State Symbols

State Wild Game Animal:  Gray Squirrel

State Horse:  Thoroughbred

State Fish:  Kentucky Spotted Bass

State Butterfly:  Viceroy Butterfly

State Flower:  Goldenrod

State Tree:  Tulip-Poplar

State Fossil:  Brachiopod

State Mineral:  Coal

State Rock:  Kentucky Agate

State Gemstone:  Freshwater Pearl

State Arboretum:  Bernheim Arboretum & Research Forest

State Song: "My Old Kentucky Home"

State Bluegrass Song:  "Blue Moon of Kentucky"

Motto:  United we stand, divided we fall

Origin of State Name:  The name is derived from a Cherokee word for the area south of the Ohio River. Its meaning is disputed, but
some historians believe it means "meadowland."

Nickname for State:  The Bluegrass State.  The nickname is derived from the famed bluegrass pastures of central Kentucky.

Nickname for residents:  Kentuckians