Editing Ballard County, Kentucky (section)

==Geography==
[[File:CityParkCrossWickliffeKY.jpg|right|thumb|Fort Jefferson Memorial Cross at the Confluence in [[Wickliffe, Kentucky|Wickliffe]]]]
According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|274|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|247|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|27|sqmi}} (9.9%) 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 12, 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>

===State protected area===
[[Axe Lake Swamp State Nature Preserve]] is a {{convert|458|acre|km2}} [[nature preserve]] located in Ballard County, in the Barlow Bottoms. The preserve is part of the {{convert|3000|acre|km2|adj=on}} Axe Lake Swamp [[wetlands]] complex which supports at least eight rare plant and animal species. The site has been recognized as a priority wetland in the [[North American Waterfowl Management Plan]].<ref name=axelake>[http://www.naturepreserves.ky.gov/stewardship/axelake.htm Axe Lake Swamp State Nature Preserve web site] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060925231856/http://www.naturepreserves.ky.gov/stewardship/axelake.htm |date=September 25, 2006 }} URL accessed on August 20, 2006.</ref>

===Adjacent counties===
* [[Pulaski County, Illinois]] (north) – across the [[Ohio River]]
* [[McCracken County, Kentucky|McCracken County]] (east)
* [[Carlisle County, Kentucky|Carlisle County]] (south)
* [[Mississippi County, Missouri]] (southwest) – across the [[Mississippi River]]
* [[Alexander County, Illinois]] (west) – across the Ohio River