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The South > Kentucky > Identification

KENTUCKY IDENTIFICATION STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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50 State Quarters > Quarter details > Mintage Figures 723,564,000 [14th of 41]
ISO 3166-2:US > Codes > Sorted by Name > States US-KY
State beverages > Drink Milk
State beverages > Year & Citation 2,005
State butterflies > Binomial nomenclature Limenitis archippus
State butterflies > State butterfly Viceroy Butterfly
State fossil > Age
Ordovician–
Pennsylvanian
State fossil > Binomial nomenclature undetermined
State fossil > Common name brachiopod
State fossil > Year 1,986
State mottos > Motto
United we stand, divided we fall
Deo gratiam habeamus
State Name Kentucky
State soil
Crider
State soil > Year adopted 1,990
State tree
Tulip Poplar
State tree > Binomial Nomenclature Liriodendron tulipifera
Symbols > State animal
Thoroughbred (State horse); Gray Squirrel (State wild game animal species)
Symbols > State bird Cardinal
Symbols > State motto
United we stand, divided we fall
Traditional abbreviation > Other Ken. or Kent.
U.S. state beverages > Drink Milk
U.S. state beverages > Year & Citation 2005
U.S. state insects > Binomial name Limenitis archippus
U.S. state insects > State insect Viceroy Butterfly
U.S. state minerals, rocks, stones and gemstones > State Geological Symbols > Mineral Coal
U.S. state minerals, rocks, stones and gemstones > State Geological Symbols > Rock Kentucky Agate (2000)

SOURCES: Wikipedia: 50 State Quarters ; Wikipedia: ISO 3166-2:US ; Wikipedia: List of U.S. state beverages; Wikipedia: List of U.S. state butterflies; Wikipedia: List of U.S. state fossils; Wikipedia: List of U.S. state mottos; John; Wikipedia: List of U.S. state soils; Wikipedia: List of U.S. state trees; "State Names, Seals, Flags and Symbols" by Benjamin F. Shearer, Barbara S. Shearer.; FirstGov Official Government Website, Wikipedia; Wikipedia: List of U.S. states by traditional abbreviation; Wikipedia: List of U.S. state beverages ; Wikipedia: List of U.S. state insects ; Wikipedia: List of U.S. state minerals, rocks, stones and gemstones

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