KENTUCKY WEBSITE

By:  Valerie Venema

 

 

Kentucky is bounded to the west, north and east by three rivers; the Mississippi, Ohio, and Big Sandy Rivers. The southern boundaries are formed where Kentucky meets the states of Tennessee and Virginia. Louisville, the largest city, is located at latitude 38 14’ 47” and longitude 85 45’ 49”.

 

Kentucky’s State Symbols:

State song: My Old Kentucky Home

State bird: Cardinal

State tree:  Tulip poplar (replaced Kentucky Coffeetree in 1994)

State flower:  Goldenrod

State fish:  Kentucky Bass

State wild animal:  Gray Squirrel

State dead animal (official state fossil):  Brachiopod

State butterfly: Kentucky Viceroy

 

 

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