The Flag of Kentucky Montage of Kentucky Kentucky Commonwealth of Kentucky , 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. Its northern border is defined by the Ohio River . Its capital is Frankfort and its most populous city is Louisville . As of 2024, the state's population was approximately 4.6 million.
Previously part of colonial Virginia , Kentucky was admitted into the Union as the fifteenth state on June 1, 1792. It is known as the "Bluegrass State" in reference to Kentucky bluegrass , a species of grass introduced by European settlers which has long supported the state's thoroughbred horse industry.
The fertile soil in the central and western parts of the state led to the development of large tobacco plantations similar to those in Virginia and North Carolina , which utilized enslaved labor prior to the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment . Kentucky ranks fifth nationally in goat farming, eighth in beef cattle production, and fourteenth in corn production. While Kentucky has been a long-standing center for the tobacco industry, its economy has diversified into non-agricultural sectors including auto manufacturing, energy production, and medicine. Kentucky ranks fourth among US states in the number of automobiles and trucks assembled. It is one of several states considered part of the Upland South . (Full article...
Entries here consist of Good and Featured articles, which meet a core set of high editorial standards. Alben William Barkley vice president of the United States serving from 1949 to 1953 under President Harry S. Truman . In 1905, he was elected to local offices and in 1912 as a U.S. representative . Serving in both houses of Congress , he was a liberal Democrat , supporting President Woodrow Wilson 's New Freedom domestic agenda and foreign policy.
Endorsing Prohibition and denouncing parimutuel betting , Barkley narrowly lost the Kentucky Democratic gubernatorial primary in 1923 to fellow representative J. Campbell Cantrill . In 1926, he unseated Republican senator Richard P. Ernst . In the Senate , he supported the New Deal approach to handling the Great Depression in the United States . Democrats chose him to succeed Senate Majority Leader Joseph Taylor Robinson upon Robinson's death in 1937. His 1938 re-election bid was an intense, bitter victory against Governor A. B. "Happy" Chandler . When World War II focused President Franklin D. Roosevelt 's attention on foreign affairs, Barkley gained influence over the administration's domestic agenda. He resigned as floor leader after Roosevelt ignored his advice and vetoed the Revenue Act of 1943 . The veto was overridden by both houses and the Democratic senators unanimously re-elected Barkley to the position of Majority Leader. (Full article...
The World's Largest Baseball Bat stands outside of the museum entrance
The Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory factory tour attraction located in Louisville, Kentucky 's "Museum Row", part of the West Main District of downtown . The museum showcases the story of Louisville Slugger baseball bats in baseball and in American history. The museum also creates temporary exhibits with more of a pop culture focus, including collaborations with the Norman Rockwell Museum , the Charles M. Schulz Museum and Research Center , Coca-Cola , LEGO artists Sean Kenney and Jason Burik , Topps Trading Cards , The Children's Museum of Indianapolis , and Ripley's Believe It or Not!
The building also houses corporate offices for Hillerich & Bradsby (H&B) and its two other divisions, Bionic Gloves and PowerBilt Golf Clubs. Wilson Sporting Goods also maintains much of its Louisville Slugger sales force in the building after purchasing the brand from H&B in 2015. The Hillerich family maintains ownership of the museum and bat factory. (Full article...
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The following are images from various Kentucky-related articles on Wikipedia.
Image 1 A barge hauling coal in the
Louisville and Portland Canal , the only manmade section of the
Ohio River (from
Transportation in Kentucky )
Image 2 James Pierce Barton's
Kentucky Landscape (1832) (from
History of Kentucky )
Image 3 At 464 miles (747 km) long,
Kentucky Route 80 is the longest route in Kentucky, pictured here west of
Somerset . (from
Transportation in Kentucky )
Image 4 Artist's conception of
Annis Mound and Village , a Mississippian site in
Butler County , c. 1250–1300 CE (from
History of Kentucky )
Image 5 High Bridge over the
Kentucky River was the tallest rail bridge in the world when it was completed in 1877. (from
Transportation in Kentucky )
Image 6 Battle of Point Pleasant (from
History of Kentucky )
Image 8 The Native American Crab Orchard culture existed in western Kentucky and southern
Indiana from c. 200 BCE to 500 CE. (from
History of Kentucky )
Image 9 Biggs Site , also known as the
Portsmouth Earthworks Group D, an Adena culture archaeological site located Greenup County (from
History of Kentucky )
Image 10 Old Louisville is the largest Victorian Historic neighborhood in the United States. (from
Culture of Kentucky )
Image 11 Map of Kentucky published in 1784 with
John Filson 's
The Discovery, Settlement and Present State of Kentucke (from
History of Kentucky )
Image 13 An 1800
Low's Encyclopaedia map of Kentucky and surrounding region did not include southwestern Kentucky and
West Tennessee , which were held by the
Chickasaw until 1818. (from
History of Kentucky )
Image 14 Mississippian culture pottery from the Wickliffe Mounds site in western Kentucky, including a human effigy pot. (from
History of Kentucky )
National Register of Historic Places listings in Kentucky by county
Largest cities or towns in Kentucky
Rank
Name
County
Pop.
Louisville Lexington
1
Louisville Jefferson 623,349
Bowling Green Owensboro
2
Lexington Fayette 321,959
3
Bowling Green Warren 67,067
4
Owensboro Daviess 59,404
5
Covington Kenton 40,455
6
Richmond Madison 35,397
7
Georgetown Scott 33,660
8
Florence Boone 32,305
9
Hopkinsville Christian 30,789
10
Nicholasville Jessamine 30,553
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