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Winchester (Town and countyseat of Clark)

a town and countyseat of Clark co., Ky.; on the Louisville and Nashville, the Chesapeake and Ohio, and other railroads; 18 miles E. of Lexington. It is in the celebrated "Blue Grass" region. Here are the Kentucky Wesleyan College, Winchester Female College, the Cooper Female Institute, street railroad and electric light plants, waterworks, National and State banks, and several newspapers. The principal industries are agriculture and stock raising. Pop. (1910) 7,156; (1920) 8,333.