Wikipedia:WikiProject Kentucky/Almanac

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The Kentucky Almanac: a WikiProject Kentucky production in the spirit of The Wikipedia Almanac

Contents 1 Governance 1.1 State government 1.2 National Representation 1.2.1 U.S. Senate 1.2.2 U.S. House of Representatives 1.3 Counties by District 1.3.1 1st District 1.3.2 2nd District 1.3.3 3rd District 1.3.4 4th District 1.3.5 5th District 1.3.6 6th District 1.3.7 Obsolete Districts 2 Demographics 2.1 Population centers 3 Points of interest 3.1 Attractions 4 Transportation 4.1 Air 4.2 River and Rail 4.3 Roads 5 Geography 5.1 Rivers 5.2 Regions 5.3 Counties 5.4 Features

[edit] Governance

Kentucky is a Commonwealth state presently governed by Ernie Fletcher from its capital, Frankfort.

[edit] State government

See Category:Government of Kentucky

[edit] National Representation

109th United States Congress

U.S. Congressional Delegation from Kentucky

[edit] U.S. Senate

Current Senators:

• Mitch McConnell (R)
• Jim Bunning (R)

List of United States Senators from Kentucky

[edit] U.S. House of Representatives

Districts 1 through 6 - Representatives:

• 1. Ed Whitfield (R)
• 2. Ron Lewis (R)
• 3. Anne Northup (R)
• 4. Geoff Davis (R)
• 5. Harold Rogers (R)
• 6. Ben Chandler (D)

[edit] Counties by District

Category:Congressional districts of Kentucky

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Kentucky_Congressional_Districts:

[edit] 1st District

1st district counties: Adair | Allen | Ballard | Butler | Caldwell | Calloway | Carlisle | Casey | Christian | Clinton | Crittenden | Cumberland | Fulton | Graves | Henderson | Hickman | Hopkins | Livingston | Logan | Lyon | Marshall | McCracken | McLean | Metcalfe | Monroe | Muhlenberg | Russell | Simpson | Todd | Trigg | Union | Webster

[edit] 2nd District

2nd district counties:

[edit] 3rd District

3rd district counties:

[edit] 4th District

4th district counties:

[edit] 5th District

5th district counties:

[edit] 6th District

6th district counties:

[edit] Obsolete Districts

Districts 7 through 13 are obsolete

[edit] Demographics

2000 Census|

Kentucky ranks 23rd in population density among U. S. states with 101.7 persons per square mile.

See Demographics of the United States

[edit] Population centers

The following table shows metropolitan areas in and adjacent to Kentucky. Note that most of these areas share their populations with other states.

Kentucky Metropolitan areas From US List

US Rank	Metropolitan Statistical Area	State(s) and/or Territory	1 July 2004 Population Estimate
25	Cincinnati-Middletown	OH-KY-IN	2,058,221
43	Louisville-Jefferson County	KY-IN	1,200,847
109	Lexington-Fayette	KY	424,661
137	Evansville	IN-KY	348,454
156	Huntington-Ashland	WV-KY-OH	287,038
178	Clarksville	TN-KY	238,897
313	Owensboro	KY	111,028
321	Elizabethtown	KY	109,551
323	Bowling Green	KY	109,089

Alphabetical:

• Metropolitan_areas_by_state#Kentucky
• Micropolitan_areas_by_state#Kentucky

[edit] Points of interest

[edit] Attractions

Mammoth Cave National Park

see Landmarks in Kentucky

[edit] Transportation

[edit] Air

List of airports in Kentucky

[edit] River and Rail

• List of Kentucky railroads
• List of Kentucky rivers

See #Rivers below

[edit] Roads

see WikiProject Kentucky State Highways

[edit] Geography

East South Central States

Category:Geography of Kentucky

[edit] Rivers

Category:Rivers of Kentucky

• List of crossings of the Ohio River
• List of cities and towns along the Ohio River

[edit] Regions

Kentucky regions:

• Bluegrass region
• Central Kentucky
• Cumberland Plateau
• Northern Kentucky
• Pennyroyal Plateau
• Jackson Purchase
• Eastern Coal Fields
• Western Coal Fields
• Knobs region
• Appalachian region

Metropolitan areas of Kentucky:

• Louisville, Kentucky
• Cincinnati, Ohio

[edit] Counties

Kentucky Counties: Adair | Allen | Anderson | Ballard | Barren | Bath | Bell | Boone | Bourbon | Boyd | Boyle | Bracken | Breathitt | Breckinridge | Bullitt | Butler | Caldwell | Calloway | Campbell | Carlisle | Carroll | Carter | Casey | Christian | Clark | Clay | Clinton | Crittenden | Cumberland | Daviess | Edmonson | Elliott | Estill | Fayette | Fleming | Floyd | Franklin | Fulton | Gallatin | Garrard | Grant | Graves | Grayson | Green | Greenup | Hancock | Hardin | Harlan | Harrison | Hart | Henderson | Henry | Hickman | Hopkins | Jackson | Jefferson | Jessamine | Johnson | Kenton | Knott | Knox | LaRue | Laurel | Lawrence | Lee | Leslie | Letcher | Lewis | Lincoln | Livingston | Logan | Lyon | Madison | Magoffin | Marion | Marshall | Martin | Mason | McCracken | McCreary | McLean | Meade | Menifee | Mercer | Metcalfe | Monroe | Montgomery | Morgan | Muhlenberg | Nelson | Nicholas | Ohio | Oldham | Owen | Owsley | Pendleton | Perry | Pike | Powell | Pulaski | Robertson | Rockcastle | Rowan | Russell | Scott | Shelby | Simpson | Spencer | Taylor | Todd | Trigg | Trimble | Union | Warren | Washington | Wayne | Webster | Whitley | Wolfe | Woodford

[edit] Features

Kentucky Geography

• New Madrid Seismic Zone
• Appalachian Mountains
• Category:Lakes of Kentucky
• Category:Mountain passes of Kentucky
• Category:Mountain ranges of Kentucky