Kentucky

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Kentucky is a southeastern U.S. state known for its horse racing, bourbon distilleries, bluegrass music, and diverse landscapes ranging from Appalachian mountains to fertile river valleys.


Statements (67)
Predicate Object
instanceOf U.S. state
federated state
admissionOrder 15
admittedToUnionOn 1792-06-01
borderedBy Arkansas
Illinois
Indiana
Missouri
Ohio
Tennessee
Virginia
West Virginia
capital Frankfort
country United States of America
eventHeldAt Churchill Downs
FIPSCode 21
governedBy Governor of Kentucky
hasFlag Flag of Kentucky
hasLandform Appalachian Mountains
Bluegrass region
Cumberland Plateau
Jackson Purchase
Pennyroyal Plateau
hasMajorIndustry agriculture
automotive production
bourbon distilling
coal mining
manufacturing
hasMajorRiver Cumberland River
Mississippi River
Ohio River
Tennessee River
hasNationalForest Daniel Boone National Forest
hasNationalPark Mammoth Cave National Park
hasNickname Bluegrass State
hasNotableAttraction Kentucky Bourbon Trail
hasOfficialHorseRace Kentucky Derby
hasOfficialMusicGenre bluegrass
hasPublicUniversity Eastern Kentucky University
Kentucky State University
Morehead State University
Murray State University
Northern Kentucky University
University of Kentucky
University of Louisville
Western Kentucky University
hasSeal Seal of Kentucky
hostsEvent Kentucky Derby
ISOCode US-KY
knownFor bluegrass music
bourbon whiskey production
horse racing
thoroughbred horse farms
largestCity Louisville
legislature Kentucky General Assembly
locatedInRegion Appalachian region
Southeastern United States
Upland South
locatedInTimeZone Central Time Zone
Eastern Time Zone
lowerHouse Kentucky House of Representatives
motto United we stand, divided we fall
officialLanguageDeFacto English
populationRankAmongUSStates mid-range
postalAbbreviation KY
secondLargestCity Lexington
upperHouse Kentucky Senate

Referenced by (305)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Berea College
Berea, Kentucky
Bluegrass Parkway
Bourbon County, Kentucky
Bourke v. Beshear
Bowling Green metropolitan area
Bowling Green, Kentucky
Bowling Green–Warren County Regional Airport
Boyle County, Kentucky
Breckinridge County, Kentucky
Buffalo, Kentucky
Bullitt County, Kentucky
Centre College
Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport
Cincinnati–Covington Bridge
Clark County, Kentucky
Danville, Kentucky
Diocese of Lexington
Elizabethtown Community and Technical College
Elizabethtown, Kentucky
Elizabethtown–Fort Knox metropolitan area
Fayette County, Kentucky
Franklin County, Kentucky
Frazier History Museum
Georgetown, Kentucky
Grayson County, Kentucky
Hardin County, Kentucky
Harrodsburg, Kentucky
Hart County, Kentucky
Historic RailPark and Train Museum
Hodgenville, Kentucky
Jefferson County, Kentucky
Jessamine County, Kentucky
Kentucky Derby
Kentucky Route 61
Kuttawa, Kentucky, United States
La Grange, Kentucky
LaRue County
LaRue County, Kentucky
Louisville Cardinals men's basketball
Louisville Cardinals women’s basketball
Louisville Colonels
Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory
Louisville, Kentucky
Magnolia, Kentucky
Marshall County, Kentucky
McCracken County Fiscal Court
McCracken County, Kentucky
Meade County, Kentucky
Mercer County, Kentucky
Morehead State University
Nelson County, Kentucky
Newport, Kentucky
Nicholasville, Kentucky
Paducah QuiltWeek
Paducah Wall to Wall Murals
Paducah, Kentucky
Paris, Kentucky
Radcliff, Kentucky
Richmond, Kentucky
Salt River
Scott County, Kentucky
Sonora, Kentucky
Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College
Springfield, Kentucky, United States
U.S. Route 41
University of Kentucky
Upton, Kentucky
Versailles, Kentucky
Vine Grove, Kentucky
Warren County, Kentucky
West Kentucky Community and Technical College
West Point, Kentucky
Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
Winchester, Kentucky
Woodford County, Kentucky
state
Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park
Abraham Lincoln Boyhood Home at Knob Creek
Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area
Bluegrass Parkway
Bourbon County, Kentucky
Boyle County, Kentucky
Breckinridge County, Kentucky
Buffalo, Kentucky
Central Kentucky
Centre College
Christian County, Kentucky
Cincinnati metropolitan area
County Attorney of McCracken County, Kentucky ("Commonwealth of Kentucky")
Cumberland Mountains
Diocese of Kentucky
Downtown Paducah Historic District
Eastern Kentucky University
Elizabethtown–Fort Knox metropolitan area
Fayette County, Kentucky ("Commonwealth of Kentucky")
Fort Campbell, Kentucky
Frankfort, Kentucky
Grayson County, Kentucky
Hardin County Courthouse
Hardin County, Kentucky
Hart County, Kentucky
Historic RailPark and Train Museum
Hodgenville, Kentucky
Hodgenville, Kentucky
Jessamine County, Kentucky
Kentucky Bluegrass region
Kentucky Dam
Kentucky Lake
Kentucky Route 61 ("Commonwealth of Kentucky")
Kentucky Route 84
Kentucky state highway system ("Commonwealth of Kentucky")
LaRue County
LaRue County Courthouse
LaRue County Public Library
LaRue County Public Schools
LaRue County government complex
Lexington, Kentucky
Lost River Cave
Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory
Madame Mentelle’s finishing school
Madison County, Kentucky
Marvin College
McCracken County, Kentucky
Muhammad Ali Center
Murray State University
National Corvette Museum
Nelson County, Kentucky
Nolin River
Richmond, Kentucky
Rolling Fork
SDF
Salt River
Scott County, Kentucky
Sonora, Kentucky
Tennessee River
Tennessee Valley
Transylvania University
U.S. Civil Rights Trail
United States Bullion Depository at Fort Knox ("Commonwealth of Kentucky")
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky ("Commonwealth of Kentucky")
United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky ("Commonwealth of Kentucky")
West Main District
Western Kentucky
Woodford County, Kentucky
south-central Kentucky
locatedIn
Bourbon County, Kentucky ("Commonwealth of Kentucky")
Bowling Green metropolitan area ("Commonwealth of Kentucky")
Elizabethtown–Fort Knox metropolitan area ("Commonwealth of Kentucky")
LaRue County ("Commonwealth of Kentucky")
Magnolia, Kentucky ("Commonwealth of Kentucky")
Nelson County, Kentucky ("Commonwealth of Kentucky")
West Point, Kentucky ("Commonwealth of Kentucky")
Western Kentucky ("Commonwealth of Kentucky")
partOf
George Rogers Clark
Joe Fulks ("Kentucky, United States")
John Hardin
John Y. Brown Jr.
Sam Shepard
Sarah Knox Taylor ("Kentucky, United States")
Simon Bolivar Buckner Sr.
residence
Illinois
Indiana
Mingo County
Missouri
Tri-Cities, Tennessee-Virginia
West Virginia
borderedBy
Bowling Green Assembly Plant ("Commonwealth of Kentucky")
Clark County, Kentucky ("Commonwealth of Kentucky")
La Grange, Kentucky ("Commonwealth of Kentucky")
Radcliff, Kentucky ("Commonwealth of Kentucky")
Sonora, Kentucky ("Commonwealth of Kentucky")
Springfield, Kentucky, United States ("Commonwealth of Kentucky")
countrySubdivision
Carson Center for the Performing Arts
Lincoln Days festival
Lower Town Arts District
Mount Tabor Methodist Church Graveyard
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory
BellSouth
SDF
Tennessee Valley Authority
Transylvania University
regionServed
Tennessee (eastern portion)
West Tennessee
Western Virginia
borders
Middle Tennessee
Tennessee
Virginia
bordersState
Appalachia
Appalachian Plateau
Gulf Coastal Plain
extendsInto
Chevrolet Corvette manufacturing plant
Mount Kenton Cemetery
National Quilt Museum
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity
Bowling Green City Commission
Lincoln Square
U.S. Army Recruiting Command
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Seaboard Air Line Railroad
Southern Railway (U.S.)
operatedInState
Kentucky Colonels
The Last Will and Testament of the Springfield Presbytery
Thunder Over Louisville
region
Kentucky Revised Statutes ("Commonwealth of Kentucky")
Kentucky Transportation Cabinet ("Commonwealth of Kentucky")
appliesToJurisdiction
Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area
Bowling Green–Warren County Regional Airport
hasState
Eastern United States
Southern United States
includesState
Kentucky state highway system ("state of Kentucky")
United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
jurisdiction
Bowling Green Assembly Plant
Kentucky Lock
locatedInState
Great Railroad Strike of 1877
Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions ("Commonwealth of Kentucky")
location
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Norfolk and Western Railway
operatedIn
Kentucky Horse Park ("Commonwealth of Kentucky")
Morehead State University ("Commonwealth of Kentucky")
ownedBy
Appalachian Mountains
Mississippi River valley
passesThrough
Barton W. Stone
John Hardin
placeOfActivity
Henry Clay
John C. Breckinridge
represented
Mitch McConnell
Rand Paul
represents
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Seaboard Coast Line Railroad
servedState
Amtrak City of New Orleans route
SDF
servesState
Beloved
Uncle Tom's Cabin
setInPlace
Interstate 65
Interstate 75
stateTraversed
Christian County, Kentucky ("Commonwealth of Kentucky")
Meade County, Kentucky ("Commonwealth of Kentucky")
subdivisionOf
John Y. Brown Jr.
Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor
workLocation
Hurricane Katrina
affectedU.S.State
Ford Bronco II
assemblyState
Ohio River
basinIncludesState
Simon Bolivar Buckner Sr.
birthPlace
Cincinnati
borderStateAcrossRiver
Bally Sports South
broadcastArea
Frankfort, Kentucky
capitalOf
United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
circuitIncludesState
United States Census Bureau East South Central division
containsState
South Western Reporter
coversJurisdiction
Simon Bolivar Buckner Sr.
deathPlace
Interior Low Plateaus physiographic region
extendsAcross
Mississippi River
flowsThrough
Scott County, Kentucky ("Commonwealth of Kentucky")
foundedBy
LaRue County Courthouse
hasAddressRegion
Truman family
hasAncestralOrigins
Old Dominion
hasBorderWith
United States Census Bureau East South Central division
hasComponent
East South Central States
hasMember
Kentucky ("Bluegrass State")
hasNickname
La Grange, Kentucky
hasPostalAddressRegion
Louisvillian
hasRelatedPlace
Von Maur
hasRetailOutletIn
Shawnee
historicalRegion
Kentucky Colonels
homeState
Union
includedState
Upper South
includes
contiguous United States
includesAdministrativeTerritory
Mississippi River basin
includesPartOf
American South (colonial and early national periods)
includesTerritory
Ohio Valley region
includesTerritoryOf
Franklin County, Kentucky
isCountyOfStateCapital
Jefferson County, Kentucky
isMostPopulousCountyOf
Kentucky ("US-KY")
ISOCode
Madison County, Kentucky ("Commonwealth of Kentucky")
isSubdivisionOf
Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
jurisdictionIncludesState
Louisville, Kentucky
largestCityIn
Ohio Country ("state of Kentucky")
laterIncorporatedInto
Annie Lee Cooper ("Kentucky, United States")
livedIn
Shakers
majorCenters
Southeastern Woodlands
modernStatesOverlap
Rolling Fork
mouthLocatedIn
Kentucky Dam ("Commonwealth of Kentucky")
namedAfter
University of Kentucky
nickname
CDT
observedInStateOrProvince
Norfolk Southern Railway
operatesInState
Cincinnati–Covington Bridge ("Commonwealth of Kentucky")
owner
Bible Belt
partlyIn
George Rogers Clark
placeOfDeath
Kentucky ("KY")
postalAbbreviation
Ninian Edwards
practicedLawIn
Richard Mentor Johnson
representedInCongress
John C. Breckinridge
representedInCongressState
U.S. Route 460
runsThrough
Tennessee–Kentucky border
separates
Paoli Peaks
servesMarket
Uncle Tom
setting
Eliza Harris
settingOfActions
Ohio
sharesBorderWith
The Commonwealth ("Commonwealth of Kentucky")
sharesDesignationTypeWith
Northern cardinal
stateBirdOf
United States Census Bureau South region
stateIncluded
Richard Mentor Johnson
stateOfPrimaryResidence
Alben W. Barkley
stateRepresented
Richard Mentor Johnson
stateRepresentedInHouse
Richard Mentor Johnson
stateRepresentedInSenate
Eastern Time Zone ("Kentucky (eastern portion)")
usedByUSStatePortion
Cardinal (train)
viaState

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