Outline of Kentucky
Seal of the Commonwealth of Kentucky
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Kentucky Constitution and is formally known as the "Commonwealth of Kentucky."[1]
General reference
Commonwealth of Kentucky
- Kentucky is: a federal stateof the United States of America
- Names
- Common name: Kentucky
- Pronunciation: /kɪnˈtʌki/ ⓘ
- Commonwealth of Kentucky
- Abbreviations and name codes
- Postal symbol: KY
- US-KY
- .ky.us
- Nicknames
- Common name: Kentucky
- Adjectival: Kentucky
- Kentuckian
- State symbols of Kentucky
- Flag of the Commonwealth of Kentucky
- Seal of the Commonwealth of Kentucky
Geography and Climatology of Kentucky
- Location: Upper South) in the trans-Appalachian region south of the Ohio River of the continent of North America
- Boundaries: Big Sandy River and Tug Fork (NE), Mississippi River (W), Walker's Line, Tennessee River and Munsell Line (S), Cumberland Mountains(SE)
Regions of Kentucky
- Bluegrass region including the inner and outer bluegrass regions
- Cumberland Plateau including the Eastern Kentucky Coalfield
- Western Coal Fields
- Jackson Purchase
Natural geographic features of Kentucky
- Lakes of Kentucky
- Rivers of Kentucky
- Mountains in Kentucky
- Pottsville Escarpment
- List of waterfalls in Kentucky
- Cumberland and Pound Gaps: passes through the Cumberland Mountains
- Falls of the Ohio, steep rapids on the Ohio River at Louisville (see McAlpine Locks and Dam).
- Salt licks
Places in Kentucky
- Historic places in Kentucky
- National Natural Landmarks in Kentucky
- National parks in Kentucky
- State parks in Kentucky
Environment of Kentucky
- (Temperate deciduous forest biome)
- Climate of Kentucky
- Greenhouse gas emissions in Kentucky
- Protected areas in Kentucky
- Superfund sites in Kentucky
Administrative divisions of Kentucky
commonwealth of Kentucky
- Counties of the Commonwealth of Kentucky
- (former) Beckham County
- City-county municipalities
- Lexington-Fayette
- Louisville-Jefferson
- Cities in Kentucky
- State capital of Kentucky:
- City nicknames in Kentucky
Demographics of Kentucky
- Population of Kentucky: 4,505,836 (2020 U.S. Census[4])
Government and politics of Kentucky
Politics of Kentucky
- Constitution of Kentucky
- Form of government: U.S. state government
- United States congressional delegations from Kentucky
- Kentucky State Capitol
- Elections in Kentucky
- Kentucky state board of elections
- Electoral reform in Kentucky
- Political party strength in Kentucky
Executive branch of the government of Kentucky
The executive branch of Kentucky has 7 elected officers, 11 departments with appointed secretaries and numerous subordinate agencies.
- Governor of Kentucky
- Secretary of State of Kentucky
- Kentucky State Treasurer
- Kentucky Auditor of Public Accounts
- Kentucky Commissioner of Agriculture
- Attorney General of Kentucky
- 11 state cabinets, each headed by a secretary
- Kentucky Transportation Cabinet
- Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet
- Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet
- Kentucky General Government Cabinet
- Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development
- Kentucky Finance and Administration Cabinet
- Kentucky Tourism, Arts, and Heritage Cabinet
- Kentucky Education and Labor Cabinet
- Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services
- Kentucky Personnel Cabinet
- Kentucky Public Protection Cabinet
Legislative branch of the government of Kentucky
Judicial branch of the government of Kentucky
- Supreme Court of Kentucky
- Chief Justice of the Commonwealth
- Kentucky Court of Appeals
- Kentucky Circuit Courts
- Kentucky District Courts
- Kentucky Specialty Courts
- Kentucky Department of Public Advocacy
- Kentucky Judicial Conduct Commission
Federal courts in Kentucky
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky
- United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky
- United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Law and order in Kentucky
Law of Kentucky
- Crime in Kentucky
- Law enforcement in Kentucky
- Attorney General of Kentucky
- U.S. Marshalls Servicefor eastern and western districts of Kentucky
- Law enforcement agencies of Kentucky
Laws by type
- Cannabis in Kentucky
- Capital punishment in Kentucky
- Individuals executed in Kentucky
- Gun laws in Kentucky
- Abortion in Kentucky
Military in Kentucky
- US military bases in Kentucky
- Kentucky Air National Guard
- Kentucky Army National Guard
History of Kentucky
Historical societies in Kentucky
History of Kentucky, by period
- Prehistory of Kentucky, ~9500BCE–1650
- Discovery by Europeans, 1673
- French colony of Louisiane, 1682–1763
- French and Indian War, 1754–1763
- Treaty of Paris of 1763
- English Colony of Virginia, 1609–1774
- English Province of Quebec, 1774-1776 (see Quebec Act)
- British Indian Reserve, 1763–1768
- Daniel Boone, frontiersman in Kentucky 1767–~1799
- Transylvania Colony, 1775–1778
- Harrod's Town, Louisville, Lexington
- Wilderness Road
- American Revolutionary War, April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783
- United States Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776
- Siege of Boonesborough, September 7–18, 1778
- Battle of Blue Licks, 1782
- Treaty of Paris, September 3, 1783
- Commonwealth of Virginia, 1776–1792
- Cherokee–American wars, 1776–1794
- Fincastle County, Virginia, 1772–1776
- Kentucky County, Virginia, 1777–1780
- District of Kentucky (Fayette, Jefferson, Lincoln, and successor counties), 1780–1792
- United States of Americaon June 1, 1792
- Abraham Lincoln born in 1809 in Kentucky
- Henry Clay, politician 1800–1850
- War of 1812, June 18, 1812 – March 23, 1815
- Treaty of Ghent, December 24, 1814
- American Civil War, April 12, 1861 – May 13, 1865
- Kentucky in the American Civil War
- Border state, 1861–1865
- Confederate Kentucky Campaign
- Battle of Perryville, October 8, 1862
- Morgan's Raid, June 11 – July 26, 1863
- Kentucky in the American Civil War
History of Kentucky, by region
- by city
- History of Lexington, Kentucky
- History of Louisville, Kentucky
- Frankfort, Kentucky#History
- by county
History of Kentucky, by subject
- List of battles fought in Kentucky
- History of slavery in Kentucky
- List of Kentucky women in the civil rights era
- Paleontology in Kentucky
- Historical sports teams
- Louisville Breckenridges(football)
- Louisville Colonels (football)
- Kentucky Colonels (basketball)
- Kentucky Bourbons (softball)
Culture of Kentucky
- Kentucky Colonel civic award
- Cuisine of Kentucky
- Museums in Kentucky
- Religion in Kentucky
- Scouting in Kentucky
Arts and letters in Kentucky
- Music of Kentucky
- Theater in Kentucky
- Kentucky literature
Sports in Kentucky
- Professional sports
- College sports
- Kentucky High School Athletic Association
Economy and infrastructure of Kentucky
Economy of Kentucky
- Agriculture in Kentucky
- Kentucky bourbon
- Media in Kentucky
- Energy in Kentucky
- Health care in Kentucky
- Transportation in Kentucky
- Airports in Kentucky
- Railroads in Kentucky
- Shipping ports in Kentucky
- Port of Huntington-Tristate(includes Ashland, Kentucky),
- Port of Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky
- Port of Louisville-Southern Indiana
- Roads in Kentucky
- U.S. Highways in Kentucky
- Interstate Highways in Kentucky
- State highways in Kentucky
List of people from Kentucky
Education in Kentucky
- Schools in Kentucky
See also
- Topic overview:
- All pages with titles beginning with Kentucky
- All pages with titles beginning with Kentuckian
- All pages with titles containing Kentucky
- All pages with titles containing Kentuckian
References
- ^ http://kentucky.gov: copyright 2009
- ^ a b c d Introduction to Kentucky, 50 States.
- ^ Barry Popik, Smoky City, barrypopik.com website, March 27, 2005
- ^ "U.S. Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts Kentucky". Archived from the original on 2015-06-22.
External links
Kentucky at Wikipedia's sister projects
Definitions from Wiktionary
Media from Commons
News from Wikinews
Quotations from Wikiquote
Texts from Wikisource
Textbooks from Wikibooks
Resources from Wikiversity
- Kentucky.gov: My New Kentucky Home
- Kentucky State and County Government Websites
- Kentucky State Databases - Annotated list of searchable databases produced by Kentucky state agencies and compiled by the Government Documents Roundtable of the American Library Association.