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Lake Barkley, a 58,000-acre reservoir in Livingston County, Lyon County and Trigg County in Kentucky and extending into Stewart County and Houston County in Tennessee, was impounded by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in 1966 upon the completion of Barkley Dam. Both the lake and the dam are named for Vice President Alben Barkley, a Kentucky nati…
Lake Barkley, a 58,000-acre reservoir in Livingston County, Lyon County and Trigg County in Kentucky and extending into Stewart County and Houston County in Tennessee, was impounded by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in 1966 upon the completion of Barkley Dam. Both the lake and the dam are named for Vice President Alben Barkley, a Kentucky native.
Location: Livingston County, Lyon County and Trigg County in Kentucky; Stewart County and Houston County in Tennessee
Basin countries: United States
Max. length: 216 km (134 mi)
Surface area: 234 km² (90 sq mi)
Water volume: Maximum: 2,082,000 acre⋅ft (2.568 km³)
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