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class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">38.0°N 84.5°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">38.0; -84.5</span></span></span></a></span></span></div></div> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Geographic region in the U.S. state of Kentucky</div> <p><span class="geo-inline-hidden noexcerpt"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Bluegrass_region&params=38.0_N_84.5_W_region:US-KY"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">38°00′N</span> <span class="longitude">84°30′W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">38.0°N 84.5°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">38.0; -84.5</span></span></span></a></span></span> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kentucky_horse_farm.JPEG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Kentucky_horse_farm.JPEG/280px-Kentucky_horse_farm.JPEG" decoding="async" width="280" height="210" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Kentucky_horse_farm.JPEG/420px-Kentucky_horse_farm.JPEG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Kentucky_horse_farm.JPEG/560px-Kentucky_horse_farm.JPEG 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>Kentucky's Inner Bluegrass region features hundreds of horse farms.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:KYphysiography.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/KYphysiography.svg/330px-KYphysiography.svg.png" decoding="async" width="330" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/KYphysiography.svg/495px-KYphysiography.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/KYphysiography.svg/660px-KYphysiography.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1099" data-file-height="485" /></a><figcaption>Regions of <a href="/wiki/Kentucky" title="Kentucky">Kentucky</a>, with the Bluegrass region in the northern part of the state</figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>Bluegrass region</b> is a geographic region in the U.S. state of <a href="/wiki/Kentucky" title="Kentucky">Kentucky</a>. It makes up the central and northern part of the state, roughly bounded by the cities of <a href="/wiki/Frankfort,_Kentucky" title="Frankfort, Kentucky">Frankfort</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paris,_Kentucky" title="Paris, Kentucky">Paris</a>, <a href="/wiki/Richmond,_Kentucky" title="Richmond, Kentucky">Richmond</a> and <a href="/wiki/Stanford,_Kentucky" title="Stanford, Kentucky">Stanford</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Hammon_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hammon-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is part of the <a href="/wiki/Interior_Low_Plateaus" title="Interior Low Plateaus">Interior Low Plateaus</a> ecoregion. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bluegrass-stem.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Bluegrass-stem.jpg/220px-Bluegrass-stem.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="271" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Bluegrass-stem.jpg/330px-Bluegrass-stem.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Bluegrass-stem.jpg/440px-Bluegrass-stem.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1432" data-file-height="1764" /></a><figcaption>"Bluegrass": The seed pods go from green to purplish blue to brown. During the purplish blue phase the seed stems have a dark blue coating.</figcaption></figure> <p>"Bluegrass" is a common name given in the United States for grass of the <i><a href="/wiki/Poa" title="Poa">Poa</a></i> genus, the most famous being the <a href="/wiki/Poa_pratensis" title="Poa pratensis">Kentucky bluegrass</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite its name, Kentucky Bluegrass is native to Europe and was likely introduced around 1600.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geology">Geology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bluegrass_region&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Geology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Bluegrass region is characterized by underlying <a href="/wiki/Fossiliferous_limestone" title="Fossiliferous limestone">fossiliferous limestone</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dolomite_(rock)" title="Dolomite (rock)">dolomite</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Shale" title="Shale">shale</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Ordovician" title="Ordovician">Ordovician</a> <a href="/wiki/Geology" title="Geology">geological</a> age. Hills are generally rolling, and the soil is highly fertile for growing pasture. </p><p>The Kentucky Bluegrass is bounded on the east by the <a href="/wiki/Cumberland_Plateau" title="Cumberland Plateau">Cumberland Plateau</a>, with the <a href="/wiki/Pottsville_Escarpment" title="Pottsville Escarpment">Pottsville Escarpment</a> forming the boundary. On the south and west, it borders the <a href="/wiki/Pennyroyal_Plateau" title="Pennyroyal Plateau">Pennyroyal Plateau</a>, (also called the Pennyrile), with <a href="/wiki/Muldraugh_Hill" title="Muldraugh Hill">Muldraugh Hill</a>, another <a href="/wiki/Escarpment" title="Escarpment">escarpment</a>, forming the boundary. Much of the region is drained by the <a href="/wiki/Kentucky_River" title="Kentucky River">Kentucky River</a> and its tributaries. The river cuts a deep canyon called the <a href="/wiki/Kentucky_River_Palisades" title="Kentucky River Palisades">Kentucky River Palisades</a> through the region, preserving <a href="/wiki/Meander" title="Meander">meanders</a> that indicate that the river was once a mature low valley that was suddenly uplifted. Particularly near the Kentucky River, the region exhibits <a href="/wiki/Karst" title="Karst">Karst</a> topography, with <a href="/wiki/Sinkholes" class="mw-redirect" title="Sinkholes">sinkholes</a>, caves, and <a href="/wiki/Losing_stream" title="Losing stream">disappearing streams</a> that drain underground to the river. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bluegrass_region&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Prehistory">Prehistory</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bluegrass_region&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Prehistory"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Before European-American settlement, various cultures of <a href="/wiki/Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas" title="Indigenous peoples of the Americas">Indigenous peoples of the Americas</a> lived in the region. The pre-colonization state of the Bluegrass is poorly known, but it is thought to have been a type of <a href="/wiki/Savannah" class="mw-redirect" title="Savannah">savannah</a> known as <a href="/wiki/Oak_savanna" title="Oak savanna">oak savanna</a>, with open <a href="/wiki/Grassland" title="Grassland">grassland</a> containing <a href="/wiki/Clover" title="Clover">clover</a>, <a href="/wiki/Arundinaria_gigantea" title="Arundinaria gigantea">giant river cane</a> (a type of <a href="/wiki/Bamboo" title="Bamboo">bamboo</a>), and scattered enormous trees, primarily <a href="/wiki/Bur_oak" class="mw-redirect" title="Bur oak">bur oak</a>, <a href="/wiki/Blue_ash" class="mw-redirect" title="Blue ash">blue ash</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shumard%27s_oak" class="mw-redirect" title="Shumard's oak">Shumard's oak</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chinkapin_oak" class="mw-redirect" title="Chinkapin oak">chinkapin oak</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Carya_laciniosa" title="Carya laciniosa">kingnut hickory</a>. Some of these trees, which are hundreds of years old, still stand in old pastures in the Bluegrass.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The thickets of giant river cane, known as <a href="/wiki/Canebrake" title="Canebrake">canebrakes</a>, created a dense undergrowth that made it impossible to find 10 uncleared acres that were not full of cane.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The local indigenous peoples hunted its large herds of <a href="/wiki/Bison" title="Bison">bison</a> and other game, especially near <a href="/wiki/Mineral_lick" title="Mineral lick">mineral licks</a>. The name "Kentucky" likely comes from the word for "<a href="/wiki/Meadow" title="Meadow">meadow</a> lands" in <a href="/wiki/Iroquoian" class="mw-redirect" title="Iroquoian">Iroquoian</a>, but has several other possible origins.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Europeans adopted the name to apply to the state. "Bluegrass" is a common name given in the United States for grass of the <i><a href="/wiki/Poa" title="Poa">Poa</a></i> genus, the most famous being the <a href="/wiki/Poa_pratensis" title="Poa pratensis">Kentucky bluegrass</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Post-colonial">Post-colonial</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bluegrass_region&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Post-colonial"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the decades which followed the <a href="/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" title="American Revolutionary War">American Revolutionary War</a> (1775–1783), Americans settled in great numbers in the region. They migrated mostly from <a href="/wiki/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a>. By 1800 these planters noticed that horses grazed in the Bluegrass region were more hardy than those from other regions; this is due to the soil's high <a href="/wiki/Calcium" title="Calcium">calcium</a> content.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Within decades of increased settlement, the remaining herds of bison had moved west. The breeding of <a href="/wiki/Thoroughbred" title="Thoroughbred">Thoroughbred</a> horses was developed in the region, as well as of other quality livestock. Kentucky livestock was driven to <a href="/wiki/Tennessee" title="Tennessee">Tennessee</a> and other areas of the <a href="/wiki/Ohio_River" title="Ohio River">Ohio River</a> valley for sale. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Planter_class" title="Planter class">Planters</a>, supported by <a href="/wiki/Slavery_in_the_United_States" title="Slavery in the United States">slave labor</a>, also cultivated major commodity crops on plantations, such as <a href="/wiki/Tobacco" title="Tobacco">tobacco</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hemp" title="Hemp">hemp</a> (see <a href="/wiki/Hemp_in_Kentucky" title="Hemp in Kentucky">Hemp in Kentucky</a>), and grapes (see <a href="/wiki/Kentucky_wine" title="Kentucky wine">Kentucky wine</a>). The first commercial <a href="/wiki/Winery" title="Winery">winery</a> in the United States was opened in the Bluegrass region in 1801, in present-day <a href="/wiki/Jessamine_County,_Kentucky" title="Jessamine County, Kentucky">Jessamine County</a> by a group of Swiss immigrants.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was authorized by the <a href="/wiki/Kentucky_General_Assembly" title="Kentucky General Assembly">Kentucky General Assembly</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="20th_century_to_present">20th century to present</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bluegrass_region&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 20th century to present"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Since the <a href="/wiki/Antebellum_South" title="Antebellum South">antebellum</a> years, the region has been a center for breeding quality livestock, <a href="/wiki/Equine_industry_in_Kentucky" title="Equine industry in Kentucky">especially thoroughbred race horses</a>. Since the late 20th century, the area has become increasingly developed with residential and commercial properties, particularly around <a href="/wiki/Lexington,_Kentucky" title="Lexington, Kentucky">Lexington</a>, the business center. Farms are losing ground to development and slowly disappearing. In 2006, the <a href="/wiki/World_Monuments_Fund" title="World Monuments Fund">World Monuments Fund</a> included the Bluegrass region on its global list of <a href="/wiki/2006_World_Monuments_Watch_List_of_Most_Endangered_Sites" class="mw-redirect" title="2006 World Monuments Watch List of Most Endangered Sites">100 most endangered sites</a>. </p><p>Although <a href="/wiki/Bluegrass_music" title="Bluegrass music">Bluegrass music</a> is popular throughout the region, the genre is named after the band <a href="/wiki/Bill_Monroe" title="Bill Monroe">Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass Boys</a>, which in turn took their name from the state nickname of Kentucky. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery">Gallery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bluegrass_region&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bluegrass_stonewall_8097.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Bluegrass and rock fence of local limestone in central Kentucky"><img alt="Bluegrass and rock fence of local limestone in central Kentucky" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Bluegrass_stonewall_8097.JPG/90px-Bluegrass_stonewall_8097.JPG" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Bluegrass_stonewall_8097.JPG/135px-Bluegrass_stonewall_8097.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Bluegrass_stonewall_8097.JPG/180px-Bluegrass_stonewall_8097.JPG 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="400" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Bluegrass and rock fence of local <a href="/wiki/Limestone" title="Limestone">limestone</a> in central <a href="/wiki/Kentucky" title="Kentucky">Kentucky</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kentucky_River_8100.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Kentucky River in the Bluegrass region"><img alt="Kentucky River in the Bluegrass region" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Kentucky_River_8100.JPG/120px-Kentucky_River_8100.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Kentucky_River_8100.JPG/180px-Kentucky_River_8100.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Kentucky_River_8100.JPG/240px-Kentucky_River_8100.JPG 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="225" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Kentucky_River" title="Kentucky River">Kentucky River</a> in the Bluegrass region</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Country_road_in_Kentucky.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Narrow country roads bounded by stone and wood plank fences are a fixture in the Bluegrass region."><img alt="Narrow country roads bounded by stone and wood plank fences are a fixture in the Bluegrass region." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Country_road_in_Kentucky.jpg/120px-Country_road_in_Kentucky.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Country_road_in_Kentucky.jpg/180px-Country_road_in_Kentucky.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Country_road_in_Kentucky.jpg/240px-Country_road_in_Kentucky.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Narrow country roads bounded by stone and wood plank fences are a fixture in the Bluegrass region.</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bluegrass_region&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns 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Klotter">Klotter, James C.</a> and Daniel Rowland, eds. <i>Bluegrass Renaissance: The History and Culture of Central Kentucky, 1792–1852</i> (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2012),</li> <li>Raitz, Karl, and Nancy O'Malley, "The Nineteenth-Century Evolution of Local-Scale Roads in Kentucky's Bluegrass," <i>Geographical Review</i>, 94 (October 2005), 415–39</li> <li>WPA, <i>Kentucky: A Guide to the Bluegrass State </i> (1939); classic guide from the Federal Writers Project; covers main themes and every town <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/kentuckyguidetob00federich/page/n8/mode/1up">online</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bluegrass_region&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-imageright{padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .side-box-flex{display:flex;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{flex:1;min-width:0}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .side-box{width:238px}.mw-parser-output .side-box-right{clear:right;float:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-left{margin-right:1em}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237033735">@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox{display:none!important}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}</style><div class="side-box side-box-right plainlinks sistersitebox"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Wikivoyage-Logo-v3-icon.svg/40px-Wikivoyage-Logo-v3-icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Wikivoyage-Logo-v3-icon.svg/60px-Wikivoyage-Logo-v3-icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Wikivoyage-Logo-v3-icon.svg/80px-Wikivoyage-Logo-v3-icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="193" data-file-height="193" /></span></span></div> <div class="side-box-text plainlist">Wikivoyage has a travel guide for <i><b><a href="https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Bluegrass_Region#Q2748425" class="extiw" title="wikivoyage:Bluegrass Region">Bluegrass Region</a></b></i>.</div></div> </div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bgheritage.com/">Bluegrass Heritage Museum</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.links2frankfort.com/">Local Directory for Frankfort, the State Capital</a></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSlayman2007" class="citation web cs1">Slayman, Andrew (Spring 2007). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091013103805/http://www.wmf.org/dig-deeper/article/race-against-time-kentuckys-bluegrass-country">"A Race Against Time for Kentucky's Bluegrass Country"</a>. World Monuments Fund. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.wmf.org/dig-deeper/article/race-against-time-kentuckys-bluegrass-country">the original</a> on 2009-10-13<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2009-11-07</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=A+Race+Against+Time+for+Kentucky%27s+Bluegrass+Country&rft.pub=World+Monuments+Fund&rft.date=2007&rft.aulast=Slayman&rft.aufirst=Andrew&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wmf.org%2Fdig-deeper%2Farticle%2Frace-against-time-kentuckys-bluegrass-country&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABluegrass+region" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRaitzNancy_O'Malley2007" class="citation journal cs1">Raitz, Carl; Nancy O'Malley (January 2007). 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href="/wiki/Outline_of_Kentucky" title="Outline of Kentucky">Topics</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Index_of_Kentucky-related_articles" title="Index of Kentucky-related articles">Index</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cuisine_of_Kentucky" title="Cuisine of Kentucky">Cuisine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Environment_of_Kentucky" title="Category:Environment of Kentucky">Environment</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Climate_change_in_Kentucky" title="Climate change in Kentucky">climate change</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kentucky#Geography" title="Kentucky">Geography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Kentucky" title="History of Kentucky">History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_education_in_Kentucky" title="History of education in Kentucky">History of education</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Kentucky" title="Music of Kentucky">Music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Mass_media_in_Kentucky" title="Category:Mass media in Kentucky">Mass media</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_newspapers_in_Kentucky" title="List of newspapers in Kentucky">newspapers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_radio_stations_in_Kentucky" title="List of radio stations in Kentucky">radio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_television_stations_in_Kentucky" title="List of television stations in Kentucky">TV</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_people_from_Kentucky" title="List of people from Kentucky">People</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_Kentucky" class="mw-redirect" title="Religion in Kentucky">Religion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Kentucky_state_symbols" title="List of Kentucky state symbols">Symbols</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Seal_of_Kentucky" title="Seal of Kentucky">seal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_Kentucky" title="Flag of Kentucky">flag</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_theaters_in_Kentucky" title="List of theaters in Kentucky">Theater</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Tourism_in_Kentucky" title="Category:Tourism in Kentucky">Tourism</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Tourist_attractions_in_Kentucky" title="Category:Tourist attractions in Kentucky">tourist attractions</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transportation_in_Kentucky" title="Transportation in Kentucky">Transportation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Kentucky" title="Category:Kentucky">Category</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Index_of_Kentucky-related_articles" title="Index of Kentucky-related articles">Index</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Society</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abortion_in_Kentucky" title="Abortion in Kentucky">Abortion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Kentucky" title="Culture of Kentucky">Culture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crime_in_Kentucky" title="Crime in Kentucky">Crime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_Kentucky" title="Demographics of Kentucky">Demographics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kentucky#Economy" title="Kentucky">Economy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Education_in_Kentucky" title="Education in Kentucky">Education</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Kentucky" title="Elections in Kentucky">Elections</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gun_laws_in_Kentucky" title="Gun laws in Kentucky">Gun laws</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Homelessness_in_Kentucky" class="mw-redirect" title="Homelessness in Kentucky">Homelessness</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Kentucky" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT rights in Kentucky">LGBT rights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kentucky#Politics" title="Kentucky">Politics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sports_in_Kentucky" title="Sports in Kentucky">Sports</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_regions_of_the_United_States#Kentucky" title="List of regions of the United States">Regions</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Allegheny_Plateau" title="Allegheny Plateau">Allegheny Plateau</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">The Bluegrass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cumberland_Mountains" title="Cumberland Mountains">Cumberland Mountains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cumberland_Plateau" title="Cumberland Plateau">Cumberland Plateau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Kentucky_Coalfield" title="Eastern Kentucky Coalfield">Eastern Kentucky Coalfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Highland_Rim" title="Highland Rim">Highland Rim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Knobs_region" title="Knobs region">The Knobs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mississippi_Alluvial_Plain" title="Mississippi Alluvial Plain">Mississippi Plain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Kentucky" title="Northern Kentucky">Northern Kentucky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pennyroyal_Plateau" title="Pennyroyal Plateau">Pennyroyal Plateau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackson_Purchase" title="Jackson Purchase">The Purchase</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ridge-and-Valley_Appalachians" title="Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians">Ridge-and-Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Valley" title="Tennessee Valley">Tennessee Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Coal_Field" title="Western Coal Field">Western Coal Fields</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Kentucky" title="List of cities in Kentucky">25 largest<br /> cities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Louisville,_Kentucky" title="Louisville, Kentucky">Louisville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lexington,_Kentucky" title="Lexington, Kentucky">Lexington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bowling_Green,_Kentucky" title="Bowling Green, Kentucky">Bowling Green</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Owensboro,_Kentucky" title="Owensboro, Kentucky">Owensboro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Covington,_Kentucky" title="Covington, Kentucky">Covington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richmond,_Kentucky" title="Richmond, Kentucky">Richmond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgetown,_Kentucky" title="Georgetown, Kentucky">Georgetown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Florence,_Kentucky" title="Florence, Kentucky">Florence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hopkinsville,_Kentucky" title="Hopkinsville, Kentucky">Hopkinsville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicholasville,_Kentucky" title="Nicholasville, Kentucky">Nicholasville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elizabethtown,_Kentucky" title="Elizabethtown, Kentucky">Elizabethtown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Independence,_Kentucky" title="Independence, Kentucky">Independence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henderson,_Kentucky" title="Henderson, Kentucky">Henderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frankfort,_Kentucky" title="Frankfort, Kentucky">Frankfort</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeffersontown,_Kentucky" title="Jeffersontown, Kentucky">Jeffersontown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paducah,_Kentucky" title="Paducah, Kentucky">Paducah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Radcliff,_Kentucky" title="Radcliff, Kentucky">Radcliff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashland,_Kentucky" title="Ashland, Kentucky">Ashland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murray,_Kentucky" title="Murray, Kentucky">Murray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erlanger,_Kentucky" title="Erlanger, Kentucky">Erlanger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winchester,_Kentucky" title="Winchester, Kentucky">Winchester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madisonville,_Kentucky" title="Madisonville, Kentucky">Madisonville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Washington,_Kentucky" title="Mount Washington, Kentucky">Mount Washington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Matthews,_Kentucky" title="St. Matthews, Kentucky">St. Matthews</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danville,_Kentucky" title="Danville, Kentucky">Danville</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_statistical_area" title="Metropolitan statistical area">Metropolitan<br />areas</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Huntington%E2%80%93Ashland_metropolitan_area" title="Huntington–Ashland metropolitan area">Ashland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bowling_Green_metropolitan_area,_Kentucky" title="Bowling Green metropolitan area, Kentucky">Bowling Green</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clarksville_metropolitan_area" title="Clarksville metropolitan area">Clarksville, TN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elizabethtown_metropolitan_area" title="Elizabethtown metropolitan area">Elizabethtown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evansville_metropolitan_area" title="Evansville metropolitan area">Evansville, IN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lexington%E2%80%93Fayette_metropolitan_area" title="Lexington–Fayette metropolitan area">Lexington–Fayette</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louisville_metropolitan_area" title="Louisville metropolitan area">Louisville/Jefferson County</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_metropolitan_area" title="Cincinnati metropolitan area">Northern Kentucky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Owensboro_metropolitan_area" title="Owensboro metropolitan area">Owensboro</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_counties_in_Kentucky" title="List of counties in Kentucky">Counties</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adair_County,_Kentucky" title="Adair County, Kentucky">Adair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allen_County,_Kentucky" title="Allen County, Kentucky">Allen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anderson_County,_Kentucky" title="Anderson County, Kentucky">Anderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ballard_County,_Kentucky" title="Ballard County, Kentucky">Ballard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barren_County,_Kentucky" title="Barren County, Kentucky">Barren</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bath_County,_Kentucky" title="Bath County, Kentucky">Bath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bell_County,_Kentucky" title="Bell County, Kentucky">Bell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boone_County,_Kentucky" title="Boone County, Kentucky">Boone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bourbon_County,_Kentucky" title="Bourbon County, Kentucky">Bourbon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boyd_County,_Kentucky" title="Boyd County, Kentucky">Boyd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boyle_County,_Kentucky" title="Boyle County, Kentucky">Boyle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bracken_County,_Kentucky" title="Bracken County, Kentucky">Bracken</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Breathitt_County,_Kentucky" title="Breathitt County, Kentucky">Breathitt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Breckinridge_County,_Kentucky" title="Breckinridge County, Kentucky">Breckinridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bullitt_County,_Kentucky" title="Bullitt County, Kentucky">Bullitt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Butler_County,_Kentucky" title="Butler County, Kentucky">Butler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caldwell_County,_Kentucky" title="Caldwell County, Kentucky">Caldwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calloway_County,_Kentucky" title="Calloway County, Kentucky">Calloway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Campbell_County,_Kentucky" title="Campbell County, Kentucky">Campbell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carlisle_County,_Kentucky" title="Carlisle County, Kentucky">Carlisle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carroll_County,_Kentucky" title="Carroll County, Kentucky">Carroll</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carter_County,_Kentucky" title="Carter County, Kentucky">Carter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Casey_County,_Kentucky" title="Casey County, Kentucky">Casey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_County,_Kentucky" title="Christian County, Kentucky">Christian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clark_County,_Kentucky" title="Clark County, Kentucky">Clark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clay_County,_Kentucky" title="Clay County, Kentucky">Clay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clinton_County,_Kentucky" title="Clinton County, Kentucky">Clinton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crittenden_County,_Kentucky" title="Crittenden County, Kentucky">Crittenden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cumberland_County,_Kentucky" title="Cumberland County, Kentucky">Cumberland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daviess_County,_Kentucky" title="Daviess County, Kentucky">Daviess</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edmonson_County,_Kentucky" title="Edmonson County, Kentucky">Edmonson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elliott_County,_Kentucky" title="Elliott County, Kentucky">Elliott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Estill_County,_Kentucky" title="Estill County, Kentucky">Estill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fayette_County,_Kentucky" title="Fayette County, Kentucky">Fayette</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fleming_County,_Kentucky" title="Fleming County, Kentucky">Fleming</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Floyd_County,_Kentucky" title="Floyd County, Kentucky">Floyd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin_County,_Kentucky" title="Franklin County, Kentucky">Franklin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fulton_County,_Kentucky" title="Fulton County, Kentucky">Fulton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gallatin_County,_Kentucky" title="Gallatin County, Kentucky">Gallatin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garrard_County,_Kentucky" title="Garrard County, Kentucky">Garrard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grant_County,_Kentucky" title="Grant County, Kentucky">Grant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Graves_County,_Kentucky" title="Graves County, Kentucky">Graves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grayson_County,_Kentucky" title="Grayson County, Kentucky">Grayson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Green_County,_Kentucky" title="Green County, Kentucky">Green</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greenup_County,_Kentucky" title="Greenup County, Kentucky">Greenup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hancock_County,_Kentucky" title="Hancock County, Kentucky">Hancock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hardin_County,_Kentucky" title="Hardin County, Kentucky">Hardin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harlan_County,_Kentucky" title="Harlan County, Kentucky">Harlan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harrison_County,_Kentucky" title="Harrison County, Kentucky">Harrison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hart_County,_Kentucky" title="Hart County, Kentucky">Hart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henderson_County,_Kentucky" title="Henderson County, Kentucky">Henderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_County,_Kentucky" title="Henry County, Kentucky">Henry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hickman_County,_Kentucky" title="Hickman County, Kentucky">Hickman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hopkins_County,_Kentucky" title="Hopkins County, Kentucky">Hopkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackson_County,_Kentucky" title="Jackson County, Kentucky">Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jefferson_County,_Kentucky" title="Jefferson County, Kentucky">Jefferson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jessamine_County,_Kentucky" title="Jessamine County, Kentucky">Jessamine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnson_County,_Kentucky" title="Johnson County, Kentucky">Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenton_County,_Kentucky" title="Kenton County, Kentucky">Kenton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Knott_County,_Kentucky" title="Knott County, Kentucky">Knott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Knox_County,_Kentucky" title="Knox County, Kentucky">Knox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LaRue_County,_Kentucky" title="LaRue County, Kentucky">LaRue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laurel_County,_Kentucky" title="Laurel County, Kentucky">Laurel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lawrence_County,_Kentucky" title="Lawrence County, Kentucky">Lawrence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lee_County,_Kentucky" title="Lee County, Kentucky">Lee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leslie_County,_Kentucky" title="Leslie County, Kentucky">Leslie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Letcher_County,_Kentucky" title="Letcher County, Kentucky">Letcher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lewis_County,_Kentucky" title="Lewis County, Kentucky">Lewis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lincoln_County,_Kentucky" title="Lincoln County, Kentucky">Lincoln</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Livingston_County,_Kentucky" title="Livingston County, Kentucky">Livingston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Logan_County,_Kentucky" title="Logan County, Kentucky">Logan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lyon_County,_Kentucky" title="Lyon County, Kentucky">Lyon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madison_County,_Kentucky" title="Madison County, Kentucky">Madison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magoffin_County,_Kentucky" title="Magoffin County, Kentucky">Magoffin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marion_County,_Kentucky" title="Marion County, Kentucky">Marion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marshall_County,_Kentucky" title="Marshall County, Kentucky">Marshall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_County,_Kentucky" title="Martin County, Kentucky">Martin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mason_County,_Kentucky" title="Mason County, Kentucky">Mason</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McCracken_County,_Kentucky" title="McCracken County, Kentucky">McCracken</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McCreary_County,_Kentucky" title="McCreary County, Kentucky">McCreary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McLean_County,_Kentucky" title="McLean County, Kentucky">McLean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meade_County,_Kentucky" title="Meade County, Kentucky">Meade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Menifee_County,_Kentucky" title="Menifee County, Kentucky">Menifee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mercer_County,_Kentucky" title="Mercer County, Kentucky">Mercer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metcalfe_County,_Kentucky" title="Metcalfe County, Kentucky">Metcalfe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monroe_County,_Kentucky" title="Monroe County, Kentucky">Monroe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montgomery_County,_Kentucky" title="Montgomery County, Kentucky">Montgomery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morgan_County,_Kentucky" title="Morgan County, Kentucky">Morgan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muhlenberg_County,_Kentucky" title="Muhlenberg County, Kentucky">Muhlenberg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nelson_County,_Kentucky" title="Nelson County, Kentucky">Nelson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicholas_County,_Kentucky" title="Nicholas County, Kentucky">Nicholas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ohio_County,_Kentucky" title="Ohio County, Kentucky">Ohio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oldham_County,_Kentucky" title="Oldham County, Kentucky">Oldham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Owen_County,_Kentucky" title="Owen County, Kentucky">Owen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Owsley_County,_Kentucky" title="Owsley County, Kentucky">Owsley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pendleton_County,_Kentucky" title="Pendleton 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