What is the Nickname of Kentucky?
Kentucky's official state nick name is "The Bluegrass
State."
Other nicknames are Dark and Bloody Ground, Hemp State, the
Rock-Ribbed State and the Tobacco State.
Bluegrass is not really blue--it's green--but in the spring,
bluegrass produces bluish-purple buds that when seen in large
fields give a rich blue cast to the grass. Early pioneers found
bluegrass growing on Kentucky's rich limestone soil, and traders
began asking for the seed of the "blue grass from Kentucky." The
name stuck and today Kentucky is known as the Bluegrass State.