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Section sizes Section size for Kentucky (58 sections) Section name Byte count Section total (Top) 10,790 10,790 Etymology 2,960 2,960 History 42 22,054 Native American settlement 7,025 7,025 Early explorations: the discovery of Kentucky 1,174 1,174 European settlement: The Treaty of Fort Stanwix 1768 1,871 1,871 Kentucky County and the Cherokee-American wars 1,083 1,083 Statehood 2,765 2,765 Post-colonial plantation economy 801 801 The Civil War 4,592 4,592 Reconstruction and the New South 2,701 2,701 Geography 4,144 36,233 Regions 2,295 2,295 Climate 14,005 17,677 Natural disasters 3,672 3,672 Lakes and rivers 2,965 2,965 Natural environment and conservation 4,276 4,276 Natural attractions 4,876 4,876 Administrative divisions 30 12,812 Counties 1,658 1,658 Consolidated city-county governments 2,193 2,193 Major cities 8,931 8,931 Demographics 6,904 25,328 Race and ancestry 11,537 11,537 Language 1,008 1,008 Religion 5,879 5,879 Economy 10,432 21,773 Taxation 4,533 4,533 Tourism 4,682 6,808 Horse industry 2,126 2,126 Education 6,386 6,386 Transportation 254 11,558 Roads 2,416 2,416 Rails 4,118 4,118 Air 3,022 3,022 Water 1,748 1,748 Law and government 2,626 25,943 Executive branch 4,886 4,886 Legislative branch 1,813 1,813 Judicial branch 1,776 1,776 Federal representation 1,410 1,410 Law 5,920 5,920 Politics 7,512 7,512 Culture 15,634 32,697 Music 5,712 5,712 Literature 2,014 2,014 Cuisine 2,160 2,160 Sports 5,943 5,943 Kentucky colonel 1,234 1,234 See also 146 146 Notes 29 29 References 33 33 Bibliography 18 5,440 Politics 177 177 History 15 5,245 Surveys and reference 2,092 2,092 Specialized scholarly studies 3,138 3,138 External links 2,780 2,780 Total 216,962 216,962

The nuclear plane crash is a punchy news item, but I question whether it belongs in a concise and scholarly general history article. It might be more comfortably moved to an article on plane crashes or nuclear accidents. That it happened in Kentucky is not terribly relevant. Sbalfour (talk) 19:24, 1 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I would suggest article Nuclear and radiation accidents and incidents subsection 1950's. Sbalfour (talk) 19:46, 1 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Moved. Sbalfour (talk) 20:28, 1 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Stefen Tower_{s among the rest!} ^{Gab • Gruntwerk} 18:35, 15 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It doesn't seem like our summary here reflects Kentucky in the American Civil War very well, particularly where it suggests Kentucky was neutral throughout the war (the state invited Union assistance and Louisville was a Union stronghold), and puts extra weight into modern celebrations related to the Confederacy. Stefen Tower_{s among the rest!} ^{Gab • Gruntwerk} 04:06, 17 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]