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Kentucky, officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state located in the east south-central region of the United States. Although styled as the "State of Kentucky" in the law creating it, Kentucky is one of four U.S. states constituted as a commonwealth (the others being Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Massachusetts). Originally a part of Virginia, in 1792 Kentucky became the 15th state to join the Union. Kentucky is the 37th most extensive and the 26th most populous of the 50 United States.

Kentucky is known as the "Bluegrass State," a nickname based on the bluegrass found in many of its pastures due to its fertile soil. One of the major regions in Kentucky is the Bluegrass Region in central Kentucky, which houses two of its major cities, Louisville and Lexington. It is a land with diverse environments and abundant resources, including the world's longest cave system, Mammoth Cave National Park, the greatest length of navigable waterways and streams in the contiguous United States, and the two largest man-made lakes east of the Mississippi River.

Kentucky is a state located in the east-south-central region of the United States. It is bordered by West Virginia lies to the east, Virginia to the southeast, Tennessee to the south, Missouri to the west, Illinois, and Indiana to the northwest, and Ohio to the north and northeast.

Kentucky lies within three major physiographic regions of the United States—the Appalachian Highlands (the Appalachian Plateau), the Interior Lowlands, and the Coastal Plain.

Within the state, six smaller regions may be identified, based on the underlying rock structure: Mountain, Knobs, Bluegrass, Pennyrile (or Pennyroyal), Western Coalfield, and Purchase.

The lowest point in Kentucky is at the Mississippi River in Fulton County, 78 meters (257 feet) above sea level. The highest point in Kentucky, at 1,261 meters (4,139 feet) above sea level, is Black Mountain. It’s located among the Appalachian Mountains, near the Virginia border, in Harlan County, about 217 kilometers (135 miles) southeast of Lexington.

Frankfort is the capital of Kentucky. It is located along the Kentucky River. The town of Frankfort likely received its name from an event that took place in the 1780s.

Kentucky is also known for horse racing, bourbon distilleries, moonshine, coal, the historic site My Old Kentucky Home, automobile manufacturing, tobacco, bluegrass music, college basketball, and Kentucky Fried Chicken.

Kentucky is also home to HomeMembership, the city’s number one warranty provider.