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Middlesboro
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city in Bell County, Kentucky, United States of America
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Kentucky
- County
- Bell
- Incorporated
- March 14, 1890
- Named after
- Middlesbrough , England
- Type
- Mayor-Council
- Mayor
- Boone Bowling
- Total
- 7.46 sq mi (19.33 km )
- Land
- 7.38 sq mi (19.12 km )
- Water
- 0.077 sq mi (0.20 km )
- Elevation
- 1,142 ft (348 m)
- Estimate 2022
- 9,131
- Density
- 1,273.7/sq mi (491.78/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-5 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-4 (EDT)
- Fips code
- 21-51924
- Website
- www .cityofmiddlesboro .com
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Middlesboro ( locally /ˈmɪdəlzbʌrə/) is a home rule-class city in Bell County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 10,334 at the 2010 U.S. census, while its micropolitan area had a population of 69,060.
It is located 1 mile (1.6 km) 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 the Middlesboro Basin, an enormous meteorite crater (one of three known astroblemes in the state).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Middlesboro” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.