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The Kentucky Bend, variously called the New Madrid Bend, Madrid Bend, Bessie Bend, or Bubbleland, [ 1][ 2] is an exclave of Fulton County, Kentucky, encircled by the states of Tennessee and Missouri. It is a portion of a peninsula defined by an oxbow loop meander of the Mississippi River, and its inclusion in the state of Kentucky stems from ...
Map of the United States c. 1849 (modern state borders), with the parallel 36°30′ north – slave states in red, free states in blue This 1856 map shows slave states (gray), free states (pink), U.S. territories (green), and Kansas in center (white) with parallel 36°30′ north prominently indicated.
Slave states and free states. An animation showing the free/slave status of U.S. states and territories, 1789–1861 (see separate yearly maps below). The American Civil War began in 1861. The 13th Amendment, effective December 6, 1865, abolished slavery in the U.S. In the United States before 1865, a slave state was a state in which slavery ...
East Richford Slide Road in the U.S. state of Vermont crosses into the Canadian province of Québec for a distance of approximately 330 feet (100 m) before returning to the United States. [7] The Piney Pinecreek Border Airport runway straddles the Canada–U.S. border, between the U.S. state of Minnesota and the Canadian province of Manitoba. [8]
Geography of Kentucky. Kentucky is situated in the Upland South region of the United States. [ 1] A significant portion of eastern Kentucky is part of Appalachia . Kentucky borders seven states, from the Midwest and the Southeast. West Virginia lies to the northeast, Virginia to the east, Tennessee to the south, Missouri to the west, Illinois ...
The Mason–Dixon line, where the Torrey C. Brown Rail Trail becomes the York County Heritage Trail near New Freedom, Pennsylvania. The Mason–Dixon line is a demarcation line separating four U.S. states, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware and West Virginia. It was surveyed between 1763 and 1767 by Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon as part of the ...
Great River Road Route information Length 2,069.0 mi (3,329.7 km) Location Country United States States Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi, Louisiana Highway system Scenic Byways National National Forest BLM NPS The distinctive route marker displayed along the entire 10-state routing of the Great River Road The Great River Road is a ...
16.1. Brighton Boulevard in Denver. Chambers Road in Aurora. $1.50~$4.50 [ 32] All-electronic toll; allows ExpressToll and license plate toll; HOV-3+ must have an ExpressToll transponder which they can slide to the HOV indicator to ride free; motorcycles and RTD buses are toll-free [ 33] US 36 (Express Lanes) 16.0.