Western Coal Fields

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The Western Coal Fields of Kentucky compose an area in the west-central part of the state, bounded by the Dripping Springs Escarpment. This area extends into Indiana. In Kentucky it borders the Pennyroyal Plateau. It is characterized by sandstones, shales and coal seams.

[edit] Included areas

The Western Coal Fields region of Kentucky includes all of the following counties:

Additionally, the region includes parts of the following counties:

Image:Flag of Kentucky.svg	Commonwealth of Kentucky
Capital	Frankfort
Regions	The Bluegrass \| Central Kentucky \| Cincinnati metropolitan area \| Cumberland Plateau \| Eastern Mountain Coal Fields \| The Knobs \| Louisville metropolitan area \| Northern Kentucky \| Pennyroyal Plateau \| The Purchase \| Western Coal Fields
Major cities	Ashland \| Bowling Green \| Covington \| Danville \| Elizabethtown \| Erlanger \| Florence \| Fort Thomas \| Frankfort \| Georgetown \| Glasgow \| Henderson \| Hopkinsville \| Independence \| Jeffersontown \| Lexington \| Louisville \| Madisonville \| Murray \| Newport \| Nicholasville \| Owensboro \| Paducah \| Radcliff \| Richmond \| Shively \| St. Matthews \| Winchester \|
Counties	Adair \| Allen \| Anderson \| Ballard \| Barren \| Bath \| Bell \| Boone \| Bourbon \| Boyd \| Boyle \| Bracken \| Breathitt \| Breckinridge \| Bullitt \| Butler \| Caldwell \| Calloway \| Campbell \| Carlisle \| Carroll \| Carter \| Casey \| Christian \| Clark \| Clay \| Clinton \| Crittenden \| Cumberland \| Daviess \| Edmonson \| Elliott \| Estill \| Fayette \| Fleming \| Floyd \| Franklin \| Fulton \| Gallatin \| Garrard \| Grant \| Graves \| Grayson \| Green \| Greenup \| Hancock \| Hardin \| Harlan \| Harrison \| Hart \| Henderson \| Henry \| Hickman \| Hopkins \| Jackson \| Jefferson \| Jessamine \| Johnson \| Kenton \| Knott \| Knox \| LaRue \| Laurel \| Lawrence \| Lee \| Leslie \| Letcher \| Lewis \| Lincoln \| Livingston \| Logan \| Lyon \| Madison \| Magoffin \| Marion \| Marshall \| Martin \| Mason \| McCracken \| McCreary \| McLean \| Meade \| Menifee \| Mercer \| Metcalfe \| Monroe \| Montgomery \| Morgan \| Muhlenberg \| Nelson \| Nicholas \| Ohio \| Oldham \| Owen \| Owsley \| Pendleton \| Perry \| Pike \| Powell \| Pulaski \| Robertson \| Rockcastle \| Rowan \| Russell \| Scott \| Shelby \| Simpson \| Spencer \| Taylor \| Todd \| Trigg \| Trimble \| Union \| Warren \| Washington \| Wayne \| Webster \| Whitley \| Wolfe \| Woodford