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DATE ADMITTED INTO THE UNION
June 1, 1792

CAPITAL
Frankfort

NICKNAME
Bluegrass State

MOTTO
United we stand, divided we shall fall

STATE FISH
Kentucky Spotted Bass (Micropterus punctulatus)

STATE FLOWER
Goldenrod (Solidago spp.)

STATE INSECT


STATE TREE
Tulip Poplar

STATE SONG
"My Old Kentucky Home" (modern version)*

TOTAL AREA
40,411 square miles

HIGHEST POINT
4,139 feet (Black Mountain)

LOWEST POINT
257 feet (Mississippi River)

POPULATION
4,041,769

GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATES
Longitude: 81° 58'W to 89° 34'W Latitude: 36° 30'N to 39° 9'N

GEOGRAPHIC CENTER
The geographic center of Kentucky is located in Marion County, 3 miles NNW of Lebanon. Longitude: 84° 30.4'W Latitude: 37° 21.5'N

STATE BORDER
Kentucky is bordered by Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio in the north. On the south, Kentucky is bordered by Tennessee. West Virginia and Virginia border Kentucky on the east and Missouri borders Kentucky on the west.

MAJOR RIVERS
Cumberland River, Green River, Kentucky River, Mississippi River, Ohio River

STATE BIRD
Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)

SPOTLIGHT KENTUCKY HOTELS
Holiday Inn Express Morehead KY Holiday Inn Express Morehead KY
The Holiday Inn Express Morehead is conveniently accessible to off I-64, approximately two miles from downtown, 55 miles from Tri-State Airport, and 6...

Homestead Louisville East Homestead Louisville East
Homestead Louisville is located in Louisville, Kentucky, at I-64 and Blankenbaker Lane in the Bluegrass Industrial Park and Blankenbaker Crossings. Th...

Holiday Inn Express Harlan KY Holiday Inn Express Harlan KY
Holiday Inn Express Harlan is located approximately 30 miles from the Coal Mine Museum and Kingdom Come Park and 155 miles from Lexington Bluegrass Ai...

Hyatt Regency Lexington Hyatt Regency Lexington
In the heart of the downtown business district, the Hyatt Regency Lexington is the focal point of Triangle Park and Lexington Center, connected via pe...

Comfort Suites Louisville Comfort Suites Louisville
Located adjacent to Blue Grass Industrial Park, Comfort Suites Louisville offers an airport courtesy car to the Louisville airport, approximately 10 m...

Super 8 Motel Danville KY Super 8 Motel Danville KY
Super 8 Danville is located approximately nine miles east of Perryville Civil War Battlefield and 40 miles south of Blue Grass Airport in Lexington. T...

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