Biology:Outline of Kentucky

Short description: Overview of and topical guide to Kentucky

The Flag of the Commonwealth of Kentucky

The Seal of the Commonwealth of Kentucky

The location of the Commonwealth of Kentucky in the United States of America

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the United States Commonwealth of Kentucky:

Kentucky – state located in the upper south United States , 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 total area, the 36th largest in land area, and ranks 26th in population. Originally a part of Virginia, in 1792 it became the 15th state to join the Union. Kentucky is designated a commonwealth by the Kentucky Constitution and is formally known as the "Commonwealth of Kentucky."^[1]

General reference

An enlargeable map of the Commonwealth of Kentucky

Kentucky is: a U.S. state, a federal state of the United States of America
Names
- Common name: Kentucky
  - Pronunciation: /kɪnˈtʌki/ (listen)
- Official name: Commonwealth of Kentucky
- Abbreviations and name codes
  - Postal symbol: KY
  - ISO 3166-2 code: US-KY
  - Internet second-level domain: .ky.us
- Nicknames
  - Bluegrass State (currently used on license plates)^[2]
  - Corn-cracker State (reported in 1881)^[3]
  - Dark and Bloody Ground (an allusion to battles between the Creek, Shawnee, Chickasaw, and Cherokee tribes)^[2]
  - Hemp State^[2]
  - Tobacco State^[2]
Adjectival: Kentucky
Demonym: Kentuckian
State symbols of Kentucky
- Flag of the Commonwealth of Kentucky
- Seal of the Commonwealth of Kentucky

Geography and Climatology of Kentucky

Geography of Kentucky

Geology of Kentucky

Location: Southeastern United States (Upper South) in the trans-Appalachian region south of the Ohio River of the continent of North America
Boundaries: Ohio River (N), Big Sandy River and Tug Fork (NE), Mississippi River (W), Walker's Line, Tennessee River and Munsell Line (S), Cumberland Mountains (SE)

Regions of Kentucky

Bluegrass region including the inner and outer bluegrass regions
Cumberland Plateau including the Eastern Kentucky Coalfield
Pennyroyal Plateau or Mississippi Plateau including Western Coal Fields
Jackson Purchase

Natural geographic features of Kentucky

Lakes of Kentucky
Rivers of Kentucky
Mountains in Kentucky
Pottsville Escarpment
List of waterfalls in Kentucky
Cumberland and Pound Gaps: passes through the Cumberland Mountains
Falls of the Ohio, steep rapids on the Ohio River at Louisville (see McAlpine Locks and Dam).
Salt licks
- Bullitt's Lick
- Mann's Lick
- Big Bone Lick
- Blue Licks

Places in Kentucky

Historic places in Kentucky
- National Historic Landmarks in Kentucky
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Kentucky
  - Bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Kentucky
National Natural Landmarks in Kentucky
National parks in Kentucky
- Mammoth Cave National Park
State parks in Kentucky

Environment of Kentucky

(Temperate deciduous forest biome)
Climate of Kentucky
- Climate change in Kentucky
Greenhouse gas emissions in Kentucky
Protected areas in Kentucky
- State forests of Kentucky
Superfund sites in Kentucky

Administrative divisions of Kentucky

An enlargeable map of the 120 counties of the commonwealth of Kentucky

Counties of the Commonwealth of Kentucky
- (former) Beckham County
- City-county municipalities
  - Lexington-Fayette
  - Louisville-Jefferson
- Cities in Kentucky
  - State capital of Kentucky:
  - City nicknames in Kentucky

Demographics of Kentucky

Kentucky statistical areas

Population of Kentucky: 4,505,836 (2020 U.S. Census^[4])

Government and politics of Kentucky

Government of Kentucky

Politics of Kentucky

Constitution of Kentucky
Form of government: U.S. state government
United States congressional delegations from Kentucky
Kentucky State Capitol
Elections in Kentucky
- Kentucky state board of elections
- Electoral reform in Kentucky
Political party strength in Kentucky

Executive branch of the government of Kentucky

The executive branch of Kentucky has 7 elected officers, 12 departments with appointed secretaries and numerous subordinate agencies.

Governor of Kentucky
- Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky
Secretary of State of Kentucky
Kentucky State Treasurer
Kentucky Auditor of Public Accounts
Kentucky Commissioner of Agriculture
Attorney General of Kentucky
12 state cabinets, each headed by a secretary
- Kentucky Transportation Cabinet
- Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet
- Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet
- Kentucky General Government Cabinet
- Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development
- Kentucky Finance and Administration Cabinet
- Kentucky Tourism, Arts, and Heritage Cabinet
- Kentucky Education and Workforce Development Cabinet
- Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services
- Kentucky Personnel Cabinet
- Kentucky Labor Cabinet
- Kentucky Public Protection Cabinet

Legislative branch of the government of Kentucky

Kentucky General Assembly (bicameral)
- Upper house: Kentucky Senate
- Lower house: Kentucky House of Representatives

Judicial branch of the government of Kentucky

Courts of Kentucky

Supreme Court of Kentucky
- Chief Justice of the Commonwealth
Kentucky Court of Appeals
Kentucky Circuit Courts
Kentucky District Courts
Kentucky Specialty Courts
Kentucky Department of Public Advocacy
Kentucky Judicial Conduct Commission

Federal courts in Kentucky

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky
United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky
United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Law and order in Kentucky

Law of Kentucky

Crime in Kentucky
Law enforcement in Kentucky
- Attorney General of Kentucky
- U.S. Marshalls Service for eastern and western districts of Kentucky
- Law enforcement agencies of Kentucky
  - Kentucky State Police
  - Louisville Metro Police Department

Laws by type

Cannabis in Kentucky
Capital punishment in Kentucky
- Individuals executed in Kentucky
Gun laws in Kentucky
Abortion in Kentucky

Military in Kentucky

US military bases in Kentucky
Kentucky Air National Guard
Kentucky Army National Guard

History of Kentucky

History of Kentucky
Kentucky#History
Timeline of Kentucky history

Historical societies in Kentucky

The Filson Historical Society
Kentucky Historical Society

History of Kentucky, by period

Prehistory of Kentucky, ~9500BCE-1650
- Indigenous peoples
Discovery by Europeans, 1673
France colony of Louisiane, 1682–1763
- French and Indian War, 1754–1763
- Treaty of Paris of 1763
England Colony of Virginia, 1609–1774
English Province of Quebec, 1774-1776 (see Quebec Act)
England Indian Reserve, 1763–1768
- Royal Proclamation of 1763
- Treaty of Fort Stanwix (1768)
Daniel Boone, frontiersman in Kentucky 1767-~1799
Transylvania Colony, 1775-1778
- Harrod's Town, Louisville, Lexington
- Wilderness Road
American Revolutionary War, April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783
- United States Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776
- Siege of Boonesborough, September 7–18, 1778
- Battle of Blue Licks, 1782
- Treaty of Paris, September 3, 1783
Commonwealth of Virginia, 1776–1792
- Cherokee–American wars, 1776–1794
- Fincastle County, Virginia, 1772-1776
- Kentucky County, Virginia, 1777–1780
- District of Kentucky (Fayette, Jefferson, Lincoln, and successor counties), 1780-1792
Commonwealth of Kentucky becomes 15th State admitted to the United States of America on June 1, 1792
- Abraham Lincoln born in 1809 in Kentucky
- Henry Clay, politician 1800-1850
- War of 1812, June 18, 1812 – March 23, 1815
  - Treaty of Ghent, December 24, 1814
- American Civil War, April 12, 1861 – May 13, 1865
  - Kentucky in the American Civil War
    - Border state, 1861–1865
    - Confederate Kentucky Campaign
    - Battle of Perryville, October 8, 1862
    - Morgan's Raid, June 11 – July 26, 1863

History of Kentucky, by region

by city
- History of Lexington, Kentucky
- History of Louisville, Kentucky
  - Louisville in the American Civil War
- Frankfort, Kentucky#History
by county
- Kentucky County, Virginia
- Jefferson County, Kentucky#History
- Lincoln County, Kentucky#History
- Fayette County, Kentucky#History

History of Kentucky, by subject

List of battles fought in Kentucky
History of slavery in Kentucky
List of Kentucky women in the civil rights era
Paleontology in Kentucky
Historical sports teams
- Louisville Breckenridges (football)
- Louisville Colonels (football)
- Kentucky Colonels (basketball)
- Kentucky Bourbons (softball)

Culture of Kentucky

Kentucky Colonel civic award
Cuisine of Kentucky
- Southern pit barbecue
Museums in Kentucky
Religion in Kentucky
- Cathedrals in Kentucky
- Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Louisville
- Episcopal Diocese of Kentucky
- Kentucky Baptist Convention
Scouting in Kentucky

Arts and letters in Kentucky

Music of Kentucky
- Bluegrass music
Theater in Kentucky
Kentucky literature

Sports in Kentucky

Professional sports
- Kentucky Derby
  - Churchill Downs
- Racing Louisville FC
- Louisville City FC
College sports
- Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball
- Louisville Cardinals men's basketball
Kentucky High School Athletic Association

Economy and infrastructure of Kentucky

Economy of Kentucky

Agriculture in Kentucky
Kentucky bourbon
Media in Kentucky
- Newspapers in Kentucky
  - Courier Journal, Louisville
- Radio stations in Kentucky
- Television stations in Kentucky
Energy in Kentucky
- Coal mining in Kentucky
- Power stations in Kentucky
- Solar power in Kentucky
- Wind power in Kentucky
Health care in Kentucky
- Hospitals in Kentucky
Transportation in Kentucky
- Airports in Kentucky
  - Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport
  - Louisville International Airport
- Railroads in Kentucky
- Shipping ports in Kentucky
  - Port of Huntington-Tristate (includes Ashland, Kentucky),
  - Port of Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky
  - Port of Louisville-Southern Indiana
- Roads in Kentucky
  - U.S. Highways in Kentucky
  - Interstate Highways in Kentucky
  - State highways in Kentucky

List of people from Kentucky

List of people from the Louisville metropolitan area

Education in Kentucky

Schools in Kentucky
- School districts in Kentucky
  - High schools in Kentucky
- Colleges and universities in Kentucky
- HBCUs in Kentucky
  - Kentucky State University
  - Simmons College of Kentucky

References

↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 Introduction to Kentucky, 50 States.
↑ Barry Popik, Smoky City, barrypopik.com website, March 27, 2005
↑ "U.S. Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts Kentucky". http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/21000.html.

External links

Kentucky.gov: My New Kentucky Home
Kentucky State and County Government Websites
Kentucky State Databases - Annotated list of searchable databases produced by Kentucky state agencies and compiled by the Government Documents Roundtable of the American Library Association.
Outline of Kentucky at Curlie
Kentucky Department of Tourism
The Kentucky Highlands Project
USGS real-time, geographic, and other scientific resources of Kentucky
Energy & Environmental Data for Kentucky
Kentucky State Facts
Kentucky: Unbridled Spirit
Kentucky Virtual Library
"Science In Your Backyard: Kentucky" U.S. Department of the Interior | U.S. Geological Survey, July 3, 2006, retrieved November 4, 2006
U.S. Census Bureau Kentucky QuickFacts
Outline of Kentucky at Ballotpedia

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[1] ttp://kentucky.gov: copyright 2009

[ky-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 Introduction to Kentucky, 50 States.

[PopikSmoky-3] Barry Popik, Smoky City, barrypopik.com website, March 27, 2005

[4] "U.S. Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts Kentucky". http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/21000.html.

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