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About Frankfort
Capital of Kentucky, United StatesFrankfort is the capital city of the U.S. state of Kentucky. It is a home rule-class city and the seat of Franklin County. As of the 2020 census, the population was 28,602, making it the 13th-largest city in Kentucky and 4th-smallest U.S. state capital by population. Located along the Kentucky River in the Upland South, Frankfort is the principal city of the Frankfort, Kentucky micropolitan area, which includes all of Franklin and Anderson counties. Before Frankfort was founded, the site was a ford across the Kentucky River, along one of the great buffalo trails used as highways in colonial America. English explorers first visited the area in the 1750s. The site evidently received its name …
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Housing in Frankfort
The typical Frankfort home is worth about $250,000, about the same as a year ago, 8% above the Kentucky typical home.
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Safety in Frankfort
Safety Grade C
Frankfort reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 66% report less.
Schools in Frankfort
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The public schools Frankfort’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 53% of Kentucky’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
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