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