Editing Taylor County, Kentucky (section)

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|277|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|266|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|10|sqmi}} (3.8%) is water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_21.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=August 20, 2014|date=August 22, 2012|title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812210847/http://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_21.txt|archive-date=August 12, 2014}}</ref>

Taylor County has a geographic boundary shaped like a heart, and also claims to be the geographic center of Kentucky.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Geographic Center of Kentucky |url=https://www.kyatlas.com/ky-geographic-center.html |access-date=2024-05-02 |website=www.kyatlas.com}}</ref> It includes a fabled center marker of Kentucky, a [[United States Coast and Geodetic Survey|U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey]] magnetic station marker placed in Taylor County circa 1916 which in time since has been regarded by citizens as the geodetic center of the state. Information on this marker is currently not available in federal databases. The claim to the geographic center of Kentucky is disputed by surrounding counties<ref>{{Cite web |title=Geographic Center of Kentucky |url=https://www.kyatlas.com/ky-geographic-center.html |access-date=2024-05-02 |website=www.kyatlas.com}}</ref> in part due to the planar methods<ref>{{Cite report |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/b689 |title=Boundaries, areas, geographic centers and altitudes of the United States and the several States with a brief record of important changes in their territory |date=1923 |publisher=US Geological Survey}}</ref> used to initially determine the [[List of geographic centers of the United States|geographic centers of the states]].

The [[American Civil War]] skirmish, The [[Battle of Tebbs Bend]], was fought in Taylor County.
===Adjacent counties===
* [[Marion County, Kentucky|Marion County]]  (north)
* [[Casey County, Kentucky|Casey County]]  (east)
* [[Adair County, Kentucky|Adair County]]  (southeast/CST Border)
* [[Green County, Kentucky|Green County]]  (south & west/CST Border)
* [[LaRue County, Kentucky|LaRue County]]  (northwest)