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Geography of Kentucky. Kentucky is situated in the Upland South region of the United States. [1] A significant portion of eastern Kentucky is part of Appalachia . Kentucky borders seven states, from the Midwest and the Southeast. West Virginia lies to the northeast, Virginia to the east, Tennessee to the south, Missouri to the west, Illinois to ...
The following is a list of lakes and reservoirs in the state of Kentucky in the United States. Swimming, fishing, and/or boating are permitted in some of these lakes, but not all.
Louisa is a home-rule class city located in eastern Kentucky, United States, at the merger of the Levisa and Tug Forks into the Big Sandy River, which forms part of the state's border with West Virginia. It is the seat of Lawrence County. [5] The population was 2,467 at the 2010 census [6] and an estimated 2,375 in 2018.
Green River Lake State Park is a park located near Campbellsville, Kentucky in Taylor County. The park itself encompasses 1,331 acres (5.39 km 2 ), while Green River Lake, its major feature, covers approximately 8,200 acres (3,318 ha).
Beshear called the incident “one of the worst, most devastating flooding events in Kentucky‘s history.” Photos and video from captured from around Eastern Kentucky show the damage from the ...
Magoffin County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 11,637. [1] Its county seat is Salyersville. [2] The county was formed in 1860 from adjacent portions of Floyd, Johnson, and Morgan Counties. It was named for Beriah Magoffin who was Governor of Kentucky (1859–62). [3] [4]
The Kentucky River is a tributary of the Ohio River, 260 miles (418 km) long, [2] in the U.S. Commonwealth of Kentucky. The river and its tributaries drain much of the central region of the state, with its upper course passing through the coal - mining regions of the Cumberland Mountains, and its lower course passing through the Bluegrass ...
The Jackson Purchase, also known as the Purchase Region or simply the Purchase, is a region in the U.S. state of Kentucky bounded by the Mississippi River to the west, the Ohio River to the north, and the Tennessee River to the east. [1] Jackson's Purchase also included all of Tennessee west of the Tennessee River.