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Kentucky (KY) The Kentucky Bend, variously called the New Madrid Bend, Madrid Bend, Bessie Bend, or Bubbleland, [1][2] is an exclave of Fulton County, Kentucky, encircled by the states of Tennessee and Missouri. It is a portion of a peninsula defined by an oxbow loop meander of the Mississippi River, and its inclusion in the state of Kentucky ...
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 ...
Kentucky, a state in the United States, has 418 active cities. [1] The two largest, Louisville and Lexington, are designated "first class" cities. A first class city would normally have a mayor- alderman government, but that does not apply to the merged governments in Louisville and Lexington. All other cities have a different form of ...
Kentucky (US: / k ə n ˈ t ʌ k i / ⓘ kən-TUK-ee, UK: / k ɛ n-/ ken-), [5] 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 ...
The largest city in Kentucky, Louisville, is a consolidated local government under KRS 67C. When the Louisville Metro government was formed, all incorporated cities in Jefferson County, apart from Louisville, retained their status as cities; however, the Louisville Metro Council is the main government for the entire county, and is elected by ...
Letcher County is located in the far southeast of Kentucky. Most of its border is defined by mountains. The 125-mile long Pine Mountain divides the county, and defines part of the county's border with Harlan County and Virginia. To the south, Black Mountain marks its border with Virginia. [19] [20]
UTC−4 (EDT) The Huntington–Ashland metropolitan area is a metropolitan area in the Appalachian Plateau region of the United States. Referred to locally as the " Tri-State area," and colloquially as "Kyova" (K entuck y, O hio, and West V irgini a), the region spans seven counties in the three states of Kentucky, Ohio, and West Virginia. [3]
Category. : Borders of Kentucky. Articles specifically about the borders of U.S. states, not simply about natural features that form the borders, unless there is detailed discussion about the border.