Jackson Purchase region of Kentucky

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historical region region of Kentucky

The Jackson Purchase region of Kentucky is the westernmost part of the state, a historically distinct area acquired from the Chickasaw in 1818 and known for its rural landscape and Mississippi River influence.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Jackson Purchase region	5
Jackson Purchase region of Kentucky canonical	4

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical region ⓘ region of Kentucky ⓘ
acquiredFrom	Chickasaw Nation ⓘ
acquisitionYear	1818 ⓘ
borderedBy	Mississippi River ⓘ Missouri ⓘ Ohio River ⓘ Tennessee ⓘ Tennessee River ⓘ
climate	humid subtropical climate ⓘ
contains	Ballard County, Kentucky NERFINISHED ⓘ Calloway County, Kentucky NERFINISHED ⓘ Carlisle County, Kentucky NERFINISHED ⓘ Fulton County, Kentucky NERFINISHED ⓘ Graves County, Kentucky NERFINISHED ⓘ Hickman County, Kentucky NERFINISHED ⓘ Marshall County, Kentucky NERFINISHED ⓘ McCracken County, Kentucky NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
geology	part of Gulf Coastal Plain ⓘ
hasTransportationCorridor	Interstate 24 ⓘ U.S. Route 45 NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Route 51 NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalEvent	Jackson Purchase ⓘ surface form: Jackson Purchase of 1818
historicallyDistinctFrom	Kentucky Bluegrass region ⓘ surface form: Bluegrass region of Kentucky eastern Kentucky ⓘ surface form: Eastern Kentucky Pennyroyal region of Kentucky ⓘ
knownFor	Mississippi River influence ⓘ agriculture ⓘ bottomland forests ⓘ floodplains ⓘ rural landscape ⓘ
largestCity	Paducah, Kentucky, United States ⓘ surface form: Paducah, Kentucky
locatedIn	Mississippi River valley ⓘ surface form: Mississippi River Valley Western Kentucky ⓘ
majorCity	Fulton, Kentucky ⓘ Mayfield, Kentucky ⓘ Murray, Kentucky ⓘ
namedAfter	Andrew Jackson ⓘ
partOf	Kentucky ⓘ surface form: Commonwealth of Kentucky
politicalRegion	Jackson Purchase Area Development District ⓘ
primaryEconomicActivities	livestock production ⓘ river-related commerce ⓘ row-crop farming ⓘ
timeZone	Central Time Zone ⓘ
topography	generally flat to gently rolling ⓘ
treatyAlsoKnownAs	Treaty of Tuscaloosa ⓘ
treatySignedAt	Chickasaw Council House ⓘ
treatySignedBy	Andrew Jackson ⓘ Isaac Shelby ⓘ
treatySignedOnBehalfOf	United States government ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Marshall County, Kentucky, United States → partOf → Jackson Purchase region of Kentucky ⓘ

subject surface form: Marshall County, Kentucky

McCracken County, Kentucky → partOf → Jackson Purchase region of Kentucky ⓘ