Kentucky

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Summary
	Capital	Frankfort
	Country	United States of America
	Population	73,677 (1790) 779,828 (1840) 564,317 (1820) Show 48 more Even more Hide
	GDP (nominal)	154,184,000,000 (2007, US$)
	Area	104,659 km² (40409 mi²)
	People born here	Abby Brammell Allan B. Magruder Andrew J. Offutt Show 193 more Even more Hide


Taxonomy Subject
	entry	Library of Congress Classification (F, 446, 460)


FGDC Keyword
	Keyword thesaurus	Endangered, Threatened, and Special Concern Plants, Animals, and Natural Communities of Kentucky with Habitat Description


Focal location
	Priority species	Bachman's Sparrow (Kentucky's Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Strategy, Critically Imperiled in Kentucky) American Bittern (Kentucky's Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Strategy, Critically Imperiled in Kentucky) American Black Duck (Kentucky's Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Strategy, Apparently Secure in Kentucky) Show 159 more Even more Hide
	Conservation plan(s)	Kentucky's Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Strategy


Military unit place of origin
	Military units	10th Kentucky Cavalry Regiment (Diamond's) 10th Kentucky Partisan Rangers Regiment (Johnson's) 10th Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Show 97 more Even more Hide


Newspaper circulation area
	Newspapers	The Kentucky Kernel The Record


Administrative Area
	Administrative parent	United States of America
	Administrative children	Campbell County Floyd County Harlan County Show 4 more Even more Hide
	Capital	Frankfort


Context name
	Abbreviation	KY
	Nickname	Bluegrass State


Bibs Location
	Type	State
	Country	United States of America
	Is clear	no


Flag referent
	Flag	Flag of Kentucky (1918-03-26)


Spirit-producing region
	Distilleries	Woodford Reserve


Organization scope
	Organizations with this scope	B'nai B'rith District Grand Lodge 2


Statistical region
	Religions	? (13, 2002) Presbyterianism (1, 2002) Christianity (8, 2002) Show 12 more Even more Hide
	Unemployment Rate	2010-10-01 (10) 2010-11-01 (10) 2010-12-01 (10) Show 266 more Even more Hide
	Minimum wage	2012-01-01 (US$, 7.25, Hour)


Literature Subject
	Works Written About This Topic	A place on earth All that glitters An atomic romance Show 62 more Even more Hide


Fictional Setting
	Fictional Characters Born Here	Aero Cannonball Icarus Jebediah Guthrie


Administrative Division
	Country	United States of America
	Official symbols	Brachiopod (1986, State fossil) Liriodendron (State tree) Milk (2005, State beverage) Show 6 more Even more Hide
	Capital	Frankfort


Dated location
	Date founded	1792-06-01


Political District
	Representatives	United States of America (Mitch McConnell, United States Senator, United States Senate, 1985-01-03, 100th United States Congress, 101st United States Congress, 102nd United States Congress, 103rd United States Congress, 104th United States Congress, 105th United States Congress, 106th United States Congress, 107th United States Congress, 108th United States Congress, 109th United States Congress, 110th United States Congress, 111th United States Congress, 112th United States Congress, 99th United States Congress, Senator) United States of America (Jim Bunning, United States Senator, United States Senate, 1999-01, 2011-01-03, 106th United States Congress, 107th United States Congress, 108th United States Congress, 109th United States Congress, 110th United States Congress, 111th United States Congress, Senator) United States of America (Wendell H. Ford, United States Senator, United States Senate, 1974-12-28, 1999-01-03) Show 63 more Even more Hide
	Elections	Kentucky United States Senate election, 2008 United States Senate election in Kentucky, 2010


Governmental Jurisdiction
	Government positions	Attorney General of Kentucky Governor of Kentucky Secretary of State of Kentucky
	Government bodies	Kentucky General Assembly Kentucky House of Representatives Kentucky Senate
	Governing officials	Governor of Kentucky (Charles Scott, 1808-09-01, 1812-08-24, Governor) Governor of Kentucky (Isaac Shelby, 1792-06-04, 1796-06-07, Governor) Governor of Kentucky (James Garrard, 1796-06-07, 1804-09-05, Governor) Show 60 more Even more Hide
	Agencies	Kentucky Office of Alcoholic Beverage Control


Location
	Geolocation	-85.328 × 37.7884710645
	Contains	40,422 ATA Career Education Aaron Show 6243 more Even more Hide
	Contained by	United States of America United States, with Territories
	Adjoins	Missouri Tennessee Illinois Show 4 more Even more Hide
	Time zone(s)	Central Time zone North American Eastern Time Zone UTC-5 UTC-6
	Events	Battle of Lucas Bend Bird's invasion of Kentucky Chickamauga wars Show 6 more Even more Hide
	Partially contains	Appalachian Mountains Mississippi River