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The Kentucky Bend, variously called the New Madrid Bend, Madrid Bend or Bessie Bend, officially known by the United States Census Bureau as West Census County Division, is an exclave of Fulton County, Kentucky, in the United States. Kentucky Bend is a piece of land on the inside of an oxbow loop meander of the Mississippi River. Surrounded by the states of Tennessee and Missouri without touching any other part of Kentucky, it is an exclave of Kentucky. Kentucky Bend is the extreme southwestern corner of Kentucky. The peninsula includes the lowest point in the state of Kentucky, at the banks of the Mississippi River. The only highway into the area is Tennessee State Route 22, whose continuation into Kentucky Bend at one time was signed as Kentucky State Route 313. As of the 2000 census, the population was 17 persons in this area. The mailing address of the area is Tiptonville, Tennessee, which lies to its south, although the nearest population center (and post office) is in the closer city of New Madrid, Missouri, across the river, to its north. ==Geography== The Kentucky Bend covers a land area of 17.557 sq mi (45.472 km2), according to the Census Bureau.〔(Detailed Tables ), Census Bureau (2000), accessdate=July 4, 2008〕 Surveyors marking the boundary between Kentucky and Tennessee had only estimated where their line would meet the Mississippi; later, more detailed surveys revealed the location of this line to pass through north-south bends in the river, creating a division of the peninsula.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Life on the Mississippi )〕 The western border of Kentucky is designated as the Mississippi River, as is the eastern border of Missouri—thus the creation of a "notch" for Kentucky, but not for Tennessee. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kentucky Bend」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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