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Section sizes

Section size for Kentucky (60 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	10,822	10,822
Etymology	2,960	2,960
History	42	22,052
Native American settlement	7,019	7,019
Early explorations: the discovery of Kentucky	1,178	1,178
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	4,141	36,284
Regions	2,295	2,295
Climate	14,005	17,678
Natural disasters	3,673	3,673
Lakes and rivers	2,966	2,966
Natural environment and conservation	4,327	4,327
Natural attractions	4,877	4,877
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	6,604	26,557
Race and ancestry	11,537	11,537
Language	1,008	1,008
Religion	5,879	5,879
Native American tribes	1,529	1,529
Economy	10,432	22,261
Taxation	4,533	4,533
Government-promoted slogans	2,775	2,775
Tourism	2,395	4,521
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	29,291
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	10,860	10,860
Culture	15,634	31,984
Music	5,712	5,712
Literature	2,014	2,014
Cuisine	2,160	2,160
Sports	5,230	5,230
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	2,839	2,839
Total	221,454	221,454