Camargo (Ky.)

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Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
Camargo (Ky.)
Coordinates
-83.8961 -83.8961 37.9992 37.9992 (gooearth )
W0835316 W0835316 N0375939 N0375939 (geonames )
Associated country
United States
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 136152363
Wikidata: Q2360705
Library of congress: n 88187132
Sources of Information
  • GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009(ppl; 37°59ʹ39ʺN 083°53ʹ16ʺW)
  • Kentucky. Dept. of Highways. Division of Planning. Camargo, Montgomery County, Kentucky, 1984.
  • Rand McNally comm. atlas, 1988(Camargo)

Wikipedia description:

Camargo is a home rule-class city in Montgomery County, Kentucky, in the United States. The population was 1,020 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Mount Sterling Micropolitan Statistical Area. The town was named by soldiers returning from the Mexican–American War, either in honor of Camargo in Mexico or a Mexican entertainer of that name. The post office was established in 1848 and closed in 1963.

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