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I also checked google maps and yes, Google shows a small portion of the land just west of the Ohio River in the town of Cairo belonging to KY so that would explain the sign welcoming people to KY while still in Cairo.
Kentucky being the 15th state has been a state longer than either Illinois or Ohio and it seems when it was admitted, it included all or nearly all of the Ohio River. I believe other states sharing the river have attempted to change this in court but they have always failed.
This made me remember (sorry if this has been mentioned before):
Leaving IL at Old Shawneetown, the sign welcoming you to Kentucky is well on the "Illinois" side of the river.
Being verified by maps, there are areas where the KY border extends farther into Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana than the Ohio River including a small spot totally unconnected to the rest of KY within the state of Missouri. I have to believe this is the result of the New Madrid earthquake but I'm going to do some research and figure it out. I personally find it fascinating.
Being verified by maps, there are areas where the KY border extends farther into Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana than the Ohio River including a small spot totally unconnected to the rest of KY within the state of Missouri. I have to believe this is the result of the New Madrid earthquake but I'm going to do some research and figure it out. I personally find it fascinating.
This makes it actually possible to drive across the Kentucky/Missouri state line without the use of a ferry.
I already received the answer to my question about Kentucky, the Ohio River and borders. This answer was given to me by Kygman, a poster in the Kentucky forum and life long Kentuckian.
"The state lines were set as the northern border of the Ohio River...in 1792. Since then the river has shifted south. Silt deposited on the northern bank and washed off the southern. Driving from Henderson to Evansville Indiana, the state line is close to a mile on the other side of the river.
There's one part of Kentucky where you have to drive to Tennessee to get to it.
https://www.kentuckytourism.com/the-...-kentucky-bend"
If you drive 45 miles per hour on route 66 in Tijeras, New Mexico, your tires will create the tune of America The Beautiful. It was designed that way to get people to slow down in that area.
In California they love to make it difficult to drive from one city to the next. This image is the Mountain View - Sunnyvale city limits. For the car at the right to drive to where the cars on the other side of the trees are is 1.6 miles. In the rush hour that could take 15 minutes. That city limits looks a bit like the US - Canada Border. Maybe next they will put up a fence to make it look like the Mexican border.
When I used to do food delivery there, sometimes I would just park on one side walk into the next city. I don't know why they do it. It seems like a big inconvenience for residents on both sides.
Could be designed to make it harder for criminals trying to flee into a different jurisdiction. Out here it's very common for criminals to commit offenses in VA and then try to beat the cops to the bridges as to make it into D.C. where the law enforcement response tends to fizzle out.
I know it's no coincidence that there's basically no streets going from Detroit into Grosse Pointe Park other than the main road.
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