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History
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The Clinton County Historical Society is an organization formed for the purpose of researching and recording the history of Clinton County and its people. Over the past ten years, the Society has published several books and reprinted other out-of-print books relating to the history of the county. These books are available at: CLINTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
BRIEF HISTORY OF KENTUCKY
A wealth of information concerning Kentucky can be obtained from these websites: http://www.state.ky.us/ and http://athena.louisville.edu/~easchn01/kentucky/1hist.html . The following is just a brief history of The Commonwealth of Kentucky:
Kentucky is located in the central United States. It is bounded by the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers on the west, the Ohio River on the north, the Big Sandy River, Pine Mountain, and Cumberland Mountain on the east, and the state of Tennessee on the south. Originally part of Virginia, the land that is now Kentucky was formed into Kentucky county, Virginia in 1776. Four years later it was divided into the Fayette. Jefferson and Lincoln counties of Virginia. It became the fifteenth of the United States in 1792. The name Kentucky is of American Indian origin and as been attributed to several languages with several possible meanings from "land of tomorrow" to "cane and turkey lands" to "meadow lands." This last may come from the Iroquois name for the Shawnee town Eskippathiki. The name Kentucky referred originally to the Kentucky River and from that came the name of the region. The capital of Kentucky is Frankfort in Franklin County. Kentucky is divided into 120 counties which contain numerous incorporated cities. Lexington and Fayette county are unique with a merged city-county government. In 1990 the population of Kentucky was 3,685,296 in an area of 40,395 square miles. The largest cities are Louisville and Lexington. Seven US Census metropolitan areas are within or extend into Kentucky: Cincinnati (OH), including part of northern Kentucky; Clarksville (TN)-Hopkinsville; Evansville (IN)-Henderson; Huntington (WV)-Ashland; Lexington; Louisville; and Owensboro. Kentucky has an extensive system of State Parks and Natural Preserves and has several National Parks and reserves |
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OTHER KENTUCKY FACTS |
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State Flower: The goldenrod (genus Solidago) is the official state flower of Kentucky. More than 30 varieties are native to Kentucky and two, Short's and the white-haired (S. shortii and S. albopilosa), occur only in Kentucky. State Fossil: brachiopod. State Gemstone: fresh-water pearl. State Horse: thoroughbred. State Mineral: coal. State Soil: Crider soil series. State Song: "My Old Kentucky Home, Good-Night" by Stephen Foster. State Tree: tulip poplar (formerly the Kentucky coffee tree). State Wild Animal Game Species: gray squirrel. State Bird: native redbird, commonly known as the Kentucky cardinal (Richmondena cardinalis). State Butterfly: viceroy. State Fish: Kentucky bass. Covered Bridges. Kentucky has thirteen covered bridges still standing, some still in use.
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