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Kentucky is the only U.S. state to have a continuous border of rivers running along three of its sides – the Mississippi River to the west, the Ohio River to the north, and the Big Sandy River and Tug Fork to the east. [30] Its major internal rivers include the Kentucky River, Tennessee River, Cumberland River, Green River and Licking River.
See Illinois–Indiana–Kentucky tri-state area. Illinois: Indiana: Michigan: Lake Michigan: Known as either the Indiana Dunes or the Michigan Dunes Area Illinois: Iowa: Wisconsin: Mississippi River: Dubuque, Iowa metro area. Illinois: Kentucky: Missouri
The boundaries between Kentucky and West Virginia and the three states to their north – Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois – is based on the historical northern bank of the Ohio River. [1] In 1763, Britain defeated France in the Seven Years' War , whose North American theater was called the French and Indian War .
Louisville metropolitan area (Kentuckiana) (parts of Kentucky and Indiana) Memphis metropolitan area (parts of Tennessee, Arkansas, and Mississippi) Michiana (parts of Michigan and Indiana) Minneapolis–Saint Paul (the Twin Cities) (parts of Minnesota and Wisconsin) New York metropolitan area (parts of New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and ...
The second largest state, Texas, has only 40% of the total area of the largest state, Alaska. Rhode Island is the smallest state by total area and land area. San Bernardino County is the largest county in the contiguous U.S. and is larger than each of the nine smallest states; it is larger than the four smallest states combined.
Kentucky (US: / k ə n ˈ t ʌ k i / ⓘ, UK: / k ɛ n-/), [5] [6] officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, [c] is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States.It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north, West Virginia to the northeast, Virginia to the east, Tennessee to the south, and Missouri to the west.
Begins at the Indiana border in Louisville and travels 191 miles (308 km) east to the West Virginia border near Catlettsburg. I-65: 137: 220 I-65 at the Tennessee state line: I-65 at the Indiana state line 1956: current Begins at the Tennessee border near Franklin and travels 137 miles (222 km) north to the Indiana border in Louisville. I-66
The Illinois–Indiana–Kentucky tri-state area within their states. Dark shaded counties were included only by WTVW prior to the rollout of digital television.. The Illinois–Indiana–Kentucky tri-state area is a tri-state area where the U.S. states of Illinois, Indiana, and Kentucky intersect, and a region of the Upland South.