Kentucky - Political   Capital Frankfort Largest City Louisville Major Cities Lexington, Owensboro, Bowling Green, Covington, Paducah Nicknames Bluegrass State Area 40,410 sq. miles Population 3,685,296

 

Kentucky - Physical features   Physical Features Kentucky Lake, Lake Barkley, Appalachian Mountains, Cumberland Plateau, Pennyroyal Plateau, Cumberland Mountains Rivers Ohio, Mississippi, Cumberland, Kentucky, Licking, Green,Tennessee Highest Point Black Mountain Bordering States Ohio (northeast), Indiana (north), Illinois (northwest), Missouri (west), Tennessee (south), Virginia (southeast) West Virginia (east) National Parks Mammoth Cave NP Key Products Tobacco, Bourbon Whiskey, Coal, Horses Natural Resources Coal

 

Kentucky - History   1774 First permanent settlement in Kentucky founded at Harrodsburg 1775 Daniel Boone encouraged settlement of the Northwest Territory to settlers through the Cumberland Gap 1792 Admitted as the 15th state 1861-1865 Kentucky supplied both Union and Confederate troops during the Civil War Present Day Many horse races are held each year in Kentucky, especially in and around the cities of Louisville and Lexington. They bring in a lot of tourists. In additon, Lexington is nicknamed the "Horse capital of the world".

 

Kentucky - Facts   US President Andrew Jackson purchased a piece of land from the Chickasaw Indians which later came to be known under his name: the Jackson Purchase. It included all the land in Kentucky between the Tennessee and Mississippi rivers Cumberland Falls, near the city of Corbin on the Cumberland River, are one of the largest waterfalls in the US east of the Rocky Mountains The Big Sandy and Tug Fork rivers help form Kentucky’s border with West Virginia Mountain passes, known as gaps, abound in this region. The most famous of them all is the Cumberland Gap, located at a point where three states meet: Kentucky, Virginia, and Tennessee. Native Americans used this gap after their arrival in North America Gently rolling hills and farmland surrounded by fences dot Kentucky’s Bluegrass Region, which is centered on the city of Lexington America’s most famous horse race, the Kentucky Derby, is held annualy in Louisville Mammoth Caves in Mammoth Cave NP are the longest cave systems in the world Fort Knox is home to the US Gold Bullion Depository, where a large part of United States gold is stored A small protion of Kentucky lies seperated from the rest of the state by Missouri. This region was formed by the New Madrid earthquakeof 1811-1812. It is known as the Madrid Bend Kentucky is second only to North Carolina in the production of tobacco Pike County, the easternmost and largest in Kentucky, has produced the largest amount of coal, more than any other county in the county, in the US