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Kentucky

Held by bourbonsoviet under the Socialist flag, for $5.

“The barrel ages ten years, your wage hasn't moved in thirty. Seize the barrels”

bourbonsoviet paid $5 to put that there.

Take it for

$8

Take it

The place

Joined 1792 · 15th state · Border state in the Civil War · Eastern, western half Central time

Kentucky is where the South, the Midwest and Appalachia meet and none of them wins. Horses and bourbon in the bluegrass, coal in the east, and a river border that made it a border state in every sense during the Civil War, staying in the Union while sending sons to both armies. It ages more barrels of bourbon than it has people. Go for Mammoth Cave, the longest cave system known, and drive the bluegrass back roads in April when the fences are white and the foals are out.

There are more barrels of bourbon ageing here than there are people.

Eat

The Hot Brown

Drink

Bourbon, most of the world's

Listen

My Morning Jacket

Bird

Northern cardinal

Flower

Goldenrod

Tree

Tulip poplar

Grows

Corn, Soybeans, Tobacco

National parks

  • Mammoth Cave

The actual state · 2025

Population
4,606,864
Land area
39,486 mi²
GDP per head
$66,617
Median household
$64,481
Joined
Joined 1792
Civil War
Border state

Largest cities

  • 1Louisville641K
  • 2Lexington-Fayette329K
  • 3Bowling Green79K
  • 4Owensboro61K
  • 5Covington42K

Race

  • White84.4%
  • Black8.7%
  • Two or more4.1%

Hispanic or Latino6.1%

Counted across all races, so it overlaps the figures above.

1 claim

  1. First blood in Kentucky: bourbonsoviet, Socialist, $5.

    “The barrel ages ten years, your wage hasn't moved in thirty. Seize the barrels”

    · $5