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Kentucky

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Kentucky is a state in the United States. Its capital is Frankfort. It touches the states of Missouri (by the Mississippi River), Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, West Virginia (by the Ohio River), Tennessee and Virginia. There are many rivers in Kentucky.

State
Commonwealth of Kentucky
 
 
Anthem: My Old Kentucky Home
Map of the United States with Kentucky highlighted
Map of the United States with Kentucky highlighted
CountryUnited States
Before statehoodPart of Virginia (District of Kentucky)
Admitted to the UnionJune 1, 1792 (15th)
CapitalFrankfort
Largest cityLouisville
Largest metroLouisville[a]
Government
 • GovernorAndy Beshear (D)
 • Lieutenant GovernorJacqueline Coleman (D)
LegislatureKentucky General Assembly
 • Upper houseSenate
 • Lower houseHouse of Representatives
U.S. senatorsMitch McConnell (R)
Rand Paul (R)
U.S. House delegation5 Republicans
1 Democrat (list)
Area
 • Total40,408 sq mi (104,656 km2)
 • Land39,486 sq mi (102,269 km2)
 • Water921 sq mi (2,387 km2)  2.2%
 • Rank37th
Elevation
750 ft (230 m)
Highest elevation
(Black Mountain[1][b])
4,145 ft (1,265 m)
Lowest elevation
(Mississippi River at Kentucky Bend[1][b])
250 ft (78 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • TotalNeutral increase 4,505,836[2]
 • Rank26th
 • Density114/sq mi (44/km2)
  • Rank23rd
 • Median household income
$52,295[3]
 • Income rank
44th
Language
 • Official languageEnglish[4]
Time zones
eastern halfUTC−05:00 (Eastern)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−04:00 (EDT)
western halfUTC−06:00 (Central)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−05:00 (CDT)
USPS abbreviation
KY
ISO 3166 codeUS-KY
Trad. abbreviationKy
Latitude36° 30′ N to 39° 09′ N
Longitude81° 58′ W to 89° 34′ W
Websitekentucky.gov
Kentucky state symbols
Flag of Kentucky.svg
Flag of Kentucky
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Living insignia
BirdCardinal
ButterflyViceroy butterfly
Wildlife animalGray squirrel
FishKentucky spotted bass
FlowerGoldenrod
Horse breedThoroughbred
InsectWestern honeybee
TreeTulip poplar
Inanimate insignia
BeverageMilk
DanceClogging
FoodBlackberry
FossilBrachiopod
GemstoneFreshwater pearl
MineralCoal
RockKentucky agate
SloganKentucky Unbridled Spirit
SoilCrider Soil Series
OtherChevrolet Corvette (state sports car)
State route marker
Kentucky state route marker
State quarter
Kentucky quarter dollar coin
Released in 2001
Lists of United States state symbols
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History

The first people to settle in Kentucky were Native Americans before the arrival of Europeans. African slaves worked on plantations.

Louisville, the main city of Kentucky [5] until last century, was founded in the XVIII century (around 1778) by George Rogers Clark and some French colonists.

Some people call it the "Bluegrass State" because of a special kind of grass that grows there. There are also horses in Kentucky that eat this blue grass. Kentucky is very famous for its horse farms. The Kentucky Derby, a well-known horse race. It is held in the city of Louisville, which is also the largest city in the state. Other well-known places are Fort Knox, The Cumberland Gap, Cumberland Falls, Mammoth Cave, Red River gorge, and Land Between the Lakes.

Some well-known towns and cities are Louisville, Lexington, Owensboro, Bowling Green, Covington, Florence, Maysville, Georgetown, Paducah, Murray, Bardstown, Morehead, Midway, Berea, Richmond, Danville, Versailles, Elizabethtown, Radcliff, Corbin, Somerset, Ashland, and Middlesboro.

Hodgenville, Kentucky is famous for being the birthplace of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln.

  • Louisville skyline

  • Kentucky Derby

Kentucky Media

  • LincolnBirthplaceJBM82908.jpg

    Abraham Lincoln Birthplace near Hodgenville

  • Map of Kentucky NA (cropped).png

    Reference Map of Kentucky.

  • Kentucky's regions (click on image for color-coding information; contrary to the map, regions do not follow county lines and the Western Coal Field is not as extensive as indicated. The outer part of it is the Clifty Area, which contains no coal but has bituminous sandstone.)

  • Köppen Climate Types Kentucky.png

    Köppen climate types of Kentucky, using 1991–2020 climate normals.

  • Wolf Creek Dam and Lake Cumberland, KY.jpg

    Lake Cumberland is the largest artificial American lake east of the Mississippi River by volume.

  • WaterfrontPkDwnt.jpg

    Once an industrial area, Louisville's waterfront has thousands of trees and miles of walking trails.

  • Half Moon, Kentucky.JPG

    Red River Gorge is one of Kentucky's most visited places.

  • Otter Creek Park 2.jpg

    Forest at Otter Creek Outdoor Recreation Area, Meade County, Kentucky

  • Kentucky population density map

Related pages

Notes

  1. ↑ However, a portion of the larger Cincinnati metropolitan area does extend into the state.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Elevation adjusted to North American Vertical Datum of 1988.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Elevations and Distances in the United States". United States Geological Survey. 2001. Archived from the original on October 15, 2011. Retrieved October 21, 2011.
  2. ↑ "2020 Census Apportionment Results". census.gov. United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on April 26, 2021. Retrieved April 26, 2021.
  3. ↑ "Median Annual Household Income". The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. Archived from the original on December 20, 2016. Retrieved May 14, 2019.
  4. ↑ "Kentucky State Symbols". Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives. Archived from the original on July 3, 2007. Retrieved November 29, 2006.
  5. ↑ "Kentucky Green Energy Solar Program Guide". WhatsBiomass. Archived from the original on 2023-03-20. Retrieved 2023-02-16.

Bibliography

  • Channing, Steven. Kentucky: A Bicentennial History (1977).



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