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is a city in Scott County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 18,080 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Scott County. The original settlement was renamed in 1790 in honor of President George Washington. It is the home of Georgetown College, a private liberal arts college. Georgetown is part of the Lexington-Fayette, KY Metropolitan Statistical Area.
The city's recent growth began in the mid-1980s, when Toyota built Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky, the first wholly owned United States plant, in a recently annexed part of the city. The plant, which currently builds the Camry, Solara, Venza and Avalon automobiles, opened in 1988 and is the largest building in terms of acres covered under one building in the United States, with over occupied. The Kentucky State Data Center estimates Georgetown's population at 21,074 as of July 1, 2007
The city also serves as the home of the annual training camp for the NFL's Cincinnati Bengals. The Bengals, who have more of a fan base in Kentucky than they do in Ohio (partially due to Cincinnati's proximity to Kentucky), hold camp at Georgetown College.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land.