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NICK NAME | The Bluegrass State; The Dark & Bloody Ground | |
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CAPITAL CITY | Frankfort | |
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LARGEST CITY | Louisville | |
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SECOND LARGEST CITY | Lexington-Fayette | |
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LARGEST COUNTY | Jefferson | |
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AREA | 40,411 sq. miles; 35,613 sq. miles land, 4,798 sq. miles water. (37th Largest state) | |
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HIGHEST ELEVATION | 4,145 ft., Black Mountain (Harlan County) | |
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LOWEST POINT | 257 Ft.; at the Mississippi River near Paducah. | |
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ABBREVIATION | KY (postal); Ky. (traditional) | |
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AREA CODE(S) | 502, 606 | |
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TIME ZONE | Eastern | |
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PART OF REGION | South | |
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ADMISSION DATE | June 1, 1792 (15th State) | |
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LOCATION | In the East-central United States, bordering Tennessee, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, West Virginia & Virginia. | |
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NAME ORIGIN | From a Cherokee Indian word ken-tahteh "Land of Tomorrow" or "Meadowland." The name was previously used for the Virginia county organized in 1776 and was well established by the time of stathood in 1792. The state is officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, modeled on the Commonwealth of Virginia, which owned the region before Kentucky became a state. | |
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STATE ANIMAL | Gray Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) | |
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STATE BIRD | Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) | |
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STATE FISH | Bass | |
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STATE FLOWER | Goldenrod (Solidago nemoralis) | |
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STATE SONG | "My Old Kentucky Home" | |
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STATE TREE | Kentucky Coffee Tree (Gymnocladus dioicus) | |
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STATE MOTTO | United We Stand, Divided We Fall |
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