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The Commonwealth of Kentucky (IPA: /kənˈtʌki/) is a state locate in the East Central United States of America. Kentucky is normally included in the group of Southern states (in particular the Upland South), but it is sometimes included, geographically and culturally, in the Midwest. Kentucky is one of four U.S. states to be officially known as a commonwealth. Originally a part of Virginia, in 1792 it became the 15th state to join the Union. Kentucky is the 37th largest state in terms of land area, and ranks 26th in population.

Trivia about kentucky

  • A state since the 1700s but not in the original 13, it ends with its own 2-letter postal abbreviation
  • A popular nickname of this state comes from a plant, Poa pratensis, that covers the state
  • Of the 4 U.S. states that are officially called commonwealths, this one was not 1 of the original 13 Colonies
  • A toast to this state calls it "where the corn is full of kernels and the colonels full of corn"
  • The Jailer's Inn in Bardstown in this Bluegrass State was really a jail in the 1800s; hope they let you out
  • This state's largest cities lie within its Bluegrass Region
  • Derby state (8)
  • Paris (population 8,730) is the seat of Bourbon County in this state
  • The Maker's Mark bourbon distillery in Loretto in this state is a national historic landmark
  • Its state flower is the goldenrod
  • An elderly lady in a gray dress haunts Frankfort's Liberty Hall, once home to this state's first U.S. Senator
  • This state's Transylvania University in Lexington was once called the "Harvard of the West"
  • A popular tourist stop in this state is Natural Bridge in Daniel Boone National Forest
  • While Illinois is the "Land of Lincoln", this state is his birthplace
  • Fort Campbell,Fort Knox
  • No state has a "nip", but this one has a "tuck"
  • Transylvania U., the oldest university west of the Alleghenies, is in Lexington in this state
  • Get comfy & "tuck" yourself into this state
  • To ride the Bluegrass Scenic Railroad, you have to go to this state
  • Corbin in this "Bluegrass State" is home to the Nibroc (Corbin spelled backward) festival
  • State where you'd find Elvis' rain & Diamond's woman
  • This state's famous Derby at Churchill Downs is held annually on the first Saturday of May
  • William Lampton said this state was “where the corn is full of kernels & the colonels full a corn”
  • The only U.S. state that fits the category
  • Most of our nation's gold reserves are stored at Fort Knox in this state
  • Experts say a proper mint julep should be made with this state's bourbon
  • Paducah in this state is home to the Museum of American Quilters
  • Cumberland Falls in the southeast of this state is called the "Niagara of the South"
  • This school won the 1997-98 NCAA basketball title by mounting the biggest second half comeback in Finals history
  • Appropriately, the Strictly Bluegrass Music Festival is held each September in this "Bluegrass State"
  • Velvet Milkman coaches the women's golf team at Murray State University in this "Bluegrass State"
  • In early June this state's historical society sponsors Boone Day
  • The documentary "Harlan County U.S.A." studies a miners' strike in this state
  • To tip your coonskin cap at Daniel Boone's grave, you'll have to travel to a cemetery in this state
  • A then 1 1/2-mile horse race was inaugurated in this state in 1875; Aristides won by 2 lengths
  • Louisville,pop. 556,000
  • The Greater Cincinnati Airport is actually across the Ohio River in this state
  • Mary Todd Lincoln was born in this state, as was her husband
  • The Bluegrass region, an area of gently rolling pastures, covers the north central part of this state
  • The oldest U.S. university west of the Alleghenies is Transylvania University, at Lexington, in this state
  • Bell,Boone,Bourbon
  • Jim Beam, Jefferson Davis, Abraham Lincoln
  • Election news! the town of Rabbit Hash in this "Bluegrass State" elected Lucy Lou, a border Collie, as its new mayor
  • Lexington
  • To visit Abraham Lincoln's birthplace, you have to go to this U.S. state
  • Middlesboro in this state of Abe Lincoln's birth promotes itself as the only U.S. city built within a meteor crater
  • This state produces most of the world's bourbon whiskey
  • Abraham Lincoln &Jefferson Davis
  • If I don't have a bourbon in hand when I visit this state's Cumberland Falls State Park, I'm vexed
  • Known for tobacco farming & horse breeding, this Bluegrass State also has oil in the Cumberland Plateau
  • ...with 2 Ks
  • Cumberland Falls State Resort Park
  • Its official state drink is milk, but (woo-hoo!) it also has an official bourbon festival, in Bardstown
  • You can stand with feet of clay, Henry Clay, at the reconstructed home where he lived from 1811 to 1852 in this state
  • The quarter for this state features a race horse; we can't tell if it's standing on bluegrass
  • Part of Tennessee's northern border is with Missouri & Virginia, but the longest section is with this state
  • "Unbridled Spirit"
  • Illinois is the "Land of Lincoln", but the birthplace of Lincoln is this state just to the south
  • This state precedes "Rain" in an Elvis song title & "Woman" in the title of a Neil Diamond hit
  • Commonwealth whose state seal ["United We Stand, Divided We Fall"] is seen here
  • Of the 4 states officially known as commonwealths, it lies the farthest west
  • Neil Diamond sang that a woman from this state "shines with her own kind of light"
  • Since 1792 Frankfort has been the capital of this state
  • Henry Clay
  • Like Lincoln a few months later, Davis was born in a log cabin in this state

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