Outline of Kentucky

• Kentucky is: a U.S. state, a federal state of the United States of America • Names • Common name: Kentucky • Pronunciation: • 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) • Corn-cracker State (reported in 1881) • Dark and Bloody Ground (an allusion to battles between the Creek, Shawnee, Chickasaw, and Cherokee tribes) • Hemp State • Tobacco State • 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==

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==

Demographics of Kentucky Kentucky statistical areas • Population of Kentucky: 4,505,836 (2020 U.S. Census) ==Government and politics of Kentucky==

Government of Kentucky Politics of Kentucky • Constitution of Kentucky • Form of government: U.S. state government • Kentucky's congressional delegations • 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, 11 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 • 11 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 Labor Cabinet • Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services • Kentucky Personnel 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 • French colony of Louisiane, 1682–1763 • French and Indian War, 1754–1763 • Treaty of Paris of 1763 • English Colony of Virginia, 1609–1774 • English Province of Quebec, 1774-1776 (see Quebec Act) • British 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==

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 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==

Education in Kentucky • Schools in Kentucky • School districts in Kentucky • High schools in Kentucky • Colleges and universities in Kentucky • University of Kentucky • Kentucky State University • University of Louisville • HBCUs in Kentucky • Kentucky State University • Simmons College of Kentucky ==See also==