Kentucky
"Bluegrass State"
- Motto
- United we stand, divided we fall
- Capitol
- Frankfort
- Name Origin
- From an Iroquoian word “Ken-tah-ten” meaning “land of tomorrow”
- Statehood Date
- June 1, 1792 (15th)
Cities in Kentucky
- Adairville
- Adams
- Adolphus
- Albany
- Alexandria
- Alva
- Anchorage
- Annville
- Arlington
- Ashcamp
- Ashers Fork
- Ashland
- Ashland Rural
- Auburn
- Audubon Park
- Augusta
- Bald Knob
- Bancroft
- Barbourmeade
- Barbourville
- Bardstown
- Bardwell
- Barlow
- Battletown-Payneville
- Beattyville
- Beaver Dam
- Beaver
- Bedford
- Beechwood Village
- Bellefonte
- Bellemeade
- Bellevue
- Bellewood
- Benham
- Benton
- Berea
- Berry
- Big Creek
- Blaine
- Bloomfield
- Blue Ridge Manor
- Bonnieville
- Boonesboro
- Boston
- Bowling Green
- Bradfordsville
- Brandenburg
- Breckinridge Center
- Bremen
- Briarwood
- Broad Fields
- Brodhead
- Broeck Pointe
- Bromley
- Brooks
- Brooksville
- Brownsboro Farm
- Brownsboro Village
- Brownsville
- Bryan
- Bryants
- Bryantsville
- Buckner
- Buechel
- Buffalo
- Burgin
- Burkesville
- Burlington
- Burning Springs
- Burnside
- Bush
- Butler
- Cadiz
- Calhoun
- Calvert City
- Camargo
- Camp Ground
- Campbellsburg
- Campbellsville
- Campton
- Cane Valley
- Caneyville
- Cannel City
- Cannonsburg
- Canoe
- Carlisle
- Carr Fork
- Carrollton
- Carter
- Casey Creek
- Catlettsburg
- Cave City
- Cawood
- Cecilia
- Center
- Centertown
- Central City
- Cerulean Springs
- Cherrywood Village
- Christianburg
- Clarkson
- Claryville
- Clay City
- Clay
- Clementsville
- Clifford
- Clinton
- Cloverport
- Co-operative
- Coal Run Village
- Cold Spring
- Coldstream
- Colony
- Colson
- Columbia
- Columbus
- Conway
- Coopersville
- Corbin
- Corydon
- Cottonburg-Valley View
- Covington
- Cowcreek
- Coxs Creek
- Crab Orchard
- Creekside
- Crescent Springs
- Crestview Hills
- Crestview
- Crestwood
- Crittenden
- Crofton
- Crossgate
- Cumberland City
- Cumberland Falls
- Cumberland
- Cunningham
- Cutshin
- Cynthiana
- Daisy
- Danville
- Dawson Springs
- Dayton
- Defiance-Vicco
- Dewitt
- Dice
- Dixon
- Donansburg
- Dorton
- Douglass Hills
- Dover
- Drakesboro
- Druid Hills
- Dry Ridge
- Dunnville
- Earlington
- East Bernstadt
- Eddyville
- Edgewood
- Edmonton
- Eli
- Elizabethtown
- Elkhorn City
- Elkton
- Elsmere
- Eminence
- Emmalena
- Eolia
- Erlanger
- Eubank
- Evarts
- Ewing
- Fairdale
- Fairdealing
- Fairmeade
- Falmouth
- Fancy Farm
- Farmington
- Fayette
- Fedscreek
- Ferguson
- Fern Creek
- Fincastle
- Flaherty
- Flatgap
- Flatwoods
- Fleming-Neon
- Flemingsburg
- Florence
- Fordsville
- Forest Hills
- Fort Campbell
- Fort Campbell North
- Fort Knox
- Fort Mitchell
- Fort Thomas
- Fort Wright
- Foster
- Fountain Run
- Fox Chase
- Frankfort
- Franklin
- Fredonia
- Frenchburg
- Fullerton
- Fulton
- Gamaliel
- Garrison
- Gasper River
- Georgetown
- Ghent
- Girdler
- Glasgow
- Glencoe
- Glens Fork
- Glenview Hills
- Glenview
- Goose Creek
- Goshen
- Gradyville
- Grahn
- Grand Rivers
- Grants Lick
- Grassy Creek
- Gravel Switch
- Gray
- Graymoor-Devondale
- Grayson
- Green Spring
- Greencastle
- Greenmount-Langnau
- Greensburg
- Greenup
- Greenville
- Gregory
- Gresham
- Guthrie
- Haddix
- Halfway
- Hammonville
- Hanson
- Hardin
- Hardinsburg
- Hardshell
- Hardyville
- Harlan
- Harrisonville
- Harrodsburg
- Hartford
- Hawesville
- Hazard
- Hazel Green
- Hazel
- Headquarters
- Hebbardsville-Robards
- Hebron Estates
- Hebron
- Heflin-Beda
- Hellier
- Henderson
- Hendron
- Hickman
- Hickory Grove
- Highland Heights
- Highview
- Hillsboro
- Hillview
- Hindman
- Hiseville
- Hodgenville
- Holland
- Hollow Creek
- Hollyvilla
- Hopkinsville
- Horse Branch
- Horse Cave
- Houston Acres
- Hunters Hollow
- Hurstbourne Acres
- Hurstbourne
- Hustonville
- Hyden
- Independence
- Indian Hills
- Inez
- Irvine
- Irvington
- Island
- Isonville
- Jackson
- Jamestown
- Jeffersontown
- Jeffersonville
- Jenkins
- Jetson
- Junction City
- Keavy
- Keene
- Keeneland
- Kentucky Ridge
- Kevil
- Kingsley
- Kirkmansville
- Kirksey
- Krypton
- Kuttawa
- La Center
- La Grange
- Lakeside Park
- Lakeview Heights
- Lancaster
- Langdon Place
- Latonia Lakes
- Laurel-Petersville
- Lawrenceburg
- Lebanon Junction
- Lebanon
- Ledbetter
- Leitchfield
- Lewisburg
- Lewisport
- Lexington-Fayette
- Liberty
- Lincoln
- Livermore
- Livingston
- London
- Lone Oak
- Long Fork
- Loretto
- Louisa
- Louisville
- Loyall
- Ludlow
- Lynch
- Lyndon
- Lynnview
- Mackville
- Madisonville
- Magnolia-Upton
- Malaga
- Manchester
- Mannsville
- Manor Creek
- Mare Creek
- Marion
- Martin
- Masonville
- Massac
- Mayfield
- Mayflower
- Mays Lick
- Maysville
- McCarr
- McDowell
- McHenry
- McKee
- McRoberts
- Meadow Vale
- Meadowview Estates
- Melbourne
- Middleburg
- Middlesborough
- Middletown
- Midway
- Mill Springs
- Millard
- Millersburg
- Millerstown
- Milton
- Minor Lane Heights
- Monterey-New Columbus
- Monticello
- Moorland
- Morehead
- Morganfield
- Morgantown
- Mortons Gap
- Mount Herman
- Mount Olivet
- Mount Sterling
- Mount Vernon
- Mount Victory
- Mount Washington
- Mousie
- Mozelle
- Mud Creek
- Muldraugh
- Munfordville
- Murray Hill
- Murray
- Nancy
- Nebo
- New Castle
- New Concord
- New Haven
- New Liberty
- New Market
- Newburg
- Newport
- Nicholasville
- Nippa
- Norbourne Estates
- North Corbin
- North Middletown
- Northfield
- Nortonville
- Norwood
- Oak Grove
- Oakbrook
- Oakdale
- Oakland
- Oil Springs
- Okolona
- Old Brownsboro Place
- Olive Hill
- Oneida
- Orchard Grass Hills
- Owensboro
- Owenton
- Owingsville
- Paducah
- Paint Creek
- Paint Lick
- Paintsville
- Paris
- Park City
- Park Hills
- Park Lake
- Parkers Lake
- Parkway Village
- Patesville
- Peaks Mill
- Pearl
- Pembroke
- Penrod
- Perryville
- Pewee Valley
- Phelps
- Pikeville
- Pine Grove
- Pine Knot
- Pine Mountain
- Piner-Visalia
- Pineville
- Pioneer Village
- Pippa Passes
- Plantation
- Pleasure Ridge Park
- Pleasureville
- Plum Springs
- Plymouth Village
- Poor Fork
- Poplar Hills
- Powderly
- Prestonsburg
- Princeton
- Prospect
- Providence
- Pruden-Fonde
- Raccoon
- Raceland
- Radcliff
- Ravenna
- Red Lick
- Reidland
- Richlawn
- Richmond
- Risner-Bull Creek
- River Bluff
- Riverwood
- Robards
- Robinson Creek
- Rockport
- Rocky Hill
- Rolling Fields
- Rolling Hills
- Rosewood
- Rousseau
- Royalton
- Russell
- Russell Springs
- Russellville
- Ryland Heights
- Sacramento
- Sadieville
- Salem
- Saloma
- Salt Lick
- Salvisa-McAfee
- Salyersville
- Sand Gap
- Sanders
- Sandy Hook
- Saxton
- Science Hill
- Scottsville
- Sebree
- Sedalia
- Seneca Gardens
- Settle
- Sharpsburg
- Shelbyville
- Shepherdsville
- Shiloh
- Shively
- Shopville
- Short Creek
- Sibert-Hima
- Sidney
- Siler
- Silver Grove
- Simpsonville
- Slaughters
- Smithland
- Smiths Grove
- Somerset
- Sonora
- South Fork
- South River
- South Shore
- South Wallins
- South Williamson
- Southeast Lyon
- Southgate
- Sparta
- Spottsville
- Spring Mill
- Spring Valley
- Springfield
- Springlee
- St. Charles
- St. Dennis
- St. Helens
- St. Mary
- St. Matthews
- St. Regis Park
- Stamping Ground
- Stanford
- Stanton
- Station Camp
- Stearns
- Strathmoor Manor
- Strathmoor Village
- Sturgeon
- Sturgis
- Sugar Grove
- Summer Shade
- Summersville
- Summit
- Sunfish
- Symsonia
- Taulbee
- Taylor Mill
- Taylorsville
- Tejay
- Temple Hill
- Three Forks
- Tollesboro
- Tompkinsville
- Tracy
- Trenton
- Trosper
- Tygarts
- Union
- Uniontown
- Upper Clover
- Upper Tygarts
- Upton
- Valley Station
- Vanceburg
- Versailles
- Vicco
- Villa Hills
- Vine Grove
- Viper
- Wallins Creek
- Walton
- Warfield
- Warsaw
- Water Valley
- Watterson Park
- Waverly
- Wayland
- Waynesburg
- Webbville
- Welchs Creek
- Wellington
- West Buechel
- West Liberty
- West Point
- Westwood
- Westwood
- Wheelwright
- Wheelwright-Weeksbury
- Whipps Millgate
- White Oak
- White Plains
- Whitesburg
- Whitesville
- Whitley City
- Wickliffe
- Wilder
- Wildwood
- Willard
- Williamsburg
- Williamstown
- Willisburg
- Wilmore
- Winchester
- Windy Hills
- Wingo
- Woodburn
- Woodland Hills
- Woodlawn
- Woodlawn Park
- Woodlawn-Oakdale
- Worthington Hills
- Worthington
- Worthville
- Wrigley
- Wurtland
- Zula-Powersburg
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Official Symbols
A state's official symbols represent the composition and culture of the land and people who live and have lived here. Below are the symbols of Kentucky along with the year they became official.
| Tree | Tulip Poplar (1994) |
| Flower | Goldenrod |
| Bird | Kentucky Cardinal |
| Song | “My Old Kentucky Home” |
Demographics
- Population Density
- 101.7 people per square mile
Geography and Weather
- Land Area
- 39,728 sq mi. (102,896 sq km)
- Lowest Elevation
- 0 ft (0 m)
- Average Elevation
- 750 ft (228.6 m)
- Highest Temperature Recorded
- 114°F (46°C) on July 28, 1930
- Lowest Temperature Recorded
- –37°F (–38°C) on January 19, 1994
