Editing Nicholasville, Kentucky (section)

==Geography==
Downtown Nicholasville is approximately {{convert|6|mi}} south of [[Fayette County, Kentucky|Fayette County]]. The city serves as a logistics and commuter hub between Lexington and Nicholasville's neighboring counties, especially [[Garrard County, Kentucky|Garrard County]]. According to the [[United States Census Bureau|U.S. Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|13.08|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|13.01|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|0.07|sqmi}}, or 0.52%, is water. Some artificial ponds, including Lake Mingo (named after the Native American [[Mingo people]]), are present in the city.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://njcpr.org/parks-and-pictures.html | title=NJCPR: Parks & Pictures | publisher=Nicholasville/Jessamine County Parks & Recreation | access-date=13 October 2014 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140815110409/http://njcpr.org/parks-and-pictures.html | archive-date=15 August 2014 }}</ref> Town Fork, a partially [[river engineering#Channelization|channelized]] stream, runs south and passes underneath downtown, eventually draining into Jessamine Creek.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.uky.edu/WaterResources/Watershed/KRB_AR/jessamine_creek.htm | title=Kentucky River Basin Assessment Report: Jessamine Creek | publisher=Kentucky Water Research Institute - University of Kentucky | date=August 2000 | access-date=13 October 2014}}</ref>

===Climate===
Nicholasville is in the northern periphery of the [[humid subtropical climate]] zone,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://maps.howstuffworks.com/united-states-climate-map.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071210172624/http://maps.howstuffworks.com/united-states-climate-map.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=10 December 2007 | title=Map of American climate zones | access-date=13 October 2014 }}</ref> with hot and humid summers, cool winters, and occasional mild periods, especially in [[autumn]]. The city and the surrounding [[Bluegrass region]] have four distinct seasons that include cool plateau breezes, moderate nights in the summer, and no prolonged periods of rain, snow, or other severe weather.