A report on Kentucky
State in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South.
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Louisville, Kentucky
35 linksLouisville is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Kentucky and the 28th most-populous city in the United States.
Tennessee
29 linksState in the Southeastern region of the United States.
State in the Southeastern region of the United States.
It is bordered by Kentucky to the north, Virginia to the northeast, North Carolina to the east, Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi to the south, Arkansas to the southwest, and Missouri to the northwest.
Ohio River
28 links981 mi long river in the United States.
981 mi long river in the United States.
In his original draft of the Land Ordinance of 1784, Thomas Jefferson proposed a new state called "Pelisipia", to the south of the Ohio River, which would have included parts of present-day Eastern Kentucky, Virginia and West Virginia.
West Virginia
24 linksState in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States.
State in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States.
It is bordered by Pennsylvania to the north and east, Maryland to the east and northeast, Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, and Ohio to the northwest.
Virginia
20 linksState in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains.
State in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains.
Virginia is called the "Mother of States" because of its role in being carved into states such as Kentucky, which became the fifteenth state in 1792, and for the numbers of American pioneers born in Virginia.
Ohio
17 linksState in the Midwestern region of the United States.
State in the Midwestern region of the United States.
Ohio is bordered by Lake Erie to the north, Pennsylvania to the east, West Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Indiana to the west, and Michigan to the northwest.
Appalachia
17 linksCultural region in the Eastern United States that stretches from the Southern Tier of New York State to northern Alabama and Georgia.
Cultural region in the Eastern United States that stretches from the Southern Tier of New York State to northern Alabama and Georgia.
The region defined by the Commission currently includes 420 counties and eight independent cities in 13 states, including all of West Virginia, 14 counties in New York, 52 in Pennsylvania, 32 in Ohio, 3 in Maryland, 54 in Kentucky, 25 counties and 8 cities in Virginia, 29 in North Carolina, 52 in Tennessee, 6 in South Carolina, 37 in Georgia, 37 in Alabama, and 24 in Mississippi.
American Civil War
20 linksCivil war in the United States between the Union (states that remained loyal to the federal union, or "the North") and the Confederacy (states that voted to secede, or "the South").
Civil war in the United States between the Union (states that remained loyal to the federal union, or "the North") and the Confederacy (states that voted to secede, or "the South").
Maryland, Delaware, Missouri, and Kentucky were slave states that had divided loyalties to Northern and Southern businesses and family members.
Confederate States of America
17 linksUnrecognized breakaway republic in North America that existed from February 8, 1861, to May 9, 1865.
Unrecognized breakaway republic in North America that existed from February 8, 1861, to May 9, 1865.
Kentucky and Missouri also had declarations of secession and full representation in the Confederate Congress during their Union army occupation.
Lexington, Kentucky
14 linksLexington is the second-largest city in Kentucky and the county seat of Fayette County.