Inner Bluegrass
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Inner Bluegrass is a fertile, historically significant subregion of Kentucky’s Bluegrass area, known for its rolling pastures, horse farms, and central role in the state’s agricultural and cultural identity.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Inner Bluegrass canonical | 4 |
| Bluegrass horse country | 1 |
| Bluegrass section | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
geographic region
ⓘ
region ⓘ subregion ⓘ |
| agriculturalProduct |
cattle
ⓘ
horse fodder grasses ⓘ horses ⓘ pasture grasses ⓘ |
| agriculturalUse |
horse breeding farms
ⓘ
livestock grazing ⓘ pastureland ⓘ |
| climateRegion | humid subtropical climate zone ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| economicActivity |
agriculture
ⓘ
agritourism ⓘ equine industry ⓘ |
| formsPartOf |
Interior Low Plateaus physiographic region
ⓘ
Upper South ⓘ
surface form:
Upland South cultural region
|
| geology | underlain by Ordovician limestone ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
fertile
ⓘ
gently rolling terrain ⓘ karst topography ⓘ limestone-rich soils ⓘ temperate climate ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
large private horse estates
ⓘ
stone fences ⓘ tree-lined country roads ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
association with prominent Kentucky statesmen and planters
ⓘ
development of Kentucky horse industry ⓘ early center of Kentucky settlement ⓘ role in antebellum plantation agriculture ⓘ |
| importance | core of Kentucky Bluegrass identity ⓘ |
| influences |
Kentucky cultural traditions
ⓘ
Kentucky rural landscape aesthetics ⓘ |
| knownFor |
cattle farming
ⓘ
central role in Kentucky agricultural identity ⓘ central role in Kentucky cultural identity ⓘ fertile soils ⓘ horse farms ⓘ rolling pastures ⓘ thoroughbred horse breeding ⓘ |
| landUse |
low-density settlement
ⓘ
predominantly rural ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Kentucky
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| partOf |
Kentucky Bluegrass region
ⓘ
surface form:
Bluegrass region
Kentucky Bluegrass region ⓘ
surface form:
Inner and Outer Bluegrass physiographic province
|
| soilType | limestone-derived soils ⓘ |
| state | Kentucky ⓘ |
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Bluegrass section
this entity surface form:
Bluegrass horse country