CINXE.COM

<!DOCTYPE html> <html class="client-nojs vector-feature-language-in-header-enabled vector-feature-language-in-main-page-header-disabled vector-feature-sticky-header-disabled vector-feature-page-tools-pinned-disabled vector-feature-toc-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-main-menu-pinned-disabled vector-feature-limited-width-clientpref-1 vector-feature-limited-width-content-enabled vector-feature-custom-font-size-clientpref-1 vector-feature-appearance-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-night-mode-enabled skin-theme-clientpref-day vector-toc-available" lang="en" dir="ltr"> <head> <meta charset="UTF-8"> <title>Outline of Kentucky - Wikipedia</title> <script>(function(){var className="client-js vector-feature-language-in-header-enabled vector-feature-language-in-main-page-header-disabled vector-feature-sticky-header-disabled vector-feature-page-tools-pinned-disabled vector-feature-toc-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-main-menu-pinned-disabled vector-feature-limited-width-clientpref-1 vector-feature-limited-width-content-enabled vector-feature-custom-font-size-clientpref-1 vector-feature-appearance-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-night-mode-enabled skin-theme-clientpref-day vector-toc-available";var cookie=document.cookie.match(/(?:^|; )enwikimwclientpreferences=([^;]+)/);if(cookie){cookie[1].split('%2C').forEach(function(pref){className=className.replace(new RegExp('(^| )'+pref.replace(/-clientpref-\w+$|[^\w-]+/g,'')+'-clientpref-\\w+( |$)'),'$1'+pref+'$2');});}document.documentElement.className=className;}());RLCONF={"wgBreakFrames":false,"wgSeparatorTransformTable":["",""],"wgDigitTransformTable":["",""],"wgDefaultDateFormat":"dmy", "wgMonthNames":["","January","February","March","April","May","June","July","August","September","October","November","December"],"wgRequestId":"e0c01b4c-4894-4455-a44a-f4cc7fa48915","wgCanonicalNamespace":"","wgCanonicalSpecialPageName":false,"wgNamespaceNumber":0,"wgPageName":"Outline_of_Kentucky","wgTitle":"Outline of Kentucky","wgCurRevisionId":1217028487,"wgRevisionId":1217028487,"wgArticleId":21930820,"wgIsArticle":true,"wgIsRedirect":false,"wgAction":"view","wgUserName":null,"wgUserGroups":["*"],"wgCategories":["Pages using the Phonos extension","Articles with short description","Short description matches Wikidata","Pages including recorded pronunciations","Pages using Sister project links with default search","Outlines of U.S. states","Outlines","Kentucky","Kentucky-related lists"],"wgPageViewLanguage":"en","wgPageContentLanguage":"en","wgPageContentModel":"wikitext","wgRelevantPageName":"Outline_of_Kentucky","wgRelevantArticleId":21930820,"wgIsProbablyEditable":true, "wgRelevantPageIsProbablyEditable":true,"wgRestrictionEdit":[],"wgRestrictionMove":[],"wgNoticeProject":"wikipedia","wgCiteReferencePreviewsActive":false,"wgFlaggedRevsParams":{"tags":{"status":{"levels":1}}},"wgMediaViewerOnClick":true,"wgMediaViewerEnabledByDefault":true,"wgPopupsFlags":0,"wgVisualEditor":{"pageLanguageCode":"en","pageLanguageDir":"ltr","pageVariantFallbacks":"en"},"wgMFDisplayWikibaseDescriptions":{"search":true,"watchlist":true,"tagline":false,"nearby":true},"wgWMESchemaEditAttemptStepOversample":false,"wgWMEPageLength":20000,"wgRelatedArticlesCompat":[],"wgCentralAuthMobileDomain":false,"wgEditSubmitButtonLabelPublish":true,"wgULSPosition":"interlanguage","wgULSisCompactLinksEnabled":false,"wgVector2022LanguageInHeader":true,"wgULSisLanguageSelectorEmpty":false,"wgWikibaseItemId":"Q7112319","wgCheckUserClientHintsHeadersJsApi":["brands","architecture","bitness","fullVersionList","mobile","model","platform","platformVersion"],"GEHomepageSuggestedEditsEnableTopics": true,"wgGETopicsMatchModeEnabled":false,"wgGEStructuredTaskRejectionReasonTextInputEnabled":false,"wgGELevelingUpEnabledForUser":false};RLSTATE={"ext.globalCssJs.user.styles":"ready","site.styles":"ready","user.styles":"ready","ext.globalCssJs.user":"ready","user":"ready","user.options":"loading","ext.cite.styles":"ready","ext.phonos.styles":"ready","ext.phonos.icons":"ready","skins.vector.search.codex.styles":"ready","skins.vector.styles":"ready","skins.vector.icons":"ready","jquery.makeCollapsible.styles":"ready","ext.wikimediamessages.styles":"ready","ext.visualEditor.desktopArticleTarget.noscript":"ready","ext.uls.interlanguage":"ready","wikibase.client.init":"ready","ext.wikimediaBadges":"ready"};RLPAGEMODULES=["ext.cite.ux-enhancements","ext.phonos.init","mediawiki.page.media","site","mediawiki.page.ready","jquery.makeCollapsible","mediawiki.toc","skins.vector.js","ext.centralNotice.geoIP","ext.centralNotice.startUp","ext.gadget.ReferenceTooltips","ext.gadget.switcher", "ext.urlShortener.toolbar","ext.centralauth.centralautologin","mmv.bootstrap","ext.popups","ext.visualEditor.desktopArticleTarget.init","ext.visualEditor.targetLoader","ext.echo.centralauth","ext.eventLogging","ext.wikimediaEvents","ext.navigationTiming","ext.uls.interface","ext.cx.eventlogging.campaigns","ext.cx.uls.quick.actions","wikibase.client.vector-2022","ext.checkUser.clientHints","ext.growthExperiments.SuggestedEditSession","wikibase.sidebar.tracking"];</script> <script>(RLQ=window.RLQ||[]).push(function(){mw.loader.impl(function(){return["user.options@12s5i",function($,jQuery,require,module){mw.user.tokens.set({"patrolToken":"+\\","watchToken":"+\\","csrfToken":"+\\"}); }];});});</script> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/w/load.php?lang=en&modules=ext.cite.styles%7Cext.phonos.icons%2Cstyles%7Cext.uls.interlanguage%7Cext.visualEditor.desktopArticleTarget.noscript%7Cext.wikimediaBadges%7Cext.wikimediamessages.styles%7Cjquery.makeCollapsible.styles%7Cskins.vector.icons%2Cstyles%7Cskins.vector.search.codex.styles%7Cwikibase.client.init&only=styles&skin=vector-2022"> <script async="" src="/w/load.php?lang=en&modules=startup&only=scripts&raw=1&skin=vector-2022"></script> <meta name="ResourceLoaderDynamicStyles" content=""> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/w/load.php?lang=en&modules=site.styles&only=styles&skin=vector-2022"> <meta name="generator" content="MediaWiki 1.44.0-wmf.4"> <meta name="referrer" content="origin"> <meta name="referrer" content="origin-when-cross-origin"> <meta name="robots" content="max-image-preview:standard"> <meta name="format-detection" content="telephone=no"> <meta property="og:image" content="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Flag_of_Kentucky.svg/1200px-Flag_of_Kentucky.svg.png"> <meta property="og:image:width" content="1200"> <meta property="og:image:height" content="632"> <meta property="og:image" content="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Flag_of_Kentucky.svg/800px-Flag_of_Kentucky.svg.png"> <meta property="og:image:width" content="800"> <meta property="og:image:height" content="421"> <meta property="og:image" content="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Flag_of_Kentucky.svg/640px-Flag_of_Kentucky.svg.png"> <meta property="og:image:width" content="640"> <meta property="og:image:height" content="337"> <meta name="viewport" content="width=1120"> <meta property="og:title" content="Outline of Kentucky - Wikipedia"> <meta property="og:type" content="website"> <link rel="preconnect" href="//upload.wikimedia.org"> <link rel="alternate" media="only screen and (max-width: 640px)" href="//en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outline_of_Kentucky"> <link rel="alternate" type="application/x-wiki" title="Edit this page" href="/w/index.php?title=Outline_of_Kentucky&action=edit"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="/static/apple-touch/wikipedia.png"> <link rel="icon" href="/static/favicon/wikipedia.ico"> <link rel="search" type="application/opensearchdescription+xml" href="/w/rest.php/v1/search" title="Wikipedia (en)"> <link rel="EditURI" type="application/rsd+xml" href="//en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=rsd"> <link rel="canonical" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outline_of_Kentucky"> <link rel="license" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en"> <link rel="alternate" type="application/atom+xml" title="Wikipedia Atom feed" href="/w/index.php?title=Special:RecentChanges&feed=atom"> <link rel="dns-prefetch" href="//meta.wikimedia.org" /> <link rel="dns-prefetch" href="//login.wikimedia.org"> </head> <body class="skin--responsive skin-vector skin-vector-search-vue mediawiki ltr sitedir-ltr mw-hide-empty-elt ns-0 ns-subject mw-editable page-Outline_of_Kentucky rootpage-Outline_of_Kentucky skin-vector-2022 action-view"><a class="mw-jump-link" href="#bodyContent">Jump to content</a> <div class="vector-header-container"> <header class="vector-header mw-header"> <div class="vector-header-start"> <nav class="vector-main-menu-landmark" aria-label="Site"> <div id="vector-main-menu-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown vector-main-menu-dropdown vector-button-flush-left vector-button-flush-right" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-main-menu-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-main-menu-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Main menu" > <label id="vector-main-menu-dropdown-label" for="vector-main-menu-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-menu mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-menu"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Main menu</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-main-menu-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> <div id="vector-main-menu" class="vector-main-menu vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-main-menu-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-unpinned" data-feature-name="main-menu-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-main-menu" data-pinned-container-id="vector-main-menu-pinned-container" data-unpinned-container-id="vector-main-menu-unpinned-container" > <div class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Main menu</div> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-main-menu.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-main-menu.unpin">hide</button> </div> <div id="p-navigation" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-navigation" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Navigation </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="n-mainpage-description" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Main_Page" title="Visit the main page [z]" accesskey="z"><span>Main page</span></a></li><li id="n-contents" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Contents" title="Guides to browsing Wikipedia"><span>Contents</span></a></li><li id="n-currentevents" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Portal:Current_events" title="Articles related to current events"><span>Current events</span></a></li><li id="n-randompage" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:Random" title="Visit a randomly selected article [x]" accesskey="x"><span>Random article</span></a></li><li id="n-aboutsite" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:About" title="Learn about Wikipedia and how it works"><span>About Wikipedia</span></a></li><li id="n-contactpage" class="mw-list-item"><a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Contact_us" title="How to contact Wikipedia"><span>Contact us</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-interaction" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-interaction" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Contribute </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="n-help" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Help:Contents" title="Guidance on how to use and edit Wikipedia"><span>Help</span></a></li><li id="n-introduction" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Help:Introduction" title="Learn how to edit Wikipedia"><span>Learn to edit</span></a></li><li id="n-portal" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Community_portal" title="The hub for editors"><span>Community portal</span></a></li><li id="n-recentchanges" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:RecentChanges" title="A list of recent changes to Wikipedia [r]" accesskey="r"><span>Recent changes</span></a></li><li id="n-upload" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:File_upload_wizard" title="Add images or other media for use on Wikipedia"><span>Upload file</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> <a href="/wiki/Main_Page" class="mw-logo"> <img class="mw-logo-icon" src="/static/images/icons/wikipedia.png" alt="" aria-hidden="true" height="50" width="50"> <span class="mw-logo-container skin-invert"> <img class="mw-logo-wordmark" alt="Wikipedia" src="/static/images/mobile/copyright/wikipedia-wordmark-en.svg" style="width: 7.5em; height: 1.125em;"> <img class="mw-logo-tagline" alt="The Free Encyclopedia" src="/static/images/mobile/copyright/wikipedia-tagline-en.svg" width="117" height="13" style="width: 7.3125em; height: 0.8125em;"> </span> </a> </div> <div class="vector-header-end"> <div id="p-search" role="search" class="vector-search-box-vue vector-search-box-collapses vector-search-box-show-thumbnail vector-search-box-auto-expand-width vector-search-box"> <a href="/wiki/Special:Search" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only search-toggle" title="Search Wikipedia [f]" accesskey="f"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-search mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-search"></span> <span>Search</span> </a> <div class="vector-typeahead-search-container"> <div class="cdx-typeahead-search cdx-typeahead-search--show-thumbnail cdx-typeahead-search--auto-expand-width"> <form action="/w/index.php" id="searchform" class="cdx-search-input cdx-search-input--has-end-button"> <div id="simpleSearch" class="cdx-search-input__input-wrapper" data-search-loc="header-moved"> <div class="cdx-text-input cdx-text-input--has-start-icon"> <input class="cdx-text-input__input" type="search" name="search" placeholder="Search Wikipedia" aria-label="Search Wikipedia" autocapitalize="sentences" title="Search Wikipedia [f]" accesskey="f" id="searchInput" > <span class="cdx-text-input__icon cdx-text-input__start-icon"></span> </div> <input type="hidden" name="title" value="Special:Search"> </div> <button class="cdx-button cdx-search-input__end-button">Search</button> </form> </div> </div> </div> <nav class="vector-user-links vector-user-links-wide" aria-label="Personal tools"> <div class="vector-user-links-main"> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-preferences" class="vector-menu mw-portlet emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-userpage" class="vector-menu mw-portlet emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> <nav class="vector-appearance-landmark" aria-label="Appearance"> <div id="vector-appearance-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown " title="Change the appearance of the page's font size, width, and color" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-appearance-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-appearance-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Appearance" > <label id="vector-appearance-dropdown-label" for="vector-appearance-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-appearance mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-appearance"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Appearance</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-appearance-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> </div> </div> </div> </nav> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-notifications" class="vector-menu mw-portlet emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-overflow" class="vector-menu mw-portlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="pt-sitesupport-2" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item user-links-collapsible-item"><a data-mw="interface" href="https://donate.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FundraiserRedirector?utm_source=donate&utm_medium=sidebar&utm_campaign=C13_en.wikipedia.org&uselang=en" class=""><span>Donate</span></a> </li> <li id="pt-createaccount-2" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item user-links-collapsible-item"><a data-mw="interface" href="/w/index.php?title=Special:CreateAccount&returnto=Outline+of+Kentucky" title="You are encouraged to create an account and log in; however, it is not mandatory" class=""><span>Create account</span></a> </li> <li id="pt-login-2" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item user-links-collapsible-item"><a data-mw="interface" href="/w/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&returnto=Outline+of+Kentucky" title="You're encouraged to log in; however, it's not mandatory. [o]" accesskey="o" class=""><span>Log in</span></a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> <div id="vector-user-links-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown vector-user-menu vector-button-flush-right vector-user-menu-logged-out" title="Log in and more options" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-user-links-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-user-links-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Personal tools" > <label id="vector-user-links-dropdown-label" for="vector-user-links-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-ellipsis mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-ellipsis"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Personal tools</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="p-personal" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-personal user-links-collapsible-item" title="User menu" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="pt-sitesupport" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="https://donate.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FundraiserRedirector?utm_source=donate&utm_medium=sidebar&utm_campaign=C13_en.wikipedia.org&uselang=en"><span>Donate</span></a></li><li id="pt-createaccount" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:CreateAccount&returnto=Outline+of+Kentucky" title="You are encouraged to create an account and log in; however, it is not mandatory"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-userAdd mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-userAdd"></span> <span>Create account</span></a></li><li id="pt-login" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&returnto=Outline+of+Kentucky" title="You're encouraged to log in; however, it's not mandatory. [o]" accesskey="o"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-logIn mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-logIn"></span> <span>Log in</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-user-menu-anon-editor" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-user-menu-anon-editor" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Pages for logged out editors <a href="/wiki/Help:Introduction" aria-label="Learn more about editing"><span>learn more</span></a> </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="pt-anoncontribs" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:MyContributions" title="A list of edits made from this IP address [y]" accesskey="y"><span>Contributions</span></a></li><li id="pt-anontalk" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:MyTalk" title="Discussion about edits from this IP address [n]" accesskey="n"><span>Talk</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </header> </div> <div class="mw-page-container"> <div class="mw-page-container-inner"> <div class="vector-sitenotice-container"> <div id="siteNotice"></div> </div> <div class="vector-column-start"> <div class="vector-main-menu-container"> <div id="mw-navigation"> <nav id="mw-panel" class="vector-main-menu-landmark" aria-label="Site"> <div id="vector-main-menu-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="vector-sticky-pinned-container"> <nav id="mw-panel-toc" aria-label="Contents" data-event-name="ui.sidebar-toc" class="mw-table-of-contents-container vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-toc-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> <div id="vector-toc" class="vector-toc vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-toc-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-pinned" data-feature-name="toc-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-toc" > <h2 class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Contents</h2> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-toc.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-toc.unpin">hide</button> </div> <ul class="vector-toc-contents" id="mw-panel-toc-list"> <li id="toc-mw-content-text" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a href="#" class="vector-toc-link"> <div class="vector-toc-text">(Top)</div> </a> </li> <li id="toc-General_reference" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#General_reference"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1</span> <span>General reference</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-General_reference-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Geography_and_Climatology_of_Kentucky" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Geography_and_Climatology_of_Kentucky"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2</span> <span>Geography and Climatology of Kentucky</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Geography_and_Climatology_of_Kentucky-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Geography and Climatology of Kentucky subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Geography_and_Climatology_of_Kentucky-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Regions_of_Kentucky" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Regions_of_Kentucky"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.1</span> <span>Regions of Kentucky</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Regions_of_Kentucky-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Natural_geographic_features_of_Kentucky" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Natural_geographic_features_of_Kentucky"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.2</span> <span>Natural geographic features of Kentucky</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Natural_geographic_features_of_Kentucky-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Places_in_Kentucky" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Places_in_Kentucky"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.3</span> <span>Places in Kentucky</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Places_in_Kentucky-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Environment_of_Kentucky" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Environment_of_Kentucky"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.4</span> <span>Environment of Kentucky</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Environment_of_Kentucky-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Administrative_divisions_of_Kentucky" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Administrative_divisions_of_Kentucky"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Administrative divisions of Kentucky</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Administrative_divisions_of_Kentucky-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Demographics_of_Kentucky" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Demographics_of_Kentucky"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Demographics of Kentucky</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Demographics_of_Kentucky-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Government_and_politics_of_Kentucky" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Government_and_politics_of_Kentucky"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Government and politics of Kentucky</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Government_and_politics_of_Kentucky-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Government and politics of Kentucky subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Government_and_politics_of_Kentucky-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Executive_branch_of_the_government_of_Kentucky" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Executive_branch_of_the_government_of_Kentucky"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1</span> <span>Executive branch of the government of Kentucky</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Executive_branch_of_the_government_of_Kentucky-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Legislative_branch_of_the_government_of_Kentucky" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Legislative_branch_of_the_government_of_Kentucky"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2</span> <span>Legislative branch of the government of Kentucky</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Legislative_branch_of_the_government_of_Kentucky-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Judicial_branch_of_the_government_of_Kentucky" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Judicial_branch_of_the_government_of_Kentucky"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.3</span> <span>Judicial branch of the government of Kentucky</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Judicial_branch_of_the_government_of_Kentucky-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Federal_courts_in_Kentucky" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Federal_courts_in_Kentucky"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.4</span> <span>Federal courts in Kentucky</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Federal_courts_in_Kentucky-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Law_and_order_in_Kentucky" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Law_and_order_in_Kentucky"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.5</span> <span>Law and order in Kentucky</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Law_and_order_in_Kentucky-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Laws_by_type" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Laws_by_type"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.5.1</span> <span>Laws by type</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Laws_by_type-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Military_in_Kentucky" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Military_in_Kentucky"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.6</span> <span>Military in Kentucky</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Military_in_Kentucky-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-History_of_Kentucky" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#History_of_Kentucky"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>History of Kentucky</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-History_of_Kentucky-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle History of Kentucky subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-History_of_Kentucky-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Historical_societies_in_Kentucky" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Historical_societies_in_Kentucky"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.1</span> <span>Historical societies in Kentucky</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Historical_societies_in_Kentucky-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-History_of_Kentucky,_by_period" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#History_of_Kentucky,_by_period"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.2</span> <span>History of Kentucky, by period</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-History_of_Kentucky,_by_period-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-History_of_Kentucky,_by_region" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#History_of_Kentucky,_by_region"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.3</span> <span>History of Kentucky, by region</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-History_of_Kentucky,_by_region-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-History_of_Kentucky,_by_subject" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#History_of_Kentucky,_by_subject"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.4</span> <span>History of Kentucky, by subject</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-History_of_Kentucky,_by_subject-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Culture_of_Kentucky" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Culture_of_Kentucky"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Culture of Kentucky</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Culture_of_Kentucky-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Culture of Kentucky subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Culture_of_Kentucky-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Arts_and_letters_in_Kentucky" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Arts_and_letters_in_Kentucky"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.1</span> <span>Arts and letters in Kentucky</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Arts_and_letters_in_Kentucky-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sports_in_Kentucky" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sports_in_Kentucky"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.2</span> <span>Sports in Kentucky</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sports_in_Kentucky-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Economy_and_infrastructure_of_Kentucky" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Economy_and_infrastructure_of_Kentucky"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>Economy and infrastructure of Kentucky</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Economy_and_infrastructure_of_Kentucky-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-List_of_people_from_Kentucky" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#List_of_people_from_Kentucky"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>List of people from Kentucky</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-List_of_people_from_Kentucky-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Education_in_Kentucky" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Education_in_Kentucky"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>Education in Kentucky</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Education_in_Kentucky-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Toggle the table of contents" > <label id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-label" for="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-listBullet mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-listBullet"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Toggle the table of contents</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> </div> </div> </div> </nav> <h1 id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading mw-first-heading"><span class="mw-page-title-main">Outline of Kentucky</span></h1> <div id="p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-lang-btn-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector" aria-label="This article exist only in this language. Add the article for other languages" > <label id="p-lang-btn-label" for="p-lang-btn-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--action-progressive mw-portlet-lang-heading-0" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-language-progressive mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-language-progressive"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Add languages</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> <div class="after-portlet after-portlet-lang"><span class="uls-after-portlet-link"></span><span class="wb-langlinks-add wb-langlinks-link"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityPage/Q7112319#sitelinks-wikipedia" title="Add interlanguage links" class="wbc-editpage">Add links</a></span></div> </div> </div> </div> </header> <div class="vector-page-toolbar"> <div class="vector-page-toolbar-container"> <div id="left-navigation"> <nav aria-label="Namespaces"> <div id="p-associated-pages" class="vector-menu vector-menu-tabs mw-portlet mw-portlet-associated-pages" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="ca-nstab-main" class="selected vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Outline_of_Kentucky" title="View the content page [c]" accesskey="c"><span>Article</span></a></li><li id="ca-talk" class="vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Talk:Outline_of_Kentucky" rel="discussion" title="Discuss improvements to the content page [t]" accesskey="t"><span>Talk</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="vector-variants-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown emptyPortlet" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-variants-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-variants-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Change language variant" > <label id="vector-variants-dropdown-label" for="vector-variants-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">English</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="p-variants" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-variants emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> <div id="right-navigation" class="vector-collapsible"> <nav aria-label="Views"> <div id="p-views" class="vector-menu vector-menu-tabs mw-portlet mw-portlet-views" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="ca-view" class="selected vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Outline_of_Kentucky"><span>Read</span></a></li><li id="ca-edit" class="vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Outline_of_Kentucky&action=edit" title="Edit this page [e]" accesskey="e"><span>Edit</span></a></li><li id="ca-history" class="vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Outline_of_Kentucky&action=history" title="Past revisions of this page [h]" accesskey="h"><span>View history</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> <nav class="vector-page-tools-landmark" aria-label="Page tools"> <div id="vector-page-tools-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-tools-dropdown" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-tools-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-tools-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Tools" > <label id="vector-page-tools-dropdown-label" for="vector-page-tools-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Tools</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-page-tools-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> <div id="vector-page-tools" class="vector-page-tools vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-page-tools-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-unpinned" data-feature-name="page-tools-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-page-tools" data-pinned-container-id="vector-page-tools-pinned-container" data-unpinned-container-id="vector-page-tools-unpinned-container" > <div class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Tools</div> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-page-tools.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-page-tools.unpin">hide</button> </div> <div id="p-cactions" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-cactions emptyPortlet vector-has-collapsible-items" title="More options" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Actions </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="ca-more-view" class="selected vector-more-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Outline_of_Kentucky"><span>Read</span></a></li><li id="ca-more-edit" class="vector-more-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Outline_of_Kentucky&action=edit" title="Edit this page [e]" accesskey="e"><span>Edit</span></a></li><li id="ca-more-history" class="vector-more-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Outline_of_Kentucky&action=history"><span>View history</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-tb" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-tb" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> General </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="t-whatlinkshere" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:WhatLinksHere/Outline_of_Kentucky" title="List of all English Wikipedia pages containing links to this page [j]" accesskey="j"><span>What links here</span></a></li><li id="t-recentchangeslinked" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:RecentChangesLinked/Outline_of_Kentucky" rel="nofollow" title="Recent changes in pages linked from this page [k]" accesskey="k"><span>Related changes</span></a></li><li id="t-upload" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:File_Upload_Wizard" title="Upload files [u]" accesskey="u"><span>Upload file</span></a></li><li id="t-specialpages" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:SpecialPages" title="A list of all special pages [q]" accesskey="q"><span>Special pages</span></a></li><li id="t-permalink" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Outline_of_Kentucky&oldid=1217028487" title="Permanent link to this revision of this page"><span>Permanent link</span></a></li><li id="t-info" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Outline_of_Kentucky&action=info" title="More information about this page"><span>Page information</span></a></li><li id="t-cite" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:CiteThisPage&page=Outline_of_Kentucky&id=1217028487&wpFormIdentifier=titleform" title="Information on how to cite this page"><span>Cite this page</span></a></li><li id="t-urlshortener" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:UrlShortener&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FOutline_of_Kentucky"><span>Get shortened URL</span></a></li><li id="t-urlshortener-qrcode" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:QrCode&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FOutline_of_Kentucky"><span>Download QR code</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-coll-print_export" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-coll-print_export" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Print/export </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="coll-download-as-rl" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:DownloadAsPdf&page=Outline_of_Kentucky&action=show-download-screen" title="Download this page as a PDF file"><span>Download as PDF</span></a></li><li id="t-print" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Outline_of_Kentucky&printable=yes" title="Printable version of this page [p]" accesskey="p"><span>Printable version</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-wikibase-otherprojects" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-wikibase-otherprojects" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> In other projects </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="t-wikibase" class="wb-otherproject-link wb-otherproject-wikibase-dataitem mw-list-item"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityPage/Q7112319" title="Structured data on this page hosted by Wikidata [g]" accesskey="g"><span>Wikidata item</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> </div> <div class="vector-column-end"> <div class="vector-sticky-pinned-container"> <nav class="vector-page-tools-landmark" aria-label="Page tools"> <div id="vector-page-tools-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> </div> </nav> <nav class="vector-appearance-landmark" aria-label="Appearance"> <div id="vector-appearance-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> <div id="vector-appearance" class="vector-appearance vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-appearance-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-pinned" data-feature-name="appearance-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-appearance" data-pinned-container-id="vector-appearance-pinned-container" data-unpinned-container-id="vector-appearance-unpinned-container" > <div class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Appearance</div> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-appearance.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-appearance.unpin">hide</button> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div id="bodyContent" class="vector-body" aria-labelledby="firstHeading" data-mw-ve-target-container> <div class="vector-body-before-content"> <div class="mw-indicators"> </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">Overview of and topical guide to Kentucky</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Index_of_Kentucky-related_articles" title="Index of Kentucky-related articles">Index of Kentucky-related articles</a></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237032888/mw-parser-output/.tmulti">.mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner{display:flex;flex-direction:column}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{display:flex;flex-direction:row;clear:left;flex-wrap:wrap;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{margin:1px;float:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .theader{clear:both;font-weight:bold;text-align:center;align-self:center;background-color:transparent;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbcaption{background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-left{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-right{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-center{text-align:center}@media all and (max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbinner{width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:none!important;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{justify-content:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{float:none!important;max-width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle .thumbcaption{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow>.thumbcaption{text-align:center}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner img{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner img{background-color:white}}</style><div class="thumb tmulti tright"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:356px;max-width:356px"><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:230px;max-width:230px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Kentucky.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Flag_of_Kentucky.svg/228px-Flag_of_Kentucky.svg.png" decoding="async" width="228" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Flag_of_Kentucky.svg/342px-Flag_of_Kentucky.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Flag_of_Kentucky.svg/456px-Flag_of_Kentucky.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="950" data-file-height="500" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">The <a href="/wiki/Flag_of_the_Commonwealth_of_Kentucky" class="mw-redirect" title="Flag of the Commonwealth of Kentucky">Flag of the Commonwealth of Kentucky</a></div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:122px;max-width:122px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_Kentucky.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Seal_of_Kentucky.svg/120px-Seal_of_Kentucky.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Seal_of_Kentucky.svg/180px-Seal_of_Kentucky.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Seal_of_Kentucky.svg/240px-Seal_of_Kentucky.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="662" data-file-height="662" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">The <a href="/wiki/Seal_of_the_Commonwealth_of_Kentucky" class="mw-redirect" title="Seal of the Commonwealth of Kentucky">Seal of the Commonwealth of Kentucky</a></div></div></div></div></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_USA_KY.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Map_of_USA_KY.svg/220px-Map_of_USA_KY.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="143" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Map_of_USA_KY.svg/330px-Map_of_USA_KY.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Map_of_USA_KY.svg/440px-Map_of_USA_KY.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="286" data-file-height="186" /></a><figcaption>The location of the <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Kentucky" class="mw-redirect" title="Commonwealth of Kentucky">Commonwealth of Kentucky</a> in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_of_America" class="mw-redirect" title="United States of America">United States of America</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The following <a href="/wiki/Outline_(list)" title="Outline (list)">outline</a> is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Kentucky" class="mw-redirect" title="Commonwealth of Kentucky">Commonwealth of Kentucky</a>: </p><p><b><a href="/wiki/Kentucky" title="Kentucky">Kentucky</a></b> – <a href="/wiki/U.S._state" title="U.S. state">state</a> located in the upper south <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States of America</a>, nicknamed the "Bluegrass State", due to the presence of <a href="/wiki/Kentucky_bluegrass" class="mw-redirect" title="Kentucky bluegrass">bluegrass</a> in many of the pastures throughout the state. As classified by the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Census_Bureau" title="United States Census Bureau">United States Census Bureau</a>, Kentucky is a <a href="/wiki/Southern_United_States" title="Southern United States">Southern state</a>, in the <a href="/wiki/East_South_Central_States" class="mw-redirect" title="East South Central States">East South Central region</a>. Kentucky is the 37th largest state in terms of total area, the 36th largest in land area, and ranks 26th in population. Originally a part of <a href="/wiki/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a>, in 1792 it became the 15th state to join the Union. Kentucky is designated a <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth" title="Commonwealth">commonwealth</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Constitution" class="mw-redirect" title="Kentucky Constitution">Kentucky Constitution</a> and is formally known as the "Commonwealth of Kentucky."<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886046785">.mw-parser-output .toclimit-2 .toclevel-1 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-3 .toclevel-2 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-4 .toclevel-3 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-5 .toclevel-4 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-6 .toclevel-5 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-7 .toclevel-6 ul{display:none}</style><div class="toclimit-2"><meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /></div><div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="General_reference">General reference</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Outline_of_Kentucky&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: General reference"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Kentucky_NA.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Map_of_Kentucky_NA.png/220px-Map_of_Kentucky_NA.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="170" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Map_of_Kentucky_NA.png/330px-Map_of_Kentucky_NA.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Map_of_Kentucky_NA.png/440px-Map_of_Kentucky_NA.png 2x" data-file-width="2122" data-file-height="1640" /></a><figcaption>An enlargeable map of the <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Kentucky" class="mw-redirect" title="Commonwealth of Kentucky">Commonwealth of Kentucky</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li>Kentucky is: a <a href="/wiki/U.S._state" title="U.S. state">U.S. state</a>, a <a href="/wiki/State_(administrative_division)" class="mw-redirect" title="State (administrative division)">federal state</a> of the United States of America</li> <li>Names <ul><li>Common name: <a href="/wiki/Kentucky" title="Kentucky">Kentucky</a> <ul><li>Pronunciation: <span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="'k' in 'kind'">k</span><span title="/ɪ/: 'i' in 'kit'">ɪ</span><span title="'n' in 'nigh'">n</span><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'t' in 'tie'">t</span><span title="/ʌ/: 'u' in 'cut'">ʌ</span><span title="'k' in 'kind'">k</span><span title="/i/: 'y' in 'happy'">i</span></span>/</a></span> <span class="noprint"><span class="ext-phonos"><span data-nosnippet="" id="ooui-php-1" class="ext-phonos-PhonosButton noexcerpt ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel oo-ui-widget oo-ui-widget-enabled oo-ui-buttonElement oo-ui-buttonElement-frameless oo-ui-iconElement oo-ui-buttonWidget" data-ooui="{"_":"mw.Phonos.PhonosButton","href":"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/transcoded\/0\/0c\/En-us-Kentucky.ogg\/En-us-Kentucky.ogg.mp3","rel":["nofollow"],"framed":false,"icon":"volumeUp","data":{"ipa":"","text":"","lang":"en","wikibase":"","file":"En-us-Kentucky.ogg"},"classes":["ext-phonos-PhonosButton","noexcerpt","ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel"]}"><a role="button" tabindex="0" href="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0c/En-us-Kentucky.ogg/En-us-Kentucky.ogg.mp3" rel="nofollow" aria-label="Play audio" title="Play audio" class="oo-ui-buttonElement-button"><span class="oo-ui-iconElement-icon oo-ui-icon-volumeUp"></span><span class="oo-ui-labelElement-label"></span><span class="oo-ui-indicatorElement-indicator oo-ui-indicatorElement-noIndicator"></span></a></span><sup class="ext-phonos-attribution noexcerpt navigation-not-searchable"><a href="/wiki/File:En-us-Kentucky.ogg" title="File:En-us-Kentucky.ogg">ⓘ</a></sup></span></span></span></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/U.S._state#List_of_states" title="U.S. state">Official name</a>: <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Kentucky" class="mw-redirect" title="Commonwealth of Kentucky">Commonwealth of Kentucky</a></li> <li>Abbreviations and name codes <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_U.S._state_abbreviations" class="mw-redirect" title="List of U.S. state abbreviations">Postal symbol</a>: KY</li> <li><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166-2:US#Codes" title="ISO 3166-2:US">ISO 3166-2 code</a>: <a href="/wiki/US-KY" class="mw-redirect" title="US-KY">US-KY</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Internet" title="Internet">Internet</a> <a href="/wiki/Second-level_domain" title="Second-level domain">second-level domain</a>: <a href="/wiki/.ky.us" class="mw-redirect" title=".ky.us">.ky.us</a></li></ul></li> <li>Nicknames <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Smooth_Meadow-grass" class="mw-redirect" title="Smooth Meadow-grass">Bluegrass</a> State</b> (currently used on <a href="/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_Kentucky" title="Vehicle registration plates of Kentucky">license plates</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-ky_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ky-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Corn-cracker State (reported in 1881)<sup id="cite_ref-PopikSmoky_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PopikSmoky-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i>Dark and Bloody Ground</i> (an allusion to battles between the <a href="/wiki/Creek_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Creek people">Creek</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shawnee" title="Shawnee">Shawnee</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chickasaw" title="Chickasaw">Chickasaw</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Cherokee" title="Cherokee">Cherokee</a> tribes)<sup id="cite_ref-ky_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ky-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hemp" title="Hemp">Hemp</a> State<sup id="cite_ref-ky_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ky-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tobacco" title="Tobacco">Tobacco</a> State<sup id="cite_ref-ky_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ky-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adjectivals_and_demonyms_for_U.S._states" class="mw-redirect" title="Adjectivals and demonyms for U.S. states">Adjectival</a>: <a href="/wiki/Kentucky" title="Kentucky">Kentucky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adjectivals_and_demonyms_for_U.S._states" class="mw-redirect" title="Adjectivals and demonyms for U.S. states">Demonym</a>: <a href="/wiki/Kentuckian" class="mw-redirect" title="Kentuckian">Kentuckian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/State_symbols_of_Kentucky" class="mw-redirect" title="State symbols of Kentucky">State symbols of Kentucky</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_the_Commonwealth_of_Kentucky" class="mw-redirect" title="Flag of the Commonwealth of Kentucky">Flag of the Commonwealth of Kentucky</a> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Kentucky" title="Kentucky"><img alt="Kentucky" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Flag_of_Kentucky.svg/23px-Flag_of_Kentucky.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Flag_of_Kentucky.svg/35px-Flag_of_Kentucky.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Flag_of_Kentucky.svg/46px-Flag_of_Kentucky.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="950" data-file-height="500" /></a></span></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seal_of_the_Commonwealth_of_Kentucky" class="mw-redirect" title="Seal of the Commonwealth of Kentucky">Seal of the Commonwealth of Kentucky</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_Kentucky.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Seal_of_Kentucky.svg/18px-Seal_of_Kentucky.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Seal_of_Kentucky.svg/27px-Seal_of_Kentucky.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Seal_of_Kentucky.svg/36px-Seal_of_Kentucky.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="662" data-file-height="662" /></a></span></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography_and_Climatology_of_Kentucky">Geography and Climatology of Kentucky</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Outline_of_Kentucky&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Geography and Climatology of Kentucky"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_Kentucky" title="Geography of Kentucky">Geography of Kentucky</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Geology_of_Kentucky" title="Geology of Kentucky">Geology of Kentucky</a> </p> <ul><li>Location: <a href="/wiki/Southeastern_United_States" title="Southeastern United States">Southeastern United States</a> (<a href="/wiki/Upper_South" class="mw-redirect" title="Upper South">Upper South</a>) in the <a href="/wiki/Trans-Appalachia" title="Trans-Appalachia">trans-Appalachian</a> region south of the <a href="/wiki/Ohio_River" title="Ohio River">Ohio River</a> of the continent of <a href="/wiki/North_America" title="North America">North America</a></li> <li>Boundaries: <a href="/wiki/Ohio_River" title="Ohio River">Ohio River</a> (N), <a href="/wiki/Big_Sandy_River_(Ohio_River)" class="mw-redirect" title="Big Sandy River (Ohio River)">Big Sandy River</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tug_Fork" title="Tug Fork">Tug Fork</a> (NE), <a href="/wiki/Mississippi_River" title="Mississippi River">Mississippi River</a> (W), <a href="/wiki/History_of_Kentucky#Walker_Line" title="History of Kentucky">Walker's Line</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tennessee_River" title="Tennessee River">Tennessee River</a> and Munsell Line (S), <a href="/wiki/Cumberland_Mountains" title="Cumberland Mountains">Cumberland Mountains</a> (SE)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Regions_of_Kentucky">Regions of Kentucky</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Outline_of_Kentucky&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Regions of Kentucky"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bluegrass_region" title="Bluegrass region">Bluegrass region</a> including the inner and outer bluegrass regions</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cumberland_Plateau" title="Cumberland Plateau">Cumberland Plateau</a> including the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Kentucky_Coalfield" title="Eastern Kentucky Coalfield">Eastern Kentucky Coalfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pennyroyal_Plateau" title="Pennyroyal Plateau">Pennyroyal Plateau</a> or Mississippi Plateau including <a href="/wiki/Western_Coal_Fields" class="mw-redirect" title="Western Coal Fields">Western Coal Fields</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackson_Purchase" title="Jackson Purchase">Jackson Purchase</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Natural_geographic_features_of_Kentucky">Natural geographic features of Kentucky</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Outline_of_Kentucky&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Natural geographic features of Kentucky"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_lakes_in_Kentucky" class="mw-redirect" title="List of lakes in Kentucky">Lakes of Kentucky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_rivers_of_Kentucky" title="List of rivers of Kentucky">Rivers of Kentucky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Mountain_(Kentucky)" title="Black Mountain (Kentucky)">Mountains in Kentucky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pottsville_Escarpment" title="Pottsville Escarpment">Pottsville Escarpment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_waterfalls_in_Kentucky" title="List of waterfalls in Kentucky">List of waterfalls in Kentucky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cumberland_Gap" title="Cumberland Gap">Cumberland</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pound_Gap" title="Pound Gap">Pound</a> Gaps: passes through the Cumberland Mountains</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Falls_of_the_Ohio" class="mw-redirect" title="Falls of the Ohio">Falls of the Ohio</a>, steep rapids on the Ohio River at Louisville (see <a href="/wiki/McAlpine_Locks_and_Dam" title="McAlpine Locks and Dam">McAlpine Locks and Dam</a>).</li> <li>Salt licks <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bullitt%27s_Lick" title="Bullitt's Lick">Bullitt's Lick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mann%27s_Lick" title="Mann's Lick">Mann's Lick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Big_Bone_Lick_State_Park" title="Big Bone Lick State Park">Big Bone Lick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blue_Licks_Battlefield_State_Resort_Park" title="Blue Licks Battlefield State Resort Park">Blue Licks</a></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Places_in_Kentucky">Places in Kentucky</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Outline_of_Kentucky&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Places in Kentucky"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Historic places in Kentucky <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_National_Historic_Landmarks_in_Kentucky" title="List of National Historic Landmarks in Kentucky">National Historic Landmarks in Kentucky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Kentucky" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Kentucky">National Register of Historic Places listings in Kentucky</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_bridges_on_the_National_Register_of_Historic_Places_in_Kentucky" title="List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Kentucky">Bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Kentucky</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_National_Natural_Landmarks_in_Kentucky" title="List of National Natural Landmarks in Kentucky">National Natural Landmarks in Kentucky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mammoth_Cave_National_Park" title="Mammoth Cave National Park">National parks in Kentucky</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mammoth_Cave_National_Park" title="Mammoth Cave National Park">Mammoth Cave National Park</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Kentucky_state_parks" title="List of Kentucky state parks">State parks in Kentucky</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Environment_of_Kentucky">Environment of Kentucky</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Outline_of_Kentucky&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Environment of Kentucky"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>(<a href="/wiki/Temperate_deciduous_forest" title="Temperate deciduous forest">Temperate deciduous forest</a> biome)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Climate_of_Kentucky" class="mw-redirect" title="Climate of Kentucky">Climate of Kentucky</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Climate_change_in_Kentucky" title="Climate change in Kentucky">Climate change in Kentucky</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greenhouse_gas_emissions_in_Kentucky" title="Greenhouse gas emissions in Kentucky">Greenhouse gas emissions in Kentucky</a></li> <li>Protected areas in Kentucky <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Kentucky_state_forests" title="List of Kentucky state forests">State forests of Kentucky</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Superfund_sites_in_Kentucky" title="List of Superfund sites in Kentucky">Superfund sites in Kentucky</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Administrative_divisions_of_Kentucky">Administrative divisions of Kentucky</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Outline_of_Kentucky&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Administrative divisions of Kentucky"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kentucky_counties_map.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Kentucky_counties_map.png/220px-Kentucky_counties_map.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="106" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Kentucky_counties_map.png/330px-Kentucky_counties_map.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Kentucky_counties_map.png/440px-Kentucky_counties_map.png 2x" data-file-width="1153" data-file-height="558" /></a><figcaption>An enlargeable map of the <a href="/wiki/List_of_counties_in_Kentucky" title="List of counties in Kentucky">120 counties</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Kentucky" class="mw-redirect" title="Commonwealth of Kentucky">commonwealth of Kentucky</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_counties_in_Kentucky" title="List of counties in Kentucky">Counties of the Commonwealth of Kentucky</a> <ul><li>(former) <a href="/wiki/Beckham_County,_Kentucky" title="Beckham County, Kentucky">Beckham County</a></li> <li>City-county municipalities <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lexington-Fayette" class="mw-redirect" title="Lexington-Fayette">Lexington-Fayette</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louisville-Jefferson" class="mw-redirect" title="Louisville-Jefferson">Louisville-Jefferson</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Kentucky" title="List of cities in Kentucky">Cities in Kentucky</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_capitals_in_the_United_States#State_capitals" title="List of capitals in the United States">State capital</a> of Kentucky:</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_city_nicknames_in_the_United_States#Kentucky" title="List of city nicknames in the United States">City nicknames in Kentucky</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics_of_Kentucky">Demographics of Kentucky</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Outline_of_Kentucky&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Demographics of Kentucky"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_Kentucky" title="Demographics of Kentucky">Demographics of Kentucky</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Kentucky_statistical_areas" title="Kentucky statistical areas">Kentucky statistical areas</a> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_Kentucky#Population" title="Demographics of Kentucky">Population of Kentucky</a>: 4,505,836 (2020 U.S. Census<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>)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Government_and_politics_of_Kentucky">Government and politics of Kentucky</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Outline_of_Kentucky&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Government and politics of Kentucky"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Kentucky" title="Government of Kentucky">Government of Kentucky</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Kentucky" class="mw-redirect" title="Politics of Kentucky">Politics of Kentucky</a> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Kentucky" title="Constitution of Kentucky">Constitution of Kentucky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Form_of_government" class="mw-redirect" title="Form of government">Form of government</a>: <a href="/wiki/State_governments_of_the_United_States" title="State governments of the United States">U.S. state government</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_congressional_delegations_from_Kentucky" title="United States congressional delegations from Kentucky">United States congressional delegations from Kentucky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kentucky_State_Capitol" title="Kentucky State Capitol">Kentucky State Capitol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Kentucky" title="Elections in Kentucky">Elections in Kentucky</a> <ul><li>Kentucky state board of elections</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Electoral_reform_in_Kentucky" title="Electoral reform in Kentucky">Electoral reform in Kentucky</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Political_party_strength_in_Kentucky" title="Political party strength in Kentucky">Political party strength in Kentucky</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Executive_branch_of_the_government_of_Kentucky">Executive branch of the government of Kentucky</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Outline_of_Kentucky&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Executive branch of the government of Kentucky"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The executive branch of Kentucky has 7 elected officers, 11 departments with appointed secretaries and numerous subordinate agencies. </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Kentucky" title="Governor of Kentucky">Governor of Kentucky</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Kentucky" title="Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky">Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_of_Kentucky" title="Secretary of State of Kentucky">Secretary of State of Kentucky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kentucky_State_Treasurer" title="Kentucky State Treasurer">Kentucky State Treasurer</a></li> <li>Kentucky Auditor of Public Accounts</li> <li>Kentucky Commissioner of Agriculture</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_of_Kentucky" title="Attorney General of Kentucky">Attorney General of Kentucky</a></li> <li>11 state cabinets, each headed by a secretary <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Transportation_Cabinet" title="Kentucky Transportation Cabinet">Kentucky Transportation Cabinet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Justice_and_Public_Safety_Cabinet" title="Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet">Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Energy_and_Environment_Cabinet" title="Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet">Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kentucky_General_Government_Cabinet&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kentucky General Government Cabinet (page does not exist)">Kentucky General Government Cabinet</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kentucky_Cabinet_for_Economic_Development&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development (page does not exist)">Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kentucky_Finance_and_Administration_Cabinet&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kentucky Finance and Administration Cabinet (page does not exist)">Kentucky Finance and Administration Cabinet</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kentucky_Tourism,_Arts,_and_Heritage_Cabinet&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kentucky Tourism, Arts, and Heritage Cabinet (page does not exist)">Kentucky Tourism, Arts, and Heritage Cabinet</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kentucky_Education_and_Labor_Cabinet&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kentucky Education and Labor Cabinet (page does not exist)">Kentucky Education and Labor Cabinet</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kentucky_Cabinet_for_Health_and_Family_Services&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services (page does not exist)">Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kentucky_Personnel_Cabinet&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kentucky Personnel Cabinet (page does not exist)">Kentucky Personnel Cabinet</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kentucky_Public_Protection_Cabinet&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kentucky Public Protection Cabinet (page does not exist)">Kentucky Public Protection Cabinet</a></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Legislative_branch_of_the_government_of_Kentucky">Legislative branch of the government of Kentucky</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Outline_of_Kentucky&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Legislative branch of the government of Kentucky"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kentucky_General_Assembly" title="Kentucky General Assembly">Kentucky General Assembly</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bicameral" class="mw-redirect" title="Bicameral">bicameral</a>) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Upper_house" title="Upper house">Upper house</a>: <a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Senate" title="Kentucky Senate">Kentucky Senate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lower_house" title="Lower house">Lower house</a>: <a href="/wiki/Kentucky_House_of_Representatives" title="Kentucky House of Representatives">Kentucky House of Representatives</a></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Judicial_branch_of_the_government_of_Kentucky">Judicial branch of the government of Kentucky</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Outline_of_Kentucky&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Judicial branch of the government of Kentucky"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Courts_of_Kentucky" title="Courts of Kentucky">Courts of Kentucky</a> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Supreme_Court" title="Kentucky Supreme Court">Supreme Court of Kentucky</a> <ul><li>Chief Justice of the Commonwealth</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Court_of_Appeals" title="Kentucky Court of Appeals">Kentucky Court of Appeals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Circuit_Courts" title="Kentucky Circuit Courts">Kentucky Circuit Courts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kentucky_District_Courts" title="Kentucky District Courts">Kentucky District Courts</a></li> <li>Kentucky Specialty Courts</li> <li>Kentucky Department of Public Advocacy</li> <li>Kentucky Judicial Conduct Commission</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Federal_courts_in_Kentucky">Federal courts in Kentucky</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Outline_of_Kentucky&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Federal courts in Kentucky"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_District_Court_for_the_Eastern_District_of_Kentucky" title="United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky">United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_District_Court_for_the_Western_District_of_Kentucky" title="United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky">United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Court_of_Appeals_for_the_Sixth_Circuit" title="United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit">United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Law_and_order_in_Kentucky">Law and order in Kentucky</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Outline_of_Kentucky&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Law and order in Kentucky"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Law_of_Kentucky" class="mw-redirect" title="Law of Kentucky">Law of Kentucky</a> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Crime_in_Kentucky" title="Crime in Kentucky">Crime in Kentucky</a></li> <li>Law enforcement in Kentucky <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_of_Kentucky" title="Attorney General of Kentucky">Attorney General of Kentucky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/U.S._Marshalls_Service" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Marshalls Service">U.S. Marshalls Service</a> for eastern and western districts of Kentucky</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_law_enforcement_agencies_in_Kentucky" title="List of law enforcement agencies in Kentucky">Law enforcement agencies of Kentucky</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kentucky_State_Police" title="Kentucky State Police">Kentucky State Police</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louisville_Metro_Police_Department" title="Louisville Metro Police Department">Louisville Metro Police Department</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Laws_by_type">Laws by type</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Outline_of_Kentucky&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Laws by type"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cannabis_in_Kentucky" title="Cannabis in Kentucky">Cannabis in Kentucky</a></li> <li>Capital punishment in Kentucky <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_individuals_executed_in_Kentucky" class="mw-redirect" title="List of individuals executed in Kentucky">Individuals executed in Kentucky</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gun_laws_in_the_United_States_(by_state)#Kentucky" class="mw-redirect" title="Gun laws in the United States (by state)">Gun laws in Kentucky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abortion_in_Kentucky" title="Abortion in Kentucky">Abortion in Kentucky</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Military_in_Kentucky">Military in Kentucky</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Outline_of_Kentucky&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Military in Kentucky"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_military_bases#Kentucky" class="mw-redirect" title="List of United States military bases">US military bases in Kentucky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Air_National_Guard" title="Kentucky Air National Guard">Kentucky Air National Guard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Army_National_Guard" title="Kentucky Army National Guard">Kentucky Army National Guard</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History_of_Kentucky">History of Kentucky</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Outline_of_Kentucky&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: History of Kentucky"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Kentucky" title="History of Kentucky">History of Kentucky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kentucky#History" title="Kentucky">Kentucky#History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Kentucky_history" title="Timeline of Kentucky history">Timeline of Kentucky history</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Historical_societies_in_Kentucky">Historical societies in Kentucky</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Outline_of_Kentucky&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Historical societies in Kentucky"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Filson_Historical_Society" title="The Filson Historical Society">The Filson Historical Society</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Historical_Society" title="Kentucky Historical Society">Kentucky Historical Society</a></li></ul> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Department_for_Libraries_and_Archives" title="Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives">Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives</a> and <a href="/wiki/List_of_museums_in_Kentucky" title="List of museums in Kentucky">List of museums in Kentucky</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="History_of_Kentucky,_by_period"><span id="History_of_Kentucky.2C_by_period"></span>History of Kentucky, by period</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Outline_of_Kentucky&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: History of Kentucky, by period"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Prehistory_of_Kentucky" class="mw-redirect" title="Prehistory of Kentucky">Prehistory of Kentucky</a>, ~9500BCE–1650 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Kentucky#Settlement" title="History of Kentucky">Indigenous peoples</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Batts#Needham_and_Arthur_expedition" title="Thomas Batts">Discovery by Europeans</a>, 1673</li> <li><a href="/wiki/France" title="France">French</a> colony of <a href="/wiki/Louisiana_(New_France)" title="Louisiana (New France)">Louisiane</a>, 1682–1763 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/French_and_Indian_War" title="French and Indian War">French and Indian War</a>, 1754–1763</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Paris_(1763)" title="Treaty of Paris (1763)">Treaty of Paris of 1763</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/England" title="England">English</a> <a href="/wiki/Colony_of_Virginia" title="Colony of Virginia">Colony of Virginia</a>, 1609–1774</li> <li>English <a href="/wiki/Province_of_Quebec" class="mw-redirect" title="Province of Quebec">Province of Quebec</a>, 1774-1776 (see <a href="/wiki/Quebec_Act" title="Quebec Act">Quebec Act</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/England" title="England">British</a> <a href="/wiki/Indian_Reserve_(1763)" title="Indian Reserve (1763)">Indian Reserve</a>, 1763–1768 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Proclamation_of_1763" title="Royal Proclamation of 1763">Royal Proclamation of 1763</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Fort_Stanwix_(1768)" title="Treaty of Fort Stanwix (1768)">Treaty of Fort Stanwix (1768)</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Boone" title="Daniel Boone">Daniel Boone</a>, frontiersman in Kentucky 1767–~1799</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transylvania_Colony" title="Transylvania Colony">Transylvania Colony</a>, 1775–1778 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Harrodsburg#History" class="mw-redirect" title="Harrodsburg">Harrod's Town</a>, <a href="/wiki/Louisville,_Kentucky#History" title="Louisville, Kentucky">Louisville</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lexington,_Kentucky#History" title="Lexington, Kentucky">Lexington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilderness_Road" title="Wilderness Road">Wilderness Road</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" title="American Revolutionary War">American Revolutionary War</a>, April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Declaration_of_Independence" title="United States Declaration of Independence">United States Declaration of Independence</a>, July 4, 1776</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Boonesborough" title="Siege of Boonesborough">Siege of Boonesborough</a>, September 7–18, 1778</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Blue_Licks" title="Battle of Blue Licks">Battle of Blue Licks</a>, 1782</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Paris_(1783)" title="Treaty of Paris (1783)">Treaty of Paris</a>, September 3, 1783</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Virginia#Revolution:_Virginia_declares_independence" title="History of Virginia">Commonwealth of Virginia</a>, 1776–1792 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cherokee%E2%80%93American_wars" title="Cherokee–American wars">Cherokee–American wars</a>, 1776–1794</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fincastle_County,_Virginia" title="Fincastle County, Virginia">Fincastle County, Virginia</a>, 1772–1776</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kentucky_County,_Virginia" title="Kentucky County, Virginia">Kentucky County, Virginia</a>, 1777–1780</li> <li>District of Kentucky (<a href="/wiki/Fayette_County,_Kentucky" title="Fayette County, Kentucky">Fayette</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jefferson_County,_Kentucky" title="Jefferson County, Kentucky">Jefferson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lincoln_County,_Kentucky" title="Lincoln County, Kentucky">Lincoln</a>, and successor counties), 1780–1792</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Kentucky#1792_–_Admission_to_the_Union" title="History of Kentucky">Commonwealth of Kentucky</a> becomes <a href="/wiki/15th_State" class="mw-redirect" title="15th State">15th State</a> admitted to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_of_America" class="mw-redirect" title="United States of America">United States of America</a> on June 1, 1792 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln" title="Abraham Lincoln">Abraham Lincoln</a> born in 1809 in Kentucky</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Clay" title="Henry Clay">Henry Clay</a>, politician 1800–1850</li> <li><a href="/wiki/War_of_1812" title="War of 1812">War of 1812</a>, June 18, 1812 – March 23, 1815 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Ghent" title="Treaty of Ghent">Treaty of Ghent</a>, December 24, 1814</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a>, April 12, 1861 – May 13, 1865 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kentucky_in_the_American_Civil_War" title="Kentucky in the American Civil War">Kentucky in the American Civil War</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Border_states_(American_Civil_War)" title="Border states (American Civil War)">Border state</a>, 1861–1865</li> <li>Confederate <a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="Kentucky Campaign">Kentucky Campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Perryville" title="Battle of Perryville">Battle of Perryville</a>, October 8, 1862</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morgan%27s_Raid" title="Morgan's Raid">Morgan's Raid</a>, June 11 – July 26, 1863</li></ul></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="History_of_Kentucky,_by_region"><span id="History_of_Kentucky.2C_by_region"></span>History of Kentucky, by region</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Outline_of_Kentucky&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: History of Kentucky, by region"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>by city <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Lexington,_Kentucky" class="mw-redirect" title="History of Lexington, Kentucky">History of Lexington, Kentucky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Louisville,_Kentucky" title="History of Louisville, Kentucky">History of Louisville, Kentucky</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Louisville_in_the_American_Civil_War" title="Louisville in the American Civil War">Louisville in the American Civil War</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frankfort,_Kentucky#History" title="Frankfort, Kentucky">Frankfort, Kentucky#History</a></li></ul></li> <li>by county <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kentucky_County,_Virginia" title="Kentucky County, Virginia">Kentucky County, Virginia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jefferson_County,_Kentucky#History" title="Jefferson County, Kentucky">Jefferson County, Kentucky#History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lincoln_County,_Kentucky#History" title="Lincoln County, Kentucky">Lincoln County, Kentucky#History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fayette_County,_Kentucky#History" title="Fayette County, Kentucky">Fayette County, Kentucky#History</a></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="History_of_Kentucky,_by_subject"><span id="History_of_Kentucky.2C_by_subject"></span>History of Kentucky, by subject</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Outline_of_Kentucky&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: History of Kentucky, by subject"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_battles_fought_in_Kentucky" title="List of battles fought in Kentucky">List of battles fought in Kentucky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_slavery_in_Kentucky" title="History of slavery in Kentucky">History of slavery in Kentucky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Kentucky_women_in_the_civil_rights_era" title="List of Kentucky women in the civil rights era">List of Kentucky women in the civil rights era</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paleontology_in_Kentucky" title="Paleontology in Kentucky">Paleontology in Kentucky</a></li> <li>Historical sports teams <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Louisville_Breckenridges" class="mw-redirect" title="Louisville Breckenridges">Louisville Breckenridges</a> (football)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louisville_Colonels" title="Louisville Colonels">Louisville Colonels</a> (football)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Colonels" title="Kentucky Colonels">Kentucky Colonels</a> (basketball)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Bourbons" title="Kentucky Bourbons">Kentucky Bourbons</a> (softball)</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Culture_of_Kentucky">Culture of Kentucky</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Outline_of_Kentucky&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Culture of Kentucky"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Kentucky" title="Culture of Kentucky">Culture of Kentucky</a> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Colonel" title="Kentucky Colonel">Kentucky Colonel</a> civic award</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cuisine_of_Kentucky" title="Cuisine of Kentucky">Cuisine of Kentucky</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pit_barbecue#Southern-style_pit_barbecue" title="Pit barbecue">Southern pit barbecue</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_museums_in_Kentucky" title="List of museums in Kentucky">Museums in Kentucky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_Kentucky" class="mw-redirect" title="Religion in Kentucky">Religion in Kentucky</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_cathedrals_in_the_United_States#Kentucky" title="List of cathedrals in the United States">Cathedrals in Kentucky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Louisville" title="Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Louisville">Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Louisville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Episcopal_Diocese_of_Kentucky" title="Episcopal Diocese of Kentucky">Episcopal Diocese of Kentucky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Baptist_Convention" title="Kentucky Baptist Convention">Kentucky Baptist Convention</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scouting_in_Kentucky" title="Scouting in Kentucky">Scouting in Kentucky</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Arts_and_letters_in_Kentucky">Arts and letters in Kentucky</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Outline_of_Kentucky&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Arts and letters in Kentucky"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Kentucky" title="Music of Kentucky">Music of Kentucky</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bluegrass_music" title="Bluegrass music">Bluegrass music</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theater_in_Kentucky" class="mw-redirect" title="Theater in Kentucky">Theater in Kentucky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kentucky_literature" title="Kentucky literature">Kentucky literature</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sports_in_Kentucky">Sports in Kentucky</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Outline_of_Kentucky&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Sports in Kentucky"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Sports_in_Kentucky" title="Sports in Kentucky">Sports in Kentucky</a> </p> <ul><li>Professional sports <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Derby" title="Kentucky Derby">Kentucky Derby</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Churchill_Downs" title="Churchill Downs">Churchill Downs</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Racing_Louisville_FC" title="Racing Louisville FC">Racing Louisville FC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louisville_City_FC" title="Louisville City FC">Louisville City FC</a></li></ul></li> <li>College sports <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Wildcats_men%27s_basketball" title="Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball">Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louisville_Cardinals_men%27s_basketball" title="Louisville Cardinals men's basketball">Louisville Cardinals men's basketball</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kentucky_High_School_Athletic_Association" title="Kentucky High School Athletic Association">Kentucky High School Athletic Association</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy_and_infrastructure_of_Kentucky">Economy and infrastructure of Kentucky</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Outline_of_Kentucky&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Economy and infrastructure of Kentucky"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Kentucky" class="mw-redirect" title="Economy of Kentucky">Economy of Kentucky</a> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Agriculture_in_Kentucky" title="Agriculture in Kentucky">Agriculture in Kentucky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kentucky_bourbon" class="mw-redirect" title="Kentucky bourbon">Kentucky bourbon</a></li> <li>Media in Kentucky <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_newspapers_in_Kentucky" title="List of newspapers in Kentucky">Newspapers in Kentucky</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Courier_Journal" title="Courier Journal">Courier Journal</a>, Louisville</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_radio_stations_in_Kentucky" title="List of radio stations in Kentucky">Radio stations in Kentucky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_television_stations_in_Kentucky" title="List of television stations in Kentucky">Television stations in Kentucky</a></li></ul></li> <li>Energy in Kentucky <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Coal_mining_in_Kentucky" title="Coal mining in Kentucky">Coal mining in Kentucky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_power_stations_in_Kentucky" title="List of power stations in Kentucky">Power stations in Kentucky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Solar_power_in_Kentucky" title="Solar power in Kentucky">Solar power in Kentucky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wind_power_in_Kentucky" title="Wind power in Kentucky">Wind power in Kentucky</a></li></ul></li> <li>Health care in Kentucky <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_hospitals_in_Kentucky" title="List of hospitals in Kentucky">Hospitals in Kentucky</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transportation_in_Kentucky" title="Transportation in Kentucky">Transportation in Kentucky</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_airports_in_Kentucky" title="List of airports in Kentucky">Airports in Kentucky</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cincinnati/Northern_Kentucky_International_Airport" title="Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport">Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louisville_International_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Louisville International Airport">Louisville International Airport</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Kentucky_railroads" title="List of Kentucky railroads">Railroads in Kentucky</a></li> <li>Shipping ports in Kentucky <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Port_of_Huntington-Tristate" class="mw-redirect" title="Port of Huntington-Tristate">Port of Huntington-Tristate</a> (includes Ashland, Kentucky),</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Port_of_Cincinnati-Northern_Kentucky&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Port of Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky (page does not exist)">Port of Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Port_of_Louisville-Southern_Indiana&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Port of Louisville-Southern Indiana (page does not exist)">Port of Louisville-Southern Indiana</a></li></ul></li> <li>Roads in Kentucky <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_U.S._Highways_in_Kentucky" title="List of U.S. Highways in Kentucky">U.S. Highways in Kentucky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Interstate_Highways_in_Kentucky" title="List of Interstate Highways in Kentucky">Interstate Highways in Kentucky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/State_highways_in_Kentucky" class="mw-redirect" title="State highways in Kentucky">State highways in Kentucky</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_people_from_Kentucky"><a href="/wiki/List_of_people_from_Kentucky" title="List of people from Kentucky">List of people from Kentucky</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Outline_of_Kentucky&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: List of people from Kentucky"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_people_from_the_Louisville_metropolitan_area" title="List of people from the Louisville metropolitan area">List of people from the Louisville metropolitan area</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education_in_Kentucky">Education in Kentucky</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Outline_of_Kentucky&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Education in Kentucky"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Education_in_Kentucky" title="Education in Kentucky">Education in Kentucky</a> </p> <ul><li>Schools in Kentucky <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_school_districts_in_Kentucky" title="List of school districts in Kentucky">School districts in Kentucky</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_high_schools_in_Kentucky" title="List of high schools in Kentucky">High schools in Kentucky</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_colleges_and_universities_in_Kentucky" title="List of colleges and universities in Kentucky">Colleges and universities in Kentucky</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Kentucky" title="University of Kentucky">University of Kentucky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kentucky_State_University" title="Kentucky State University">Kentucky State University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Louisville" title="University of Louisville">University of Louisville</a></li></ul></li> <li>HBCUs in Kentucky <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kentucky_State_University" title="Kentucky State University">Kentucky State University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simmons_College_of_Kentucky" title="Simmons College of Kentucky">Simmons College of Kentucky</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Outline_of_Kentucky&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239009302">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 0;display:table;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:175px;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output .portalborder{border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);padding:0.1em;background:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa)}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-entry{display:table-row;font-size:85%;line-height:110%;height:1.9em;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-image{display:table-cell;padding:0.2em;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-link{display:table-cell;padding:0.2em 0.2em 0.2em 0.3em;vertical-align:middle}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .portalleft{clear:left;float:left;margin:0.5em 1em 0.5em 0}.mw-parser-output .portalright{clear:right;float:right;margin:0.5em 0 0.5em 1em}}</style><ul role="navigation" aria-label="Portals" class="noprint portalbox portalborder portalright"> <li class="portalbox-entry"><span class="portalbox-image"><span class="mw-image-border noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Flag_of_Kentucky.svg/32px-Flag_of_Kentucky.svg.png" decoding="async" width="32" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Flag_of_Kentucky.svg/48px-Flag_of_Kentucky.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Flag_of_Kentucky.svg/64px-Flag_of_Kentucky.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="950" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></span><span class="portalbox-link"><a href="/wiki/Portal:Kentucky" title="Portal:Kentucky">Kentucky portal</a></span></li><li class="portalbox-entry"><span class="portalbox-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/P_history.svg/31px-P_history.svg.png" decoding="async" width="31" height="28" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/P_history.svg/47px-P_history.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/P_history.svg/62px-P_history.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="360" /></span></span></span><span class="portalbox-link"><a href="/wiki/Portal:History" title="Portal:History">History portal</a></span></li><li class="portalbox-entry"><span class="portalbox-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="icon" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Terra.png/28px-Terra.png" decoding="async" width="28" height="28" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Terra.png/42px-Terra.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Terra.png/56px-Terra.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span><span class="portalbox-link"><a href="/wiki/Portal:Geography" title="Portal:Geography">Geography portal</a></span></li><li class="portalbox-entry"><span class="portalbox-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="map" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/North_America_%28orthographic_projection%29.svg/28px-North_America_%28orthographic_projection%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="28" height="28" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/North_America_%28orthographic_projection%29.svg/42px-North_America_%28orthographic_projection%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/North_America_%28orthographic_projection%29.svg/56px-North_America_%28orthographic_projection%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="550" data-file-height="550" /></span></span></span><span class="portalbox-link"><a href="/wiki/Portal:North_America" title="Portal:North America">North America portal</a></span></li><li class="portalbox-entry"><span class="portalbox-image"><span class="mw-image-border noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/32px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="32" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/48px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/64px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span></span><span class="portalbox-link"><a href="/wiki/Portal:United_States" title="Portal:United States">United States portal</a></span></li></ul> <ul><li>Topic overview: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kentucky" title="Kentucky">Kentucky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Index_of_Kentucky-related_articles" title="Index of Kentucky-related articles">Index of Kentucky-related articles</a></li></ul></li> <li><span class="selfreference"><a href="/wiki/Special:PrefixIndex/Kentucky" title="Special:PrefixIndex/Kentucky">All pages with titles beginning with <i>Kentucky</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="selfreference"><a href="/wiki/Special:PrefixIndex/Kentuckian" title="Special:PrefixIndex/Kentuckian">All pages with titles beginning with <i>Kentuckian</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="selfreference"><a href="/wiki/Special:Search/intitle:%22Kentucky%22" title="Special:Search/intitle:"Kentucky"">All pages with titles containing <i>Kentucky</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="selfreference"><a href="/wiki/Special:Search/intitle:%22Kentuckian%22" title="Special:Search/intitle:"Kentuckian"">All pages with titles containing <i>Kentuckian</i></a></span></li></ul> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <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=Outline_of_Kentucky&action=edit&section=29" 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 li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://kentucky.gov">http://kentucky.gov</a>: copyright 2009</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-ky-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-ky_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ky_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ky_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ky_2-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/ky_intro.htm">Introduction to Kentucky</a>, 50 States.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-PopikSmoky-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-PopikSmoky_3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Barry Popik, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/summary12/">Smoky City</a>, barrypopik.com website, March 27, 2005</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622061626/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/21000.html">"U.S. Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts Kentucky"</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/21000.html">the original</a> on 2015-06-22.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=U.S.+Census+Bureau+State+%26+County+QuickFacts+Kentucky&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fquickfacts.census.gov%2Fqfd%2Fstates%2F21000.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOutline+of+Kentucky" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <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=Outline_of_Kentucky&action=edit&section=30" 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:r1250146164">.mw-parser-output .sister-box .side-box-abovebelow{padding:0.75em 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .sister-box .side-box-abovebelow>b{display:block}.mw-parser-output .sister-box .side-box-text>ul{border-top:1px solid #aaa;padding:0.75em 0;width:217px;margin:0 auto}.mw-parser-output .sister-box .side-box-text>ul>li{min-height:31px}.mw-parser-output .sister-logo{display:inline-block;width:31px;line-height:31px;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .sister-link{display:inline-block;margin-left:4px;width:182px;vertical-align:middle}@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-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-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}</style><div role="navigation" aria-labelledby="sister-projects" class="side-box metadata side-box-right sister-box sistersitebox plainlinks"><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-abovebelow"> <b>Kentucky</b> at Wikipedia's <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikimedia_sister_projects" title="Wikipedia:Wikimedia sister projects"><span id="sister-projects">sister projects</span></a></div> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-text plainlist"><ul><li><span class="sister-logo"><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/06/Wiktionary-logo-v2.svg/27px-Wiktionary-logo-v2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="27" height="27" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/06/Wiktionary-logo-v2.svg/41px-Wiktionary-logo-v2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/06/Wiktionary-logo-v2.svg/54px-Wiktionary-logo-v2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="391" data-file-height="391" /></span></span></span><span class="sister-link"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Special:Search/Kentucky" class="extiw" title="wikt:Special:Search/Kentucky">Definitions</a> from Wiktionary</span></li><li><span class="sister-logo"><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/20px-Commons-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="27" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/40px-Commons-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1376" /></span></span></span><span class="sister-link"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Kentucky" class="extiw" title="c:Category:Kentucky">Media</a> from Commons</span></li><li><span class="sister-logo"><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Wikinews-logo.svg/27px-Wikinews-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="27" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Wikinews-logo.svg/41px-Wikinews-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Wikinews-logo.svg/54px-Wikinews-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="759" data-file-height="415" /></span></span></span><span class="sister-link"><a href="https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Category:Kentucky" class="extiw" title="n:Category:Kentucky">News</a> from Wikinews</span></li><li><span class="sister-logo"><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Wikiquote-logo.svg/23px-Wikiquote-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="27" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Wikiquote-logo.svg/35px-Wikiquote-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Wikiquote-logo.svg/46px-Wikiquote-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="355" /></span></span></span><span class="sister-link"><a href="https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Kentucky" class="extiw" title="q:Kentucky">Quotations</a> from Wikiquote</span></li><li><span class="sister-logo"><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/26px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="26" height="27" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/39px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/51px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="410" data-file-height="430" /></span></span></span><span class="sister-link"><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Special:Search/Kentucky" class="extiw" title="s:Special:Search/Kentucky">Texts</a> from Wikisource</span></li><li><span class="sister-logo"><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Wikibooks-logo.svg/27px-Wikibooks-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="27" height="27" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Wikibooks-logo.svg/41px-Wikibooks-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Wikibooks-logo.svg/54px-Wikibooks-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span></span><span class="sister-link"><a href="https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Special:Search/Kentucky" class="extiw" title="b:Special:Search/Kentucky">Textbooks</a> from Wikibooks</span></li><li><span class="sister-logo"><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Wikiversity_logo_2017.svg/27px-Wikiversity_logo_2017.svg.png" decoding="async" width="27" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Wikiversity_logo_2017.svg/41px-Wikiversity_logo_2017.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Wikiversity_logo_2017.svg/54px-Wikiversity_logo_2017.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="626" data-file-height="512" /></span></span></span><span class="sister-link"><a href="https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Special:Search/Kentucky" class="extiw" title="v:Special:Search/Kentucky">Resources</a> from Wikiversity</span></li></ul></div></div> </div> <p><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Gnome-globe.svg/16px-Gnome-globe.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Gnome-globe.svg/24px-Gnome-globe.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Gnome-globe.svg/32px-Gnome-globe.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="48" data-file-height="48" /></span></span> <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Atlas_of_Kentucky" class="extiw" title="commons:Atlas of Kentucky">Wikimedia Atlas of Kentucky</a> </p> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://kentucky.gov/">Kentucky.gov: My New Kentucky Home</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.genealogyinc.com/kentucky/government/">Kentucky State and County Government Websites</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080515221659/http://wikis.ala.org/godort/index.php/Kentucky">Kentucky State Databases</a> - Annotated list of searchable databases produced by Kentucky state agencies and compiled by the Government Documents Roundtable of the American Library Association.</li></ul> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ul{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist .mw-empty-li{display:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dt::after{content:": "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li::after{content:" · ";font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li:last-child::after{content:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:first-child::before{content:" (";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236075235">.mw-parser-output .navbox{box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;width:100%;clear:both;font-size:88%;text-align:center;padding:1px;margin:1em auto 0}.mw-parser-output .navbox .navbox{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .navbox+.navbox,.mw-parser-output .navbox+.navbox-styles+.navbox{margin-top:-1px}.mw-parser-output .navbox-inner,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup{width:100%}.mw-parser-output .navbox-group,.mw-parser-output .navbox-title,.mw-parser-output .navbox-abovebelow{padding:0.25em 1em;line-height:1.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .navbox-group{white-space:nowrap;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .navbox,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup{background-color:#fdfdfd}.mw-parser-output .navbox-list{line-height:1.5em;border-color:#fdfdfd}.mw-parser-output .navbox-list-with-group{text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid}.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-group,.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-image,.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-list{border-top:2px solid #fdfdfd}.mw-parser-output .navbox-title{background-color:#ccf}.mw-parser-output .navbox-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .navbox-group,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup .navbox-title{background-color:#ddf}.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup .navbox-group,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup .navbox-abovebelow{background-color:#e6e6ff}.mw-parser-output .navbox-even{background-color:#f7f7f7}.mw-parser-output .navbox-odd{background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .navbox .hlist td dl,.mw-parser-output .navbox .hlist td ol,.mw-parser-output .navbox .hlist td ul,.mw-parser-output .navbox td.hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .navbox td.hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .navbox td.hlist ul{padding:0.125em 0}.mw-parser-output .navbox .navbar{display:block;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .navbox-title .navbar{float:left;text-align:left;margin-right:0.5em}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .navbox-image img{max-width:none!important}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .navbox{display:none!important}}</style></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Wikipedia_outlines" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239400231">.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:inline;font-size:88%;font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .navbar-collapse{float:left;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .navbar-boxtext{word-spacing:0}.mw-parser-output .navbar ul{display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;line-height:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::before{margin-right:-0.125em;content:"[ "}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::after{margin-left:-0.125em;content:" ]"}.mw-parser-output .navbar li{word-spacing:-0.125em}.mw-parser-output .navbar a>span,.mw-parser-output .navbar a>abbr{text-decoration:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-mini abbr{font-variant:small-caps;border-bottom:none;text-decoration:none;cursor:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-full{font-size:114%;margin:0 7em}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-mini{font-size:114%;margin:0 4em}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .navbar li a abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}@media(prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .navbar li a abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}}@media print{.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:none!important}}</style><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Outline_footer" title="Template:Outline footer"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Outline_footer" title="Template talk:Outline footer"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Outline_footer" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Outline footer"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Wikipedia_outlines" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Contents/Outlines" title="Wikipedia:Contents/Outlines">Wikipedia outlines</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Contents/Outlines#General_reference" title="Wikipedia:Contents/Outlines">General reference</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Contents/Outlines#Culture_and_the_arts" title="Wikipedia:Contents/Outlines">Culture and the arts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Contents/Outlines#Geography_and_places" title="Wikipedia:Contents/Outlines">Geography and places</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Contents/Outlines#Health_and_fitness" title="Wikipedia:Contents/Outlines">Health and fitness</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Contents/Outlines#History_and_events" title="Wikipedia:Contents/Outlines">History and events</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Contents/Outlines#Mathematics_and_logic" title="Wikipedia:Contents/Outlines">Mathematics and logic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Contents/Outlines#Natural_and_physical_sciences" title="Wikipedia:Contents/Outlines">Natural and physical sciences</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Contents/Outlines#People_and_self" title="Wikipedia:Contents/Outlines">People and self</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Contents/Outlines#Philosophy_and_thinking" title="Wikipedia:Contents/Outlines">Philosophy and thinking</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Contents/Outlines#Religion_and_belief_systems" title="Wikipedia:Contents/Outlines">Religion and belief systems</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Contents/Outlines#Society_and_social_sciences" title="Wikipedia:Contents/Outlines">Society and social sciences</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Contents/Outlines#Technology_and_applied_sciences" title="Wikipedia:Contents/Outlines">Technology and applied sciences</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; position: absolute;"></noscript> <div class="printfooter" data-nosnippet="">Retrieved from "<a dir="ltr" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Outline_of_Kentucky&oldid=1217028487">https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Outline_of_Kentucky&oldid=1217028487</a>"</div></div> <div id="catlinks" class="catlinks" data-mw="interface"><div id="mw-normal-catlinks" class="mw-normal-catlinks"><a href="/wiki/Help:Category" title="Help:Category">Categories</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Outlines_of_U.S._states" title="Category:Outlines of U.S. states">Outlines of U.S. states</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Outlines" title="Category:Outlines">Outlines</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Kentucky" title="Category:Kentucky">Kentucky</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Kentucky-related_lists" title="Category:Kentucky-related lists">Kentucky-related lists</a></li></ul></div><div id="mw-hidden-catlinks" class="mw-hidden-catlinks mw-hidden-cats-hidden">Hidden categories: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Pages_using_the_Phonos_extension" title="Category:Pages using the Phonos extension">Pages using the Phonos extension</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Articles_with_short_description" title="Category:Articles with short description">Articles with short description</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Short_description_matches_Wikidata" title="Category:Short description matches Wikidata">Short description matches Wikidata</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Pages_including_recorded_pronunciations" title="Category:Pages including recorded pronunciations">Pages including recorded pronunciations</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Pages_using_Sister_project_links_with_default_search" title="Category:Pages using Sister project links with default search">Pages using Sister project links with default search</a></li></ul></div></div> </div> </main> </div> <div class="mw-footer-container"> <footer id="footer" class="mw-footer" > <ul id="footer-info"> <li id="footer-info-lastmod"> This page was last edited on 3 April 2024, at 11:40<span class="anonymous-show"> (UTC)</span>.</li> <li id="footer-info-copyright">Text is available under the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_the_Creative_Commons_Attribution-ShareAlike_4.0_International_License" title="Wikipedia:Text of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License">Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License</a>; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the <a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Terms_of_Use" class="extiw" title="foundation:Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Terms of Use">Terms of Use</a> and <a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy_policy" class="extiw" title="foundation:Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy">Privacy Policy</a>. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/">Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.</a>, a non-profit organization.</li> </ul> <ul id="footer-places"> <li id="footer-places-privacy"><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy_policy">Privacy policy</a></li> <li id="footer-places-about"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:About">About Wikipedia</a></li> <li id="footer-places-disclaimers"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:General_disclaimer">Disclaimers</a></li> <li id="footer-places-contact"><a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Contact_us">Contact Wikipedia</a></li> <li id="footer-places-wm-codeofconduct"><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Universal_Code_of_Conduct">Code of Conduct</a></li> <li id="footer-places-developers"><a href="https://developer.wikimedia.org">Developers</a></li> <li id="footer-places-statslink"><a href="https://stats.wikimedia.org/#/en.wikipedia.org">Statistics</a></li> <li id="footer-places-cookiestatement"><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Cookie_statement">Cookie statement</a></li> <li id="footer-places-mobileview"><a href="//en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Outline_of_Kentucky&mobileaction=toggle_view_mobile" class="noprint stopMobileRedirectToggle">Mobile view</a></li> </ul> <ul id="footer-icons" class="noprint"> <li id="footer-copyrightico"><a href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button--enabled"><img src="/static/images/footer/wikimedia-button.svg" width="84" height="29" alt="Wikimedia Foundation" loading="lazy"></a></li> <li id="footer-poweredbyico"><a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button--enabled"><img src="/w/resources/assets/poweredby_mediawiki.svg" alt="Powered by MediaWiki" width="88" height="31" loading="lazy"></a></li> </ul> </footer> </div> </div> </div> <div class="vector-settings" id="p-dock-bottom"> <ul></ul> </div><script>(RLQ=window.RLQ||[]).push(function(){mw.config.set({"wgHostname":"mw-web.codfw.main-f69cdc8f6-5w7wd","wgBackendResponseTime":141,"wgPageParseReport":{"limitreport":{"cputime":"0.421","walltime":"0.888","ppvisitednodes":{"value":1174,"limit":1000000},"postexpandincludesize":{"value":19863,"limit":2097152},"templateargumentsize":{"value":895,"limit":2097152},"expansiondepth":{"value":10,"limit":100},"expensivefunctioncount":{"value":10,"limit":500},"unstrip-depth":{"value":1,"limit":20},"unstrip-size":{"value":21663,"limit":5000000},"entityaccesscount":{"value":1,"limit":400},"timingprofile":["100.00% 684.516 1 -total"," 26.69% 182.686 1 Template:Reflist"," 24.58% 168.240 1 Template:Cite_web"," 20.77% 142.198 1 Template:Outline_footer"," 17.26% 118.150 1 Template:Sister_project_links"," 12.19% 83.418 1 Template:Navbox"," 11.43% 78.245 1 Template:Short_description"," 7.17% 49.071 1 Template:IPAc-en"," 6.25% 42.778 2 Template:Pagetype"," 4.34% 29.677 1 Template:Portal"]},"scribunto":{"limitreport-timeusage":{"value":"0.262","limit":"10.000"},"limitreport-memusage":{"value":4395134,"limit":52428800}},"cachereport":{"origin":"mw-web.eqiad.main-5dc468848-7k52b","timestamp":"20241122174314","ttl":2592000,"transientcontent":false}}});});</script> <script type="application/ld+json">{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Article","name":"Outline of Kentucky","url":"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Outline_of_Kentucky","sameAs":"http:\/\/www.wikidata.org\/entity\/Q7112319","mainEntity":"http:\/\/www.wikidata.org\/entity\/Q7112319","author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Contributors to Wikimedia projects"},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.wikimedia.org\/static\/images\/wmf-hor-googpub.png"}},"datePublished":"2009-03-12T02:02:20Z","dateModified":"2024-04-03T11:40:13Z","image":"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/8\/8d\/Flag_of_Kentucky.svg","headline":"overview of and topical guide to Kentucky"}</script> </body> </html>