Indiana and Kentucky

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Indiana and Kentucky are neighboring U.S. states in the Midwest and Upper South, respectively, separated in large part by the Ohio River.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Indiana and Kentucky canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf U.S. state
U.S. state
pair of neighboring U.S. states
admittedToUnion 1792
1816
borderDirectionFromIndiana south
borderDirectionFromKentucky north
borderFormedLargelyBy Ohio River
borderRelation share a state border
bordersRiver Ohio River
Ohio River
bordersState Indiana
Kentucky
capital Frankfort
linked to: Frankfort, Kentucky

Indianapolis
connectedBy multiple highway bridges over the Ohio River
country United States of America
United States of America
United States of America
hasNickname The Bluegrass State
linked to: Kentucky

The Hoosier State
linked to: Indiana
largestCity Indianapolis
Louisville
locatedInRegion Midwestern United States
Southeastern United States
Upper South
orderOfAdmission 15th state
19th state
partOf Appalachian region (partly)
Great Lakes region (partly)
linked to: Great Lakes region
postalAbbreviation IN
KY
regionRelation Midwest and Upper South
separatedBy Ohio River
shareClimateCharacteristics humid continental and humid subtropical zones
shareEconomicRegion Ohio River Valley
linked to: Ohio Valley region
shareFederalCircuitCourt United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (Kentucky) and Seventh Circuit (Indiana) interface
shareHistoricalContext border region between North and South in U.S. history
sharesMajorMetroAreaWith Indiana
Kentucky
spansStates Indiana
Kentucky
timeZone Central Time Zone
Central Time Zone
Eastern Time Zone
Eastern Time Zone

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ohio River formsBorderBetween Indiana and Kentucky
Ohio County, Indiana isOnBorderBetween Indiana and Kentucky