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Frankfort

38°12N 84°52W, pop (2000e) 27 700. Capital of state in Franklin Co, NC Kentucky, USA, on the Kentucky R; founded by Daniel Boone, 1770; state capital, 1792; railway; university; trade and shipping centre for tobacco, livestock and limestone; whisky, automobile parts, shoes, metal items; graves of Daniel and Rebecca Boone; Capital Expo (Jun).

Frankfort is the name of several places:

United States of America Frankfort, Illinois Frankfort, Indiana Frankfort, Kansas Frankfort, Kentucky Frankfort, Michigan Village of Frankfort, New York Town of Frankfort, New York Frankfort, Ohio Frankfort, Wisconsin South Africa Frankfort, Free State Frankfort was also formerly used as an English-language spelling of the two cities in Germany called Frankfurt: Frankfurt am Main Frankfurt an der Oder


Frankfort can also refer to the following people:

Frank Frankfort Moore Henri Frankfort (not Harry Gordon Frankfurt) Jacob Frankfort

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