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2. Geography of Kentucky - Wikipedia

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   Kentucky's regions (click on image for color-coding information) Kentucky can be divided into five primary regions: the Cumberland Plateau in the east, which contains much of the historic coal mines; the north-central Bluegrass region, where the major cities and the state capital (Frankfort) are located; the south-central and western Pennyroyal Plateau (also known as the Pennyrile or ...

3. Outline of Kentucky - Wikipedia

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   Kentucky – state located in the upper south United States of America, nicknamed the "Bluegrass State", due to the presence of bluegrass in many of the pastures throughout the state. As classified by the United States Census Bureau, Kentucky is a Southern state, in the East South Central region. Kentucky is the 37th largest state in terms of ...

4. History of Kentucky - Wikipedia

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   The etymology of "Kentucky" or "Kentucke" is uncertain. One suggestion is that it is derived from an Iroquois name meaning "land of tomorrow". [1] According to Native America: A State-by-State Historical Encyclopedia, "Various authors have offered a number of opinions concerning the word's meaning: the Iroquois word kentake meaning 'meadow land', the Wyandotte (or perhaps Cherokee or Iroquois ...

5. Kentucky - Wikipedia

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   Kentucky is one of the 32 states in the United States that sanctions the death penalty for certain murders defined as heinous. Those convicted of capital crimes after March 31, 1998, are always executed by lethal injection; those convicted on or before this date may opt for the electric chair. [195]

6. List of counties in Kentucky - Wikipedia

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   William Owsley, Kentucky Secretary of State and later Governor of Kentucky (1844–48) 4,001: 198 sq mi (513 km 2) Pendleton County: 191: Falmouth: 1798: Campbell County and Bracken County: Edmund Pendleton (1721–1803), member of the Continental Congress: 14,810: 280 sq mi (725 km 2) Perry County: 193: Hazard: 1820: Floyd County and Clay County

7. Department of Geography, University of Kentucky - Wikipedia

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   Website. geography .uky .edu. The Department of Geography in the College of Arts & Sciences at the University of Kentucky offers undergraduate degrees and graduate degrees and courses in physical and human geography. The department has an international reputation for the study of social theory and critical geography, including political ecology.

8. Category:Geography of Kentucky - Wikipedia

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   Kentucky geography-related lists‎ (1 C, 15 P) B. Borders of Kentucky‎ (1 C, 13 P) C. Cityscapes of Kentucky‎ (3 P) Kentucky counties‎ (124 C, 121 P)

9. Geology of Kentucky - Wikipedia

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   The geology of Kentucky formed beginning more than one billion years ago, in the Proterozoic eon of the Precambrian. The oldest igneous and metamorphic crystalline basement rock is part of the Grenville Province, a small continent that collided with the early North American continent. The beginning of the Paleozoic is poorly attested and the ...