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Form of government in Louisville and Lexington[edit]

Neither Louisville nor Lexington have mayor-alderman governments. Their status as a Merged metro government and an urban county government takes priority over their status as first class cities. DavidHarden (talk) 04:56, 23 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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