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Kentucky was founded as a county of the state of [[Virginia]] in 1776. Kentucky County was divided into three counties in 1780, and the three became a state in their own right in 1792. Kentucky was the fifteenth state to enter the [[United States|Union]], after [[Vermont]] the previous year. During the [[American Civil War|Civil War]], Kentucky's government remained loyal to the Union, though a [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] government based itself in Bowling Green, in the south of the state. The state was invaded in September 1861, and its capital, [[Frankfort, Kentucky|Frankfort]], was captured by Confederate forces in 1862, the only Union capital to fall into Confederate hands during the war.<ref>http://www.visitkentuckyusa.com/about-kentucky/kentucky-facts.asp</ref>
Kentucky was founded as a county of the state of [[Virginia]] in 1776. Kentucky County was divided into three counties in 1780, and the three became a state in their own right in 1792. Kentucky was the fifteenth state to enter the [[United States|Union]], after [[Vermont]] the previous year. During the [[American Civil War|Civil War]], Kentucky's government remained loyal to the Union, though a [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] government based itself in Bowling Green, in the south of the state. The state was invaded in September 1861, and its capital, [[Frankfort, Kentucky|Frankfort]], was captured by Confederate forces in 1862, the only Union capital to fall into Confederate hands during the war.<ref>http://www.visitkentuckyusa.com/about-kentucky/kentucky-facts.asp</ref>
The first major explorer into kentucky is [[Daniel Boon]]
The first major explorer into the state is [[Daniel Boon]].
==Sports==
==Sports==
==Elected Officials==
==Elected Officials==
===Federal===
===Federal===
*Sen. [[Mitch McConnell]] (R)
*Sen. [[Mitch McConnell]] (R)