Kentucky USA
The Commonwealth of Kentucky - US State
 Kentucky
is one of the border states of the S central United States. Kentucky is bordered
by West Virginia and Virginia (E); Tennessee (S); the Mississippi River, across
which lies Missouri (SW); and Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio, all across the Ohio
River. (W, N).
The Commonwealth of Kentucky became the 15th U.S. state when it was admitted to
the U.S. in 1792.
The U.S. postal abbreviation for Kentucky is
KY
The Eastern part of
Kentucky
is in the Eastern Time Zone in the United States.
Eastern Standard
Time
(
EST
) is 5 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT-5).
Current time now in
Time Zone: America New York (USA Eastern Time)
The
Western
part of
Kentucky
is in the Central Time Zone in the United States.
Central Standard Time
(
CST
)
is 6 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT-6).
Current time now in
Time Zone: America Chicago (USA Central Time)
For details see Kentucky
Towns & Cities and Kentucky Counties for
time adopted in individual places.
The Ohio
River forms the entire northern boundary of the state, flowing generally SW
below Covington, until it joins the Mississippi River west of Paducah. At the
southwest tip of the state about 5 sq mi (13 sq km) of Kentucky territory,
created by a double hairpin turn in the Mississippi River, protrudes N from
Tennessee into Missouri and is entirely separate from the rest of the state.
The Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site and
Cumberland Gap National Historic Park are historic landmarks. At Fort Knox is
the U.S. Depository.
Kentucky Population
Frankfort
is the
capital of Kentucky;
Louisville
and
Lexington
are the largest cities.
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Towns and Cities in
Kentucky
Alexandria, Kentucky
Anchorage, Kentucky
Ashland, Kentucky
Barbourville, Kentucky
Bardstown, Kentucky
Bellefonte, Kentucky
Bellevue, Kentucky
Benham, Kentucky
Benton, Kentucky
Berea, Kentucky
Bloomfield, Kentucky
Bowling Green, Kentucky
Brandenburg, Kentucky
Burkesville, Kentucky
Calvert City, Kentucky
Cloverport, Kentucky
Cold Spring, Kentucky
Columbia, Kentucky
Covington, Kentucky
Crescent Springs, Kentucky
Crestview Hills, Kentucky
Cynthiana, Kentucky
Danville, Kentucky
Dawson Springs, Kentucky
Edgewood, Kentucky
Elizabethtown, Kentucky
Elkton, Kentucky
Erlanger, Kentucky
Florence, Kentucky
Fort Mitchell, Kentucky
Fort Thomas, Kentucky
Fort Wright, Kentucky
Georgetown, Kentucky
Glasgow, Kentucky
Harrodsburg, Kentucky
Henderson, Kentucky
Hopkinsville, Kentucky
Independence, Kentucky
Jenkins, Kentucky
Kentucky Lake, Kentucky
Lake Barkley, Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky
Louisville, Kentucky
Ludlow, Kentucky
Madisonville, Kentucky
Mammoth Cave, Kentucky
Maysville, Kentucky
Monticello, Kentucky
Mount Sterling, Kentucky
Mount Washington, Kentucky
Newport, Kentucky
Oak Grove, Kentucky
Owensboro, Kentucky
Paducah, Kentucky
Park City, Kentucky
Pikeville, Kentucky
Prestonsburg, Kentucky
Prospect, Kentucky
Radcliff, Kentucky
Richmond, Kentucky
Shelbyville, Kentucky
Shively, Kentucky
Springfield, Kentucky
Union, Kentucky
Villa Hills, Kentucky
Walton, Kentucky
West Liberty, Kentucky
Williamstown, Kentucky
Winchester, Kentucky
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