Cincinnati metropolitan area
The Cincinnati metropolitan area is a metropolitan area with its core in Ohio and Kentucky. Its largest city is Cincinnati and includes surrounding counties in the U.S. states of Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana.
Downtown Cincinnati along the Ohio River, viewed from Devou Park in Covington, Kentucky.
Hamilton, Ohio is the second-largest city in the Greater Cincinnati area.
Covington is the largest city in Northern Kentucky.
A NASA image of the Cincinnati metropolitan area. The Ohio River separates the states of Ohio and Kentucky.
Kentucky, officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States. Kentucky borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north, West Virginia to the northeast, Virginia to the east, Tennessee to the south, and Missouri to the west. Its northern border is defined by the Ohio River. Its capital is Frankfort and its largest city is Louisville. As of 2020, the population was approximately 4.5 million.
In 1942 the U.S. Post Office issued a postage stamp commemorating the 150th anniversary of Kentucky statehood, a 3-cent 1942 issue
Abraham Lincoln Birthplace near Hodgenville
Lake Cumberland is the largest artificial American lake east of the Mississippi River by volume.
Once an industrial wasteland, Louisville's reclaimed waterfront now features thousands of trees and miles of walking trails.
