USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Kentucky borders seven states, from the Midwest and the Southeast. West Virginia lies to the east, Virginia to the southeast, Tennessee to the south, Missouri to the west, Illinois and Indiana to the northwest, and Ohio to the north and northeast.

Detailed explanation-2: -Kentucky borders Virginia to the southeast, and Tennessee to the south. The Ohio River forms a natural border with Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio. The Big Sandy and the Tug Fork Rivers define the state line with West Virginia in the east; the Mississippi River creates the border to Missouri in the southwest.

Detailed explanation-3: -Located in the south central United States along the west side of the Appalachian Mountains, Kentucky ranks 37th in land size, with 39, 732 square miles (102, 907 square kilometers). The Commonwealth is bordered by seven states: Indiana, Ohio, West Virginia, Virginia, Tennessee, Missouri and Illinois.

Detailed explanation-4: -It borders Maryland and the District of Columbia to the northeast, North Carolina and Tennessee to the south, Kentucky to the southwest and West Virginia to the north and west. The state’s nickname is The Old Dominion.

Detailed explanation-5: -Kentucky was originally declared to be a part of Virginia and was made a separate county of that state in 1776. Soon after the end of the American Revolution, a separation movement began in Kentucky.