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June 1, 1792 • Kentucky became the fifteenth state to be admitted to the union and Isaac Shelby, a military veteran from Virginia, was elected the first Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
Offers a chronological timeline of important dates, events, and milestones in Kentucky history. Kentucky's first inhabitants are descendants of prehistoric people who migrate from Asia over the Arctic land bridge. Archaic people grow squash in the area, and Woodland people cultivate corn and beans. Kentucky was granted statehood in 1792 ...
The prehistory and history of Kentucky span thousands of years, and have been influenced by the state's diverse geography and central location. Archaeological evidence of human occupation in Kentucky begins approximately 9,500 BCE. A gradual transition began from a hunter-gatherer economy to agriculture c. 1800 BCE.
Prologue: The highlighted events of this historical timeline for Kentucky are focused on the first visitors to the region, the colonial period when Kentucky was part of old Virginia, and the subsequent jurisdictional changes that evolved. The goal is to give genealogists a sense of the jurisdictions in place at the time an ancestor lived there:
From Then Til Now: Kentucky History at A Glance. Take a look through the centuries at an overview of Kentucky's rich history.
Timeline of important dates and major events in the history of Kentucky. Illustrated list of events and people from our today in history archives.
By 1751 surveyor-explorer and Indian scout Christopher Gist, representing the Ohio Company, together with a bonded African, mapped the Ohio River area from its headwaters (near today's Pittsburgh) and crossed into what is now Kentucky.
