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Kentucky is the only U.S. state to have a continuous border of rivers running along three of its sides – the Mississippi River to the west, the Ohio River to the north, and the Big Sandy River and Tug Fork to the east. [30] Its major internal rivers include the Kentucky River, Tennessee River, Cumberland River, Green River and Licking River.
Kentucky (US: / k ə n ˈ t ʌ k i / ⓘ, UK: / k ɛ n-/), [5] [6] officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, [c] is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States.It 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.
As classified by the United States Census Bureau, Kentucky is a Southern state, in the East South Central region. Kentucky is the 37th largest state in terms of total area, the 36th largest in land area, and ranks 26th in population. Originally a part of Virginia, in 1792 it became the 15th state to join the Union.
Region 2: Midwest (designated as the North Central Region before June 1984) [8] Division 3: East North Central (Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin) Division 4: West North Central (Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota) Region 3: South
West Virginia border on the shore of the Tug Fork River near the KY-VA-WV tripoint 36°33′15″N 89°34′17″W / 36.55417°N 89.57139°W / 36.55417; -89 Missouri border on the Mississippi River at the Madrid Bar in the Kentucky Bend
Empire State of the South — Georgia is the largest Southern state in land area east of the Mississippi and was the leading industrial state of the Old South. [42] Goober State — Refers to peanuts, the official state crop. [43] State of Adventure Guam: Tano y Chamorro (Land of the Chamorro) [44] (used on Guam license plates) [45] [46] Hub of ...
Mooney delineated the region as "covering West Kentucky, West Tennessee, part of the Tennessee River Valley in Alabama, the northern half of Mississippi, the Eastern half of Arkansas and southeast Missouri". [3] Southern Illinois (especially Cairo, shown on the map) and Southwestern Indiana are also occasionally included in this region.
West Liberty: 1822: Bath County and Floyd County: Daniel Morgan (1736–1802), Revolutionary War general 14,283: 381 sq mi (987 km 2) Muhlenberg County: 177: Greenville: 1798: Christian County and Logan County: Peter Muhlenberg (1746–1807), Revolutionary War general 30,568: 475 sq mi (1,230 km 2) Nelson County: 179: Bardstown: 1784: Jefferson ...