Bluegrass Region
The Bluegrass Region is a geographic region in the state of Kentucky, United States. It occupies the northern part of the state and since European settlement has contained a majority of the state's population and its largest cities. Pre European settlement the region was mostly a savannah with wide grasslands with enormous oak trees periodically placed. It contained large herds of bison and other wildlife, especially near salt licks. The name "Kentucky" itself means "meadow lands" in several different Indian languages and was specifically applied to this region, only becoming a name for the entire state much later. Europeans named the Bluegrass Region for the blue flowered Poa grass that grew there.
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... Kentucky can be divided into five primary regions the Cumberland Plateau in the east, the north-central Bluegrass region, the south-central and western ... The Bluegrass region is commonly divided into two regions, the Inner Bluegrass—the encircling 90 miles (145 km) around Lexington—and the Outer Bluegrass—the region that contains ... Much of the outer Bluegrass is in the Eden Shale Hills area, made up of short, steep, and very narrow hills ...
... Bluegrass and rock fence of local limestone in central Kentucky Kentucky River in the Bluegrass region ...
... The Bluegrass region is commonly divided into two regions, the Inner Bluegrass—the encircling 90 miles (145 km) around Lexington—and the Outer Bluegrass—the region ... Much of the outer Bluegrass is in the Eden Shale Hills area, made up of short, steep, and very narrow hills ... This map is a rough depiction of the regions because it relies largely on county lines as a result, the Inner Bluegrass appears larger than it is, and the Cumberland Plateau appears ...
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“In that region there were shepherds living in the fields, keeping watch over their flock by night. Then an angel of the Lord stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified.”
—Bible: New Testament, Luke 2:8,9.