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