Kentucky Bend, a small area of Kentucky, is surrounded by Tennessee and Missouri due to its location on the Mississippi River. It has a history of cotton production and a notorious family feud, and is also known by several nicknames. Kentucky is not a fully contiguous state: the southwesternmost part of it, called Kentucky Bend, […]
Kentucky is known as the Bluegrass State due to the prevalence of the bluish-purple tinted grass called bluegrass. The state legislature approved the nickname in the 1960s, and it has become closely linked to the state’s identity. Bluegrass music, derived from Scottish, Irish, and English traditional music, also originated in the state. Kentucky is divided […]
