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Kentucky

LC control no.n 79018583
Descriptive conventionsrda
Geographic headingKentucky
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Geographic subdivision usageKentucky
Variant(s)Kentuck
US-KY
KY
Ken.
Kent. (State)
Bluegrass State
Commonwealth of Kentucky
See alsoVirginia
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Other standard no.a69ae27b-885e-4105-8e89-65a8a301638a
Q1603
Beginning date1792-06-01
Associated countryUnited States
Special noteAACR 1 form: Kentucky
Found inThe buzzel about Kentuck, c1999.
A hornbook of Virginia history, 1983: p. 121 (in 1789 Virginia allowed Kentucky's nine counties to apply for statehood)
List of U.S. state abbreviations, via Wikipedia, September 25, 2015 (Kentucky: ISO: US-KY; ANSI: KY; USPS: KY; USCG: KY; Old GPO: Ky.; AP: Ky.; Other: Ken., Kent.)
Britannica online, September 25, 2015 (Kentucky, constituent state of the United States of America; alternative title: Bluegrass State; date of admission: June 1, 1792)
   <http://www.britannica.com/place/Kentucky>
Wikipedia, September 25, 2015 (Kentucky, officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky; before statehood: part of Virginia; admission to Union: June 1, 1792; 37.5°N 85°W)
Not found inBGN, Dec. 11, 1998; Col. Lipp. gaz., 1962
Geographic area coden-us-ky
Invalid LCCNsh 85071957