The Commonwealth of Kentucky (nicknamed “The Bluegrass State”) lies in the South region of the USA. Its northern boundary is marked by the Ohio River and is bordered by Illinois, Indiana and Ohio; the north-eastern boundary is formed by the Big Sandy River, dividing Kentucky from West Virginia; the south-east shares a border with Virginia; and the south and west are bordered, respectively, by Tennessee and by Missouri (across the Mississippi River). The south-east of Kentucky is dominated by the Appalachian Mountains, rising to 1,263 m (4,145 ft) at Black Mountain. Kentucky was used as a hunting ground by the Shawnee, Delaware, Wyandot and Cherokee Indians when Thomas Walker and Christopher Gist first explored the region in 1750 and 1751.

Kentucky is one of the 50 states of the United States of America, located in the southern region of the country. Although the focus of his business is the manufacture of industrial products and tourism, much of the state is predominantly rural, with agriculture as the main source of income. Previously it was believed that the origin of the name of the state came from a word Amerindian, which means "hunting ground dark and bloody, because the native tribes living in the region hunted in the dense forests of the state, and because often These tribes were fighting among themselves in these forests. However, now that the word Cree Kentucky can be attributed to numerous indigenous languages, with several possible meanings.