State Abbreviation - KY
State Capital - Frankfort
Largest City - Louisville
Area - 40,411 square miles
Population as of 2000 - 4,041,769
Cash Crops - tobacco, corn, peanuts, wheat
Other Major Industries - mining anthracite
coal, horse-raising, whiskey manufacturing, automobile, truck and
chemical manufacturing
Major Rivers - Ohio River, Mississippi River,
Cumberland River, Kentucky River, Green River
Major Lakes - Lake Cumberland, Kentucky Lake, Lake
Barkley
Highest Point - Black Mountain - 4,145 feet (1,263
m) above sea level
Bordering States - Illinois, Indiana, Indiana,
Missouri, Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia
State Nickname - Bluegrass State
State Song - My Old Kentucky Home, by Stephen Foster
State Flower - Goldenrod
State Bird - Cardinal
State Tree - Tulip Tree
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Born in Kentucky
Abraham
Lincoln
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