Lexington,
Kentucky, United States, known as the "Horse Capital
of the World," is located in the heart of the Bluegrass
region. It is the second-largest city in Kentucky, after
Louisville, Kentucky, and the 70th largest in the United
States. On January 1, 1974 Lexington became the first municipality
in the Commonwealth of Kentucky to form a consolidated city-county
government by merging with Fayette County. In 2005, the
population estimate given by the U.S. Census Bureau was
268,080. Lexington is home to the Kentucky Horse Park, Keeneland race course, the Red Mile race course, Transylvania University and the University of Kentucky (UK). The area code (859) spells out UKY. UK's basketball program is immensely popular in the city and throughout the state. The University of Kentucky Wildcats basketball team has won more games than any other team in college basketball history.Lexington has been selected to be the site of the 2010 World Equestrian Games. The majority of Baptists worldwide reside in the United States. Baptists make up the second-largest Christian church in the USA, the Roman Catholic Church being the largest. Although Baptist churches are located throughout the USA, the great majority of Baptists live in the southern United States, and the Baptist church has historically exerted a powerful influence in that region of the country |

