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