Frankfort's municipal population makes it the fourth smallest capital city in the United States.

Kentucky was admitted into the Union as the 15th state on June 1, 1792, splitting from Virginia in the process. It had previously been considered the "backlands" of Virginia.

KFC was founded by Colonel Harland Sanders, an entrepreneur who began selling fried chicken from his roadside restaurant in Corbin, Kentucky, during the Great Depression.

Churchill Downs, located on Central Avenue in south Louisville, Kentucky, is most famous for hosting the Kentucky Derby. It officially opened in 1875 and was named for Samuel Churchill, whose family was prominent in Kentucky for many years.

Kentucky is the state where both Abraham Lincoln, President of the Union, and Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederacy, were born. They were born less than one hundred miles and one year apart.

Kentucky is known as the "Bluegrass State", a nickname based on Kentucky bluegrass, a species of grass found in many of its pastures, which has supported the thoroughbred horse industry in the center of the state.

The Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory in downtown Louisville is distinguished from surrounding buildings by the 120-foot-tall, 68,000 pound baseball bat leaning against it. The Big Bat is an exact-scale replica of Babe Ruth's 34-inch Louisville Slugger.

On the surface, Mammoth National Park in central Kentucky encompasses around 80 square miles, but underneath lies a twisting labyrinth of limestone caves, creating a network that earns the title of the longest cave system in the world. 400 miles of the cave have already been explored, and the park estimates another 600 miles in its system.

Daniel Boone is most famous for his exploration and settlement of what is now Kentucky. The Kentucky Legislature appropriated two thousand dollars in 1860 for the erection of a monument over his grave in Frankfort Cemetery. In 1862 four marble panels were added depicting scenes from Boone's life. The panels were vandalized during the American Civil War and restored in 1906. Only one of the original panels still exists.

Commissions for Kentucky Colonels are given by the governor and the secretary of state to individuals in recognition of noteworthy accomplishments, contributions to Kentucky society, remarkable deeds, and outstanding service to a community, state, or the nation.