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Capital:
Frankfort
Population:
(2020) 4,505,836; (2023 est.) 4,526,154
Governor:
Andy Beshear (Democrat)
Date Of Admission:
June 1, 1792
U.S. Senators:
Mitch McConnell (Republican)
Rand Paul (Republican)
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Kentucky, constituent state of the United States of America. Rivers define Kentucky’s boundaries except on the south, where it shares a border with Tennessee along a nearly straight line of about 425 miles (685 km), and on the southeast, where it shares an irregular, mountainous border with Virginia. Flowing generally northwestward, the Tug and Big Sandy rivers separate Kentucky from West Virginia on the east and northeast. On the north, Kentucky’s boundary follows the Ohio River to the Mississippi, meeting the states of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois en route. The Mississippi River then demarcates Kentucky’s short southwestern border with Missouri. ...(100 of 7938 words)

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