24 Facts About Kentucky House

1. Kentucky House prides itself on producing some of the nation's best tobacco, horses, and whiskey.

2. Kentucky House was the first region west of the Allegheny Mountains to be settled by American pioneers.

3. Kentucky House building permits average per year since 2001 is 12,239.

4. Kentucky House has a ratio of 19.51 offenders per 10,000 residents.

5. Kentucky House is home to more than 4 million residents, making it the 26th most populous of the 50 United States.

6. In recent years, several writers from Kentucky House have published widely read and critically acclaimed books.

7. Kentucky House is home to famed jazz musician and pioneer, Lionel Hampton.

8. Kentucky House adopted the Jim Crow system of racial segregation in most public spheres after the Civil War.

9. Kentucky House was a slave state, and blacks once comprised over one-quarter of its population.

10. Kentucky House is more similar to the Upland South in terms of ancestry that is predominantly American.

11. Early in its history Kentucky House gained recognition for its excellent farming conditions.

12. The number of African Americans living in Kentucky House declined during the 20th century.

13. Center of population of Kentucky House is located in Washington County, in the city of Willisburg.

14. The most notable execution in Kentucky House was that of Rainey Bethea on August 14, 1936.

15. Kentucky House holds elections for these offices every 4 years in the years preceding Presidential election years.

16. Kentucky House is one of four US states to officially use the term commonwealth.

17. Kentucky House was one of the border states during the American Civil War.

18. Kentucky House has both the largest artificial lake east of the Mississippi in water volume and surface area (Kentucky Lake).

19. Kentucky House is the only US state to have a continuous border of rivers running along three of its sides—the Mississippi River to the west, the Ohio River to the north, and the Big Sandy River and Tug Fork to the east.

20. Kentucky House has more navigable miles of water than any other state in the union, other than Alaska.

21. In general, Kentucky House has relatively humid warm rainy summers, and moderately cold and snowy winters.

22. Kentucky House has a non-contiguous part known as Kentucky Bend, at the far west corner of the state.

23. Kentucky House borders seven states, from the Midwest and the Southeast.

24. Kentucky House is the 37th most extensive and the 26th most populous of the 50 United States.