| Bordering the Ohio River, Kentucky is a | | | | Mississippi which borders western |
| state east of the United States of | | | | Kentucky. All the major rivers in |
| America. Its full title is actually the | | | | Kentucky eventually flow either |
| Commonwealth of Kentucky. It is one of | | | | northward or northwestward to the Ohio |
| the four states that bear the name | | | | River, one of the major tributaries of |
| commonwealth. Frankfort, which is found | | | | the Mississippi River. The Ohio joins |
| in the central part of Kentucky, is the | | | | the Mississippi at the point where the |
| capital of the state. Lexington is its | | | | state lines of Kentucky, Illinois, and |
| largest city and Louisville is the | | | | Missouri meet. Along the northern rim of |
| center of its largest metropolitan area. | | | | Kentucky the state line follows the |
| This is the center of the economy. | | | | north bank of the Ohio River. The |
| History Kentucky has a rich history | | | | Lexington Plain section covers the |
| especially during the haunt of Daniel | | | | northeastern portion of this region. In |
| Boone and the other pioneers. Kentucky | | | | Kentucky it is usually called the |
| entered the union as the 15th state on | | | | Bluegrass Region, Bluegrass section, or |
| June 1,1792. Significantly, two Civil | | | | simply the Bluegrass. This section, |
| War leaders were born in Kentucky. The | | | | comprising about one-fifth of the state, |
| state slowly recovered from the war and | | | | is primarily a gently rolling plain from |
| its people began to develop the | | | | 240 to 300 m (800 to 1,000 ft) above sea |
| manufacturing sector of the state's | | | | level. The Inner Bluegrass, the very |
| economy that remains it's cornerstone | | | | fertile central area lying in Bourbon, |
| today. The name Kentucky is derived | | | | Fayette, Jessamine, and Wood ford |
| from a Cherokee name for the area south | | | | counties, is the most prosperous farming |
| of the Ohio River. Its meaning is still | | | | district in the state. It is encircled |
| actually disputed but some historians | | | | by relatively infertile hilly land, |
| believe it means "meadowland". | | | | which in turn is encircled by the Outer |
| Kentucky's official nickname is the | | | | Bluegrass, which closely resembles the |
| Bluegrass State, which comes from the | | | | Inner Bluegrass. The Shawnee section, |
| famed grown bluegrass pastures in | | | | which in Kentucky is usually called the |
| Kentucky. It also took into | | | | Western Coal Field, lies in the |
| consideration the contribution bluegrass | | | | northwest. Much of it is made up of |
| made for Kentucky's economy. Geography | | | | level or rolling plains from 180 to 240 |
| Kentucky includes portions of three | | | | m (600 to 800 ft) above sea level, with |
| major natural regions, or physiographic | | | | wooded ridges and rocky cliffs rising |
| provinces, of the eastern United States: | | | | above the general level of the land, |
| the Appalachian Plateaus, the Interior | | | | especially in the east. Kentucky Real |
| Low Plateau, and the Gulf Coastal Plain. | | | | Estate If you look at all the benefits |
| Each of these three regions is part of a | | | | of the demography of the state of |
| larger physiographic division. The | | | | Kentucky, you cannot deny that a |
| Appalachian Plateaus are part of the | | | | Kentucky real estate is something that |
| Appalachian Region, or Appalachian | | | | would benefit you. living in a Kentucky |
| Highland. The Interior Low Plateau is | | | | real estate is going to bring you closer |
| part of the Interior Plains, and the | | | | to the state's benefits and is sure to |
| Gulf Coastal Plain is part of the | | | | make you a part of its booming economy |
| Coastal Plain. Kentucky lies entirely | | | | and colorful history. |
| within the drainage basin of the | | | | |