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The Bluegrass State
- State Site: Official Web Site of the State of Kentucky
- Capital City:
- Frankfort since 1793. Lexington was temporary capital in 1792.
- Frankfort
- Frankfort Apartments
- Capitol:
- Abbreviations:
- Postal: KY
- Traditional: Ky. or Ken.
- Admission to Union:
- June 1, 1792, 15th State.
- State List
- Ancestry / Genealogy:
- Apartments: Kentucky Apartments
- Area:
- Kentucky Geography, 40,411 square miles.
- State List
- Area Codes: Kentucky Area Codes
- Biographies: Notable Kentuckians
- Bird:
- Cardinal, Cardinalis cardinalis
- State List
- Birth Records: Birth Certificates
- Border States:
- Citizens: Kentucky Citizens
- Climate: Climatology For Kentucky
- Constitution: Kentucky Constitution, 15th state to enter the Union.
- County Profile: Kentucky Counties
- Courts: Kentucky Court of Justice
- Current Events: Kentucky News
- Death Records: Death Certificates
- Department of: Commonwealth of Kentucky Agency List
- Driving: Division Of Driver Licensing
- Economy:
- Agriculture: Livestock and livestock products and crops each contribute about 1/2 to Kentucky's agricultural economy. Beef cattle and Thoroughbred horses are Kentucky's most important livestock products. Other livestock products are milk, hogs, broilers (5 to 12 weeks old chickens) and eggs. Tobacco, corn, soybeans and wheat are Kentucky's leading field crops. Barley, hay and grain sorghum are also grown. Tomatoes are a leading "vegetable" crop... as they are categorized. Apples are the leading fruit crop. [Find out more]
- Manufacturing: Manufacture of transportation equipment (motor vehicles, motor vehicle parts) is Kentucky's primary activity in this sector of the economy. Other manufactured transportation equipment includes aircraft parts, boat trailers and railroad cars. Ranking second in the manufacturing sector is the manufacture of chemicals (cleaning products, pharmaceutical products, paints, industrial chemicals, industrial gases). The manufacture of machinery (elevators, air filtration equipment, conveyors, heating and air-conditioning equipment, printers, compressors) ranks third.
- Services: Kentucky's leading service industries are the community, business, and personal services (private health care, hotels, law firms, repair shops) and wholesale and retail trade industries (wholesale trade of coal, food products, motor vehicles, and retail automobile dealerships, gas stations, grocery stores, restaurants). Government services (operation of public schools, hospitals, military bases) rank third in Kentucky's services sector.
- Mining: Kentucky is a leading coal producing state. Other mined products are natural gas, petroleum, and limestone.
- Flag:
- Fishing:
- Flower:
- Goldenrod (Solidago)
- State List
- Genealogical Resources:
- Geographic Center: Kentucky Geography
- Governor:
- Highest Point: Black Mountain, 4,139 feet above sea level.
- Highway Markers: Kentucky
- History:
- Hunting:
- Judiciary: Kentucky Court of Justice
- Largest Cities: 10 Largest Cities
- Legislature: Kentucky State Legislature
- Library: Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives
Kentucky Passenger Car License Plate - License Plates: Kentucky
- Lottery: Kentucky Lottery
- Lowest Point: Mississippi River, 257 above sea level.
- Maps: Kentucky Maps
- Marriage: Kentucky Marriage Certificates
- Media:
- Motor Vehicles: Department of Vehicle Regulation
- Motto:
- Museums: Kentucky Museums
- National Forests:
- National Parks: National Parks in Kentucky
- Natural Resources: Kentucky's most important natural resources are its rich soil and its abundant coal deposits.
- Newspapers: Kentucky
- Nickname: for Kentucky
- Non-transients: Find A Grave
- Origin of State's name: Kentucky
- Political Cartoons: PoliticalCartoons.com
- Population:
- Representatives:
- U.S. House: U.S. House of Representatives Your Representatives
- U.S. Senate: U.S. Senate Your Senators
- State Legislators: House & Senate, Alphabetically, by District, by County.
- Road Side America: Kentucky
- Senior Citizens: Division of Aging Services
- Song: My Old Kentucky Home
- State Parks: Kentucky State Parks
- State Quarter: Kentucky
- Symbols: Kentucky Symbols
- Tax Forms:
- Topography: State Topography Image: Kentucky
- Travel:
- Tree: Tulip Poplar
- Unclaimed Funds: Unclaimed Property
- Veteran Affairs: Department of Veterans Affairs
- Vital Records: Office of Vital Statistics
- Voting: Voter Information Overview
- Weather:
- Web Cams: Kentucky Webcams
- Zip Codes:
- Kentucky Zip Codes
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