Kentucky Colonel

personal title bestowed in letters patent by the Commonwealth of Kentucky for official civilian use of the honorific title Colonel
Place title_of_honor Q632482
Kentucky Colonel
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Kentucky Colonel

Summary

Kentucky Colonel is a title of honor[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of title_of_honor entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,066 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Kentucky Colonel's field of work was civil service[3].
  • Kentucky Colonel was influenced by American literature[4].
  • Kentucky Colonel is in the country of United States[5].
  • Kentucky Colonel's image is recorded as Commissioning Certificate awarded to Daniel S. Peña Sr.png[6].
  • Kentucky Colonel's instance of is recorded as title of honor[7].
  • Kentucky Colonel's instance of is recorded as state decoration[8].
  • Kentucky Colonel's instance of is recorded as legal act[9].
  • Kentucky Colonel's founder is recorded as James B. McCreary[10].
  • Kentucky Colonel's subclass of is recorded as official[11].
  • Kentucky Colonel's part of is recorded as Americana[12].
  • Kentucky Colonel's part of is recorded as history of Kentucky[13].
  • Kentucky Colonel's Commons category is recorded as Kentucky Colonel[14].
  • Kentucky Colonel's said to be the same as is recorded as Kentucky Colonel Commission[15].
  • Kentucky Colonel's has part is recorded as Kentucky Colonel Commission[16].
  • +1875-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Kentucky Colonel[17].
  • Kentucky Colonel's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03lkjz[18].
  • Kentucky Colonel's authority is recorded as Governor of Kentucky[19].
  • Kentucky Colonel's official website is recorded as https://www.kycolonelcy.us[20].
  • Kentucky Colonel's applies to jurisdiction is recorded as Kentucky[21].
  • Kentucky Colonel's conferred by is recorded as Governor of Kentucky[22].
  • Kentucky Colonel's facet of is recorded as history of Kentucky[23].
  • Kentucky Colonel's nickname is recorded as {'lang': 'en-us', 'text': 'Kentucky colonelcy'}[24].
  • Kentucky Colonel's nickname is recorded as {'lang': 'en-us', 'text': 'Kentucky colonelship'}[25].
  • Kentucky Colonel's nickname is recorded as {'lang': 'en-us', 'text': 'Kentucky colonelled'}[26].
  • Kentucky Colonel's motto text is recorded as {'lang': 'en-us', 'text': 'United We Stand Divided We Fall'}[27].

Body

Geography

Kentucky Colonel is in the country of United States[5]. Part of include Americana[12], a type of physical object[28] and history of Kentucky[13], an aspect of history[29].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include title of honor[7], state decoration[8], and legal act[9].

History and Context

+1875-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Kentucky Colonel[17].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Kentucky Colonel include Kentucky Colonelcy[30], a website[31], in United States[32], founded in 1998[33], headquartered in Madison County[34].

Why It Matters

Kentucky Colonel ranks in the top 1% of title_of_honor entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,066 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

Entities named for it include Kentucky Colonelcy[30], a website[31], in United States[32], founded in 1998[33], headquartered in Madison County[34].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . kycolonelcy.us. kycolonelcy.us. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . formsofaddress.info. formsofaddress.info. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [8] . governor.ky.gov. governor.ky.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [9] . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] . courtlistener.com. courtlistener.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [11] . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] . wikidata.org.
  13. [16] . wikidata.org.
  14. [17] . courtlistener.com. courtlistener.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [18] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  16. [4] . kycolonelcy.us. kycolonelcy.us. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . kycolonels.org. kycolonels.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [30] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [35] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [36] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 19d ago · ZI Jony · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of official
    Founder James B. McCreary
    Has part(s) Kentucky Colonel Commission
    Inception
    + 28 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P4003]]: Kentucky-Colonel/1820293634698273, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/257116|batch #257116]]"
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