Kentucky — Config Review
Profile config
Judicial Regions57
Concepts (10)
Kentucky
Local NameKentucky
Has Active GovernmentYes
Default Body NameGeneral Assembly
Executive TitleGovernor
SubdivisionsCounties
Additional Subdivisions
Major CitiesLouisville, Lexington, Bowling Green, Owensboro
County
Local NameCounty
Has Active GovernmentYes
Default Body NameFiscal Court
Executive TitleCounty Judge/Executive
Executive RequiredYes
SubdivisionsCities
Legislative CommitteesYes
Committees LabelCommittees
City
Local NameCity
Has Active GovernmentYes
Default Body NameCity Council
Executive TitleMayor
Governancestrong-mayor, council-manager
Governance Exceptions
Strong-MayorLouisville
SubdivisionsNo
School District
Local NameSchool District
Has Active GovernmentYes
Default Body NameBoard of Education
Educational Cooperative
Local NameEducational Cooperative
Has Active GovernmentYes
Default Body NameCooperative Board
House District
Local NameHouse District
Local AbbrevHD
Has Active GovernmentNo
Senate District
Local NameSenate District
Local AbbrevSD
Has Active GovernmentNo
Congressional District
Local NameCongressional District
Local AbbrevCD
Has Active GovernmentNo
Judicial Circuit
Local NameJudicial Circuit
Has Active GovernmentNo
Special District
Local NameSpecial District
Has Active GovernmentYes
Governance (2)
Council-Manager
Legislative CommitteesNo
Legislative DistrictsNo
Strong-Mayor
Legislative CommitteesYes
Committees LabelCommittees
Sources (5)
Counties
Urlhttps://kygisserver.ky.gov/arcgis/rest/services/WGS84WM_Services/Ky_CountyLines_WGS84WM/MapServer/0
ProviderKyGeoNet / KY Division of Geographic Information
TypeArcGIS REST MapServer
Noteverified 120 counties, exact match.
Municipalities
Urlhttps://kygisserver.ky.gov/arcgis/rest/services/WGS84WM_Services/Ky_CityBnd_Polygon_WGS84WM/MapServer/0
Providersame KyGeoNet host, "Corporate Boundary Polygons"
TypeArcGIS REST MapServer
Noteverified 426 records (slightly above ~418 — likely includes non-contiguous annexed parts as separate polygons; de-duplicate by NAME/FIPS on ingest).
Field mapping (4)
NAMEname
FIPS (Or CITYFIPS)jurisdiction_identifiers (scheme "census_geoid")
COUNTYparent county
SOSLINKwebsite (Secretary of State link)
School Districts
Urlhttps://kygisserver.ky.gov/arcgis/rest/services/WGS84WM_Services/Ky_School_Districts_WGS84WM/MapServer/0
Providersame KyGeoNet host
TypeArcGIS REST MapServer
Noteverified 174 records.
Field mapping (3)
NAMEname
SDLEAjurisdiction_identifiers (scheme "ky_sdlea")
SDTYPconcept_id (county vs. independent)
Educational Region
Statusno live GIS/API — directory only
Note8 Educational Cooperatives confirmed via a KDE-hosted directory (education.ky.gov/comm/about/Pages/Kentucky-Education-and-Special-Education-Cooperatives.aspx) — Central KY, Green River Regional, KY Educational Development Corp, KY Valley, Northern KY Coop, Ohio Valley, Southeast/South Central, West KY — static page, would need manual/scraped entry (8 rows).
Population
Statusnot yet ingested
Recommended SourceUS Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) — https://api.census.gov/data/{year}/pep/population — joins on the county FIPS from the counties source above.