25 Facts About Northern Kentucky

1. Northern Kentucky will be host to a new bourbon-based festival this fall.

2. Northern Kentucky blocks shots twice as often as the Raiders.

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

4. Northern Kentucky is home to famed jazz musician and pioneer, Lionel Hampton.

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

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

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

8. Early in its history Northern Kentucky gained recognition for its excellent farming conditions.

9. The number of African Americans living in Northern Kentucky declined during the 20th century.

10. Center of population of Northern Kentucky is located in Washington County, in the city of Willisburg.

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

12. Northern Kentucky holds elections for these offices every 4 years in the years preceding Presidential election years.

13. Northern Kentucky is one of four US states to officially use the term commonwealth.

14. Northern Kentucky was one of the border states during the American Civil War.

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

16. Northern Kentucky 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.

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

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

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

20. Northern Kentucky borders seven states, from the Midwest and the Southeast.

21. Northern Kentucky is the 37th most extensive and the 26th most populous of the 50 United States.

22. Northern Kentucky is an interesting place with some unique forgotten facts, laws and history.

23. Northern Kentucky pulled even with idle Detroit Mercy atop the Horizon.

24. Northern Kentucky is waiting for what could be an icy storm to hit the tri-state.

25. Northern Kentucky is the name often given to the northernmost counties in Kentucky (Boone, Kenton, Campbell, shown in red on the map).