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Montage of Kentucky
Kentucky
(
k?n-
TUK
-ee
,
ken-
), officially the
Commonwealth of Kentucky
, is a landlocked
state
in the
Southeastern
region of the
United States
. Kentucky borders
Illinois
,
Indiana
, and
Ohio
to the north,
West Virginia
to the northeast,
Virginia
to the east,
Tennessee
to the south, and
Missouri
to the west. Its northern border is defined by the
Ohio River
. Its capital is
Frankfort
and its largest city is
Louisville
. As of 2020, the population was approximately 4.5 million.
Kentucky was admitted into the Union as the 15th state on June 1, 1792,
splitting from Virginia
in the process. It is known as the "Bluegrass State", a nickname based on
Kentucky bluegrass
, a species of green grass introduced by European settlers for the purpose of grazing in pastures, which has supported the thoroughbred horse industry in the center of the state.
Historically, Kentucky had excellent farming conditions, which led to the development of large tobacco plantations similar to those in Virginia and
North Carolina
in the central and western parts of the state that utilized enslaved labor during the
Antebellum South
and
Civil War
periods. Kentucky ranks fifth nationally in goat farming, eight in
beef cattle
production, and 14th in corn production. While Kentucky has been a long-standing major center for the
tobacco industry
, the state's economy has diversified in multiple non-agricultural sectors, including auto manufacturing, energy fuel production, and medical facilities. The state ranks 4th among US states in the number of automobiles and trucks assembled. Kentucky is one of several states considered a part of the
Upland South
. (
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Entrance to the museum facility
The
Kentucky Railway Museum
, now located in
New Haven, Kentucky
,
United States
, is a non-profit
railroad museum
dedicated to educating the public regarding the history and heritage of Kentucky's railroads and the people who built them. Originally created in 1954 in
Louisville, Kentucky
, the museum is at its third location, in extreme southern
Nelson County
. It is one of the oldest railroad stations in the United States.
The museum owns four steam
locomotives
, twelve diesel locomotives and over a hundred pieces of rolling stock. Four of the pieces are separately on the
National Register of Historic Places
: the
Louisville and Nashville Steam Locomotive No. 152
, the
Louisville and Nashville Combine Car Number 665
, the
Mt. Broderick Pullman Lounge-Obs-Sleeping Car
, and the
Frankfort and Cincinnati Model 55 Rail Car
. (
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Kentucky's Inner Bluegrass region features hundreds of horse farms.
The
Bluegrass region
is a geographic region in the U.S. state of
Kentucky
. It makes up the central and northern part of the state, roughly bounded by the cities of
Frankfort
,
Paris
,
Richmond
and
Stanford
. It is part of the
Interior Low Plateaus
ecoregion.
"Bluegrass" is a common name given in the United States for grass of the
Poa
genus, the most famous being the
Kentucky bluegrass
. Despite its name, Kentucky Bluegrass is native to Europe and was likely introduced around 1600. (
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- Kentucky Derby
- Hatfield?McCoy feud
- University of Kentucky
- Thomas Hunt Morgan
- Louisville, Kentucky
- Owensboro, Kentucky
- Monkey's Eyebrow, Kentucky
- Bowling Green, Kentucky
- History of Louisville, Kentucky
- Lexington, Kentucky
- W. B. Belknap
- Iroquois Park
- Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball
- Kentucky in the American Civil War
- Kentucky coffeetree
- Kentucky warbler
- Ashland, Kentucky
- Kentucky Colonel
- Paducah, Kentucky
- Kentucky Bend
- Johnny Depp
- Mary Todd Lincoln
- Gus Van Sant
- Rand Paul
- Chuck Woolery
- Thomas Massie
- Loretta Lynn
- Hunter S. Thompson
- Mitch McConnell
- Billy Ray Cyrus
- Shaun King
- Skeeter Davis
- George Clooney
- Ned Beatty
- Muhammad Ali
- Colonel Sanders
- Bourbon whiskey
- Wynonna Judd
- Fort Knox
- Dippin' Dots
- Richmond, Kentucky
- Jim Beam
- Georgetown, Kentucky
- History of Kentucky
- Covington, Kentucky
- Black Patch Tobacco Wars
- Kentucky meat shower
- Casey County, Kentucky
- Louisville City FC
- Bardstown, Kentucky
- Cuisine of Kentucky
- Culture of Kentucky
- Lake Cumberland
- Red River Gorge
- Martin County coal slurry spill
- Transylvania University
- Bill Monroe
- Chris Stapleton
- Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport
- Louisville International Airport
- Keeneland
- Mammoth Cave National Park
- Belle of Louisville
- Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory
- Ernest Hogan
- Mint julep
- Cincinnati metropolitan area
- Vent Haven Museum
- Waverly Hills Sanatorium
- Wigwam Motel
- Martin Castle
- National Corvette Museum
- Rabbit Hash, Kentucky
- Black Mountain (Kentucky)
- Cave Hill Cemetery
- Thomas Merton
- Florence Y'all Water Tower
- Downtown Louisville
- Floyd Collins
- Big Bone Lick State Park
- Louisville and Portland Canal
- Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
- Old Talbott Tavern
- Corbin, Kentucky
- Top Chef: Kentucky
- Kentucky Mr. Basketball
- Kentucky River
- Kentucky cave shrimp
- Lexmark
- Buffalo Trace Distillery
- Texas Roadhouse
- Kentucky?Tennessee football rivalry
- Kentucky common beer
- Blue Moon of Kentucky
- Sugartit, Kentucky
- Brandenburg stone
- French?Eversole feud
- Brown?Forman
- Rooster Run
- University of Louisville
- Kentucky Women Remembered
- List of Kentucky women in the civil rights era
- Churchill Downs
- James Ohio Pattie
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The following are images from various Kentucky-related articles on Wikipedia.
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Image 1
Old Louisville
is the largest Victorian Historic neighborhood in the United States. (from
Culture of Kentucky
)
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Image 2
Dunmore War Saga (from
History of Kentucky
)
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Image 3
A barge hauling coal in the
Louisville and Portland Canal
, the only manmade section of the
Ohio River
(from
Transportation in Kentucky
)
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Image 4
The
Earl of Dunmore
via
Dunmore's War
cleared the way for settlement of Kentucky (from
History of Kentucky
)
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Image 5
Daniel Boone
Escorting Settlers through the
Cumberland Gap
(
George Caleb Bingham
, oil on canvas, 1851?52) (from
History of Kentucky
)
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Image 6
Artist's conception of
Annis Mound and Village
, a Mississippian site in
Butler County
, c. 1250?1300 CE (from
History of Kentucky
)
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Image 8
High Bridge
over the
Kentucky River
was the tallest rail bridge in the world when it was completed in 1877. (from
Transportation in Kentucky
)
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Image 9
The Native American Crab Orchard culture existed in western Kentucky and southern
Indiana
from c. 200 BCE to 500 CE. (from
History of Kentucky
)
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Image 10
This 1800
Low's Encyclopaedia
map of Kentucky and surrounding region did not include southwestern Kentucky and
West Tennessee
, which were held by the
Chickasaw
until 1818. (from
History of Kentucky
)
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Image 11
Map of Kentucky published in 1784 with
John Filson
's
The Discovery, Settlement and Present State of Kentucke
(from
History of Kentucky
)
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Image 12
Biggs Site
, also known as the
Portsmouth Earthworks
Group D, an Adena culture archaeological site located Greenup County (from
History of Kentucky
)
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Image 13
James Pierce Barton's
Kentucky Landscape
(1832) (from
History of Kentucky
)
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Image 14
At 464 miles (747 km) long,
Kentucky Route 80
is the longest route in Kentucky, pictured here west of
Somerset
. (from
Transportation in Kentucky
)
National Register of Historic Places listings in Kentucky by county
Largest cities or towns in Kentucky
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Rank
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Name
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County
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Municipal pop.
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![Louisville](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Louisville_Skyline.jpg/120px-Louisville_Skyline.jpg) Louisville
![Lexington](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/LexingtonDowntown.JPG/120px-LexingtonDowntown.JPG) Lexington
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1
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Louisville
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Jefferson
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623,349
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![Bowling Green](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Shops_along_Fountain_Square_in_Bowling_Green%2C_Kentucky_2008.JPG/120px-Shops_along_Fountain_Square_in_Bowling_Green%2C_Kentucky_2008.JPG) Bowling Green
![Owensboro](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Owensboro2ndStAnn.JPG/120px-Owensboro2ndStAnn.JPG) Owensboro
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2
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Lexington
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Fayette
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321,959
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3
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Bowling Green
|
Warren
|
67,067
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4
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Owensboro
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Daviess
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59,404
|
5
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Covington
|
Kenton
|
40,455
|
6
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Richmond
|
Madison
|
35,397
|
7
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Georgetown
|
Scott
|
33,660
|
8
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Florence
|
Boone
|
32,305
|
9
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Hopkinsville
|
Christian
|
30,789
|
10
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Nicholasville
|
Jessamine
|
30,553
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