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Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 2 years ago

Google calls Clermont, Kentucky a "human settlement."

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Google calls Clermont, Kentucky a "human settlement."

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Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 2 years ago

Did aliens settle in Kentucky? I missed that story.

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But then why does Wikidata call it a human settlement?
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  Real answer is it probably derives from USGS language
  
  Populated Place
  
  Place or area with clustered or scattered buildings and a permanent human population (city, settlement, town, village).

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