List of counties in Kentucky
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There are 120 counties in the U.S. state of Kentucky.
Alphabetical list Edit
| County |
FIPS code[1] | County seat[2] | Established[2] | Origin | Meaning of name | Population | Area[2] | Map |
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| Adair County | 001 | Columbia | 1802 | Green County | John Adair, eighth Governor of Kentucky (1820–1824) | 18,656 | 407 sq mi (1,054 km2) |
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| Allen County | 003 | Scottsville | 1815 | Barren County and Warren County | John Allen (1771–1813), hero of the Battle of Frenchtown in the War of 1812 | 19,956 | 346 sq mi (896 km2) |
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| Anderson County | 005 | Lawrenceburg | 1827 | Franklin County, Washington County and Mercer County | Richard Clough Anderson, Jr., Kentucky and United States legislator (1817–1821) | 21,421 | 203 sq mi (526 km2) |
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| Ballard County | 007 | Wickliffe | 1842 | Hickman County and McCracken County | Bland Ballard (1761–1853), hero of the Battle of Fallen Timbers and Battle of River Raisin | 8,249 | 251 sq mi (650 km2) |
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| Barren County | 009 | Glasgow | 1798 | Green County and Warren County | The Barrens, a region of grassland in Kentucky | 42,173 | 491 sq mi (1,272 km2) |
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| Bath County | 011 | Owingsville | 1811 | Montgomery County | Medicinal springs located within the county | 11,591 | 279 sq mi (723 km2) |
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| Bell County | 013 | Pineville | 1867 | Harlan County and Knox County | Joshua Fry Bell, Kentucky legislator (1862–1867) | 28,691 | 361 sq mi (935 km2) |
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| Boone County | 015 | Burlington | 1798 | Campbell County | Daniel Boone (1734–1820), frontiersman | 118,811 | 246 sq mi (637 km2) |
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| Bourbon County | 017 | Paris | 1785 | Fayette County | House of Bourbon, European royal house | 19,985 | 291 sq mi (754 km2) |
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| Boyd County | 019 | Catlettsburg | 1860 | Greenup County, Carter County and Lawrence County | Linn Boyd, United States Congressman (1835–1837; 1839–1855) and Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky (1859) | 49,542 | 160 sq mi (414 km2) |
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| Boyle County | 021 | Danville | 1842 | Lincoln County and Mercer County | John Boyle, Chief Justice of the Kentucky Court of Appeals (1810–1826) | 28,432 | 182 sq mi (471 km2) |
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| Bracken County | 023 | Brooksville | 1796 | Mason County and Campbell County | William Bracken, trapper and frontiersman | 8,488 | 203 sq mi (526 km2) |
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| Breathitt County | 025 | Jackson | 1839 | Clay County, Perry County and Estill County | John Breathitt, eleventh Governor of Kentucky (1832–1834) | 13,878 | 495 sq mi (1,282 km2) |
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| Breckinridge County | 027 | Hardinsburg | 1799 | Hardin County | John Breckinridge (1760–1806), Kentucky statesman and U.S. Senator | 20,059 | 572 sq mi (1,481 km2) |
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| Bullitt County | 029 | Shepherdsville | 1796 | Jefferson County and Nelson County | Alexander Scott Bullitt, Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky (1800–1804) | 74,319 | 299 sq mi (774 km2) |
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| Butler County | 031 | Morgantown | 1810 | Logan County and Ohio County | Richard Butler (1743–1791), Revolutionary War general | 12,690 | 428 sq mi (1,109 km2) |
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| Caldwell County | 033 | Princeton | 1809 | Livingston County | John Caldwell, Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky (1804) | 12,984 | 347 sq mi (899 km2) |
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| Calloway County | 035 | Murray | 1822 | Hickman County | Richard Callaway (1724–1780), pioneer | 37,191 | 386 sq mi (1,000 km2) |
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| Campbell County | 037 | Alexandria and Newport |
1794 | Harrison County, Mason County and Scott County | John Campbell (1735–1799), Revolutionary War colonel | 90,336 | 152 sq mi (394 km2) |
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| Carlisle County | 039 | Bardwell | 1886 | Hickman County | John G. Carlisle, United States legislator (1877–1889) and Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives | 5,104 | 192 sq mi (497 km2) |
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| Carroll County | 041 | Carrollton | 1838 | Gallatin County, Trimble County, and Henry county | Charles Carroll (1737–1832), last living signer of the Declaration of Independence | 10,811 | 130 sq mi (337 km2) |
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| Carter County | 043 | Grayson | 1838 | Greenup County and Lawrence County | William Grayson Carter, Kentucky state senator (1834–1838) | 27,720 | 411 sq mi (1,064 km2) |
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| Casey County | 045 | Liberty | 1806 | Lincoln County | William Casey (1754–1816), Revolutionary War colonel | 15,955 | 446 sq mi (1,155 km2) |
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| Christian County | 047 | Hopkinsville | 1796 | Logan County | William Christian (1743–1786), Revolutionary War soldier and founder of Louisville, Kentucky | 73,955 | 721 sq mi (1,867 km2) |
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| Clark County | 049 | Winchester | 1792 | Bourbon County and Fayette County | George Rogers Clark (1752–1818), Revolutionary War general | 35,613 | 254 sq mi (658 km2) |
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| Clay County | 051 | Manchester | 1807 | Madison County, Floyd County, and Knox County | Green Clay (1757–1828), Revolutionary War general and western surveyor | 21,730 | 471 sq mi (1,220 km2) |
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| Clinton County | 053 | Albany | 1835 | Cumberland County and Wayne County | DeWitt Clinton, Governor of New York (1817–1823) | 10,272 | 198 sq mi (513 km2) |
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| Crittenden County | 055 | Marion | 1842 | Livingston County[3] | John Jordan Crittenden, seventeenth Governor of Kentucky (1848–1850) | 9,315 | 362 sq mi (938 km2) |
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| Cumberland County | 057 | Burkesville | 1798 | Green County | The Cumberland River, which flows through the county | 6,856 | 306 sq mi (793 km2) |
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| Daviess County | 059 | Owensboro | 1815 | Ohio County | Joseph Hamilton Daveiss (1774–1811), lawyer killed at the Battle of Tippecanoe | 96,656 | 462 sq mi (1,197 km2) |
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| Edmonson County | 061 | Brownsville | 1825 | Hart County, Grayson County, and Warren County | John Edmonson (1764–1813), military captain killed at the Battle of Frenchtown | 12,161 | 303 sq mi (785 km2) |
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| Elliott County | 063 | Sandy Hook | 1869 | Morgan County, Lawrence County, and Carter County | John Milton Elliott (1820–1885), U.S. Representative from Kentucky | 7,852 | 234 sq mi (606 km2) |
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| Estill County | 065 | Irvine | 1808 | Clark County and Madison County | James Estill (1750–1782), military captain killed at the Battle of Little Mountain | 14,672 | 254 sq mi (658 km2) |
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| Fayette County | 067 | Lexington | 1780 | One of three original Kentucky counties | Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette (1757–1834), French-born Revolutionary War general | 295,803 | 284 sq mi (736 km2) |
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| Fleming County | 069 | Flemingsburg | 1798 | Mason County | John Fleming (1735–1791), frontiersman and one of the county's original settlers | 14,348 | 351 sq mi (909 km2) |
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| Floyd County | 071 | Prestonsburg | 1800 | Fleming County, Montgomery County, and Mason County | John Floyd (1750–1783), surveyor and pioneer | 39,451 | 394 sq mi (1,020 km2) |
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| Franklin County | 073 | Frankfort | 1794 | Mercer County, Shelby County, and Woodford County | Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790), signer of the Declaration of Independence and U.S. Founding Father | 49,285 | 210 sq mi (544 km2) |
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| Fulton County | 075 | Hickman | 1845 | Hickman County | Robert Fulton (1765–1815), inventor of the first commercially successful steamboat | 6,813 | 209 sq mi (541 km2) |
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| Gallatin County | 077 | Warsaw | 1798 | Franklin County and Shelby County | Albert Gallatin, United States Secretary of the Treasury (1801–1814) | 8,589 | 99 sq mi (256 km2) |
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| Garrard County | 079 | Lancaster | 1796 | Madison County, Lincoln County, and Mercer County[4] | James Garrard, second Governor of Kentucky (1796–1804) | 16,912 | 231 sq mi (598 km2) |
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| Grant County | 081 | Williamstown | 1820 | Pendleton County | Samuel Grant (1762–1789 or 1794), John Grant (1754–1826), and Squire Grant (1764–1833), three of the county's earliest settlers | 24,662 | 260 sq mi (673 km2) |
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| Graves County | 083 | Mayfield | 1824 | Hickman County | Benjamin F. Graves (1771–1813), army major killed at the Battle of Frenchtown | 37,121 | 556 sq mi (1,440 km2) |
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| Grayson County | 085 | Leitchfield | 1810 | Hardin County and Ohio County | William Grayson (1740–1790), aide to George Washington in the Revolutionary War and U.S. Senator from Virginia | 25,746 | 504 sq mi (1,305 km2) |
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| Green County | 087 | Greensburg | 1792 | Lincoln County and Nelson County | Nathanael Greene (1742–1786), Revolutionary War general | 11,258 | 289 sq mi (749 km2) |
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| Greenup County | 089 | Greenup | 1803 | Mason County | Christopher Greenup, third Governor of Kentucky (1804–1808) | 36,910 | 346 sq mi (896 km2) |
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| Hancock County | 091 | Hawesville | 1829 | Ohio County, Breckinridge County, and Daviess County | John Hancock (1737–1793), signer of the Declaration of Independence | 8,565 | 189 sq mi (490 km2) |
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| Hardin County | 093 | Elizabethtown | 1792 | Nelson County | John Hardin (1753–1792), pioneer | 105,543 | 628 sq mi (1,627 km2) |
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| Harlan County | 095 | Harlan | 1819 | Knox County | Silas Harlan (1753–1782), army major in the Battle of Blue Licks | 29,278 | 467 sq mi (1,210 km2) |
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| Harrison County | 097 | Cynthiana | 1793 | Bourbon County and Scott County | Benjamin Harrison (1726–1791), co-author of the Kentucky Constitution | 18,846 | 310 sq mi (803 km2) |
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| Hart County | 099 | Munfordville | 1819 | Hardin County and Barren County | Nathaniel G. S. Hart (1784–1813), army major and lawyer captured at the Battle of Frenchtown | 18,199 | 416 sq mi (1,077 km2) |
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| Henderson County | 101 | Henderson | 1798 | Christian County | Richard Henderson (1734–1785), founder of the Transylvania Company | 46,250 | 440 sq mi (1,140 km2) |
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| Henry County | 103 | New Castle | 1798 | Shelby County | Patrick Henry (1736–1799), Revolutionary War-era legislator and U.S. founding father | 15,416 | 289 sq mi (749 km2) |
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| Hickman County | 105 | Clinton | 1821 | Christian County | Paschal Hickman, military captain killed at the Battle of Frenchtown | 4,902 | 244 sq mi (632 km2) |
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| Hopkins County | 107 | Madisonville | 1806 | Henderson County | Samuel Hopkins (1753–1819), Revolutionary War general | 46,920 | 551 sq mi (1,427 km2) |
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| Jackson County | 109 | McKee | 1858 | Madison County, Estill County, Owsley County, Clay County, Laurel County, and Rockcastle County | Andrew Jackson, President of the United States (1829–1837) | 13,494 | 346 sq mi (896 km2) |
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| Jefferson County | 111 | Louisville | 1780 | One of three original Kentucky counties | Thomas Jefferson, President of the United States (1801–1809) | 741,096 | 385 sq mi (997 km2) |
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| Jessamine County | 113 | Nicholasville | 1798 | Fayette County | Jessamine Creek, which contains a set of rapids that are the county's most well known natural feature | 48,586 | 173 sq mi (448 km2) |
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| Johnson County | 115 | Paintsville | 1843 | Floyd County, Lawrence County, and Morgan County | Richard Mentor Johnson, Vice President of the United States (1837–1841) | 23,356 | 262 sq mi (679 km2) |
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| Kenton County | 117 | Covington and Independence | 1840 | Campbell County | Simon Kenton (1755–1836), pioneer | 159,720 | 163 sq mi (422 km2) |
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| Knott County | 119 | Hindman | 1884 | Perry County, Letcher County, Floyd County, and Breathitt County | James Proctor Knott, twenty-ninth Governor of Kentucky (1883–1887) | 16,346 | 352 sq mi (912 km2) |
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| Knox County | 121 | Barbourville | 1799 | Lincoln County | Henry Knox, United States Secretary of War (1785–1794) | 31,883 | 388 sq mi (1,005 km2) |
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| Larue County | 123 | Hodgenville | 1843 | Hardin County | John Larue (1746–1792), one of the county's original settlers and the grandfather of Governor John L. Helm | 14,193 | 263 sq mi (681 km2) |
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| Laurel County | 125 | London | 1825 | Rockcastle County, Clay County, Knox County and Whitley County | Mountain laurel trees that are prominent in the area | 58,849 | 436 sq mi (1,129 km2) |
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| Lawrence County | 127 | Louisa | 1821 | Greenup County and Floyd County | James Lawrence (1781–1813), naval commander during the War of 1812 | 15,860 | 419 sq mi (1,085 km2) |
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| Lee County | 129 | Beattyville | 1870 | Breathitt County, Estill County, Owsley County, and Wolfe County | Henry "Light Horse Harry" Lee, Revolutionary War hero and Governor of Virginia | 7,887 | 210 sq mi (544 km2) |
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| Leslie County | 131 | Hyden | 1878 | Clay County, Harlan County and Perry County | Preston Leslie, twenty-sixth Governor of Kentucky (1871–1875) | 11,310 | 404 sq mi (1,046 km2) |
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| Letcher County | 133 | Whitesburg | 1842 | Perry County and Harlan County | Robert P. Letcher, fifteenth Governor of Kentucky (1840–1844) | 24,519 | 339 sq mi (878 km2) |
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| Lewis County | 135 | Vanceburg | 1806 | Mason County | Meriwether Lewis (1774–1809), explorer | 13,870 | 484 sq mi (1,254 km2) |
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| Lincoln County | 137 | Stanford | 1780 | One of three original Kentucky counties | Benjamin Lincoln (1733–1810), Revolutionary War general | 24,732 | 337 sq mi (873 km2) |
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| Livingston County | 139 | Smithland | 1799 | Christian County | Robert Livingston (1746–1813), one of the Committee of Five that drafted the Declaration of Independence | 9,519 | 316 sq mi (818 km2) |
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| Logan County | 141 | Russellville | 1792 | Lincoln County | Benjamin Logan (1742–1802), Revolutionary War general | 26,835 | 556 sq mi (1,440 km2) |
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| Lyon County | 143 | Eddyville | 1854 | Caldwell County | Chittenden Lyon, United States Representative from Kentucky (1827–1835) | 8,314 | 216 sq mi (559 km2) |
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| McCracken County | 145 | Paducah | 1825 | Hickman County | Virgil McCracken, military captain killed at the Battle of Frenchtown | 65,565 | 251 sq mi (650 km2) |
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| McCreary County | 147 | Whitley City | 1912 | Pulaski County, Wayne County and Whitley County | James McCreary, thirty-seventh Governor of Kentucky (1912–1916) | 18,306 | 428 sq mi (1,109 km2) |
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| McLean County | 149 | Calhoun | 1854 | Daviess County, Muhlenberg County and Ohio County | Alney McLean (1815–1817; 1819–1821), United States Representative from Kentucky | 9,531 | 254 sq mi (658 km2) |
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| Madison County | 151 | Richmond | 1785 | Lincoln County | James Madison, President of the United States (1809–1817) | 82,916 | 441 sq mi (1,142 km2) |
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| Magoffin County | 153 | Salyersville | 1860 | Floyd County, Johnson County and Morgan County | Beriah Magoffin, twenty-first Governor of Kentucky (1859–1862) | 13,333 | 310 sq mi (803 km2) |
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| Marion County | 155 | Lebanon | 1834 | Washington County | Francis Marion (1732–1795), Revolutionary War general | 19,820 | 347 sq mi (899 km2) |
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| Marshall County | 157 | Benton | 1842 | Calloway County | John Marshall, Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court (1801–1835) | 31,448 | 305 sq mi (790 km2) |
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| Martin County | 159 | Inez | 1870 | Floyd County, Johnson County, Pike County, and Lawrence County | John P. Martin, United States Congressman from Kentucky (1845–1847) | 12,929 | 231 sq mi (598 km2) |
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| Mason County | 161 | Maysville | 1788 | Bourbon County[5] | George Mason (1725–1792), statesman known as the "Father of the Bill of Rights" | 17,490 | 241 sq mi (624 km2) |
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| Meade County | 163 | Brandenburg | 1823 | Breckinridge County and Hardin County | James Meade, military captain killed at the Battle of Frenchtown | 28,602 | 308 sq mi (798 km2) |
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| Menifee County | 165 | Frenchburg | 1869 | Bath County, Montgomery County, Morgan County, Powell County and Wolfe County | Richard H. Menefee, United States Congressman from Kentucky (1837–1839) | 6,306 | 204 sq mi (528 km2) |
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| Mercer County | 167 | Harrodsburg | 1785 | Lincoln County | Hugh Mercer (1726–1777), Revolutionary War hero who was killed at the Battle of Princeton | 21,331 | 251 sq mi (650 km2) |
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| Metcalfe County | 169 | Edmonton | 1860 | Barren County, Hart County, Green County, Adair County, Cumberland County and Monroe County | Thomas Metcalfe, tenth Governor of Kentucky (1828–1832) | 10,099 | 291 sq mi (754 km2) |
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| Monroe County | 171 | Tompkinsville | 1820 | Barren County and Cumberland County | James Monroe, President of the United States (1817–1825) | 10,963 | 331 sq mi (857 km2) |
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| Montgomery County | 173 | Mount Sterling | 1796 | Clark County[6] | Richard Montgomery (1736–1775), military general killed at the Battle of Quebec | 26,499 | 199 sq mi (515 km2) |
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| Morgan County | 175 | West Liberty | 1822 | Bath County and Floyd County | Daniel Morgan (1736–1802), Revolutionary War general | 13,923 | 381 sq mi (987 km2) |
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| Muhlenberg County | 177 | Greenville | 1798 | Christian County and Logan County | Peter Muhlenberg (1746–1807), Revolutionary War general | 31,499 | 475 sq mi (1,230 km2) |
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| Nelson County | 179 | Bardstown | 1784 | Jefferson County | Thomas Nelson, Jr. (1738–1789), signer of the Declaration of Independence | 43,437 | 423 sq mi (1,096 km2) |
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| Nicholas County | 181 | Carlisle | 1799 | Mason County and Bourbon County | George Nicholas (1743–1799), Revolutionary War colonel | 7,135 | 197 sq mi (510 km2) |
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| Ohio County | 183 | Hartford | 1798 | Hardin County | The Ohio River, which formed the county's northern border until the creation of Daviess and Hancock counties | 23,842 | 594 sq mi (1,538 km2) |
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| Oldham County | 185 | La Grange | 1823 | Henry County, Jefferson County and Shelby County | William Oldham (1753–1791), Revolutionary War colonel | 60,316 | 189 sq mi (490 km2) |
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| Owen County | 187 | Owenton | 1819 | Franklin County, Gallatin County and Scott County | Abraham Owen (1769–1811), killed at the Battle of Tippecanoe | 10,841 | 352 sq mi (912 km2) |
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| Owsley County | 189 | Booneville | 1843 | Breathitt County, Clay County, and Estill County | William Owsley, Kentucky Secretary of State and later Governor of Kentucky (1844–1848) | 4,755 | 198 sq mi (513 km2) |
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| Pendleton County | 191 | Falmouth | 1798 | Campbell County and Bracken County | Edmund Pendleton (1721–1803), member of the Continental Congress | 14,877 | 280 sq mi (725 km2) |
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| Perry County | 193 | Hazard | 1820 | Floyd County and Clay County | Oliver Hazard Perry (1785–1819), Admiral in the War of 1812 | 28,712 | 342 sq mi (886 km2) |
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| Pike County | 195 | Pikeville | 1821 | Floyd County | Zebulon Pike (1779–1813), western explorer and discoverer of Pike's Peak | 65,024 | 788 sq mi (2,041 km2) |
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| Powell County | 197 | Stanton | 1852 | Clark County, Estill County, and Montgomery County | Lazarus Whitehead Powell, nineteenth Governor of Kentucky (1851–1855) | 12,613 | 180 sq mi (466 km2) |
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| Pulaski County | 199 | Somerset | 1798 | Green County and Lincoln County | Casimir Pulaski (1746–1779), Polish-born Revolutionary War soldier killed at the Battle of Savannah | 63,063 | 662 sq mi (1,715 km2) |
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| Robertson County | 201 | Mount Olivet | 1867 | Bracken County, Harrison County, Mason County, and Nicholas County | George Robertson, chief justice of the Kentucky court of appeals (1828–1843) | 2,282 | 100 sq mi (259 km2) |
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| Rockcastle County | 203 | Mount Vernon | 1810 | Lincoln County, Madison County, Knox County and Pulaski County | Rockcastle River, the boundary between Rockcastle and Laurel County | 17,056 | 318 sq mi (824 km2) |
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| Rowan County | 205 | Morehead | 1856 | Fleming County and Morgan County | John Rowan, Congressman from Kentucky (1809–1811; 1825–1831)) | 23,333 | 281 sq mi (728 km2) |
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| Russell County | 207 | Jamestown | 1825 | Adair County, Wayne County and Cumberland County | William Russell (1758–1825), pioneer and state legislator | 17,565 | 254 sq mi (658 km2) |
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| Scott County | 209 | Georgetown | 1792 | Woodford County | Charles Scott, Revolutionary war general and later Governor of Kentucky (1808–1812) | 47,173 | 285 sq mi (738 km2) |
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| Shelby County | 211 | Shelbyville | 1792 | Jefferson County | Isaac Shelby, first Governor of Kentucky (1792–1796; 1812–1816) | 42,074 | 384 sq mi (995 km2) |
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| Simpson County | 213 | Franklin | 1819 | Allen County, Logan County and Warren County | John Simpson, military captain killed at the Battle of Frenchtown | 17,327 | 236 sq mi (611 km2) |
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| Spencer County | 215 | Taylorsville | 1824 | Nelson County, Shelby County, and Bullitt County | Spears Spencer, military captain killed at the Battle of Tippecanoe | 17,061 | 186 sq mi (482 km2) |
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| Taylor County | 217 | Campbellsville | 1848 | Green County | Zachary Taylor, President of the United States (1849–1850) | 24,512 | 270 sq mi (699 km2) |
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| Todd County | 219 | Elkton | 1819 | Logan County and Christian County | John Todd (1750–1782), military colonel killed at the Battle of Blue Licks | 12,460 | 376 sq mi (974 km2) |
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| Trigg County | 221 | Cadiz | 1820 | Christian County and Caldwell County | Stephen Trigg (1744–1782), military colonel killed at the Battle of Blue Licks | 14,339 | 443 sq mi (1,147 km2) |
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| Trimble County | 223 | Bedford | 1837 | Gallatin County, Henry County and Oldham County | Robert Trimble, Associate Supreme Court Justice (1826–1828) | 8,809 | 149 sq mi (386 km2) |
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| Union County | 225 | Morganfield | 1811 | Henderson County | Unanimous decision of the residents to united together and create a new county | 15,007 | 345 sq mi (894 km2) |
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| Warren County | 227 | Bowling Green | 1796 | Logan County | Joseph Warren (1741–1775), Revolutionary War general | 113,792 | 545 sq mi (1,412 km2) |
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| Washington County | 229 | Springfield | 1792 | Jefferson County | George Washington, President of the United States (1789–1797) | 11,717 | 301 sq mi (780 km2) |
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| Wayne County | 231 | Monticello | 1800 | Pulaski County and Cumberland County | Anthony Wayne (1745–1796), Revolutionary War general | 20,813 | 459 sq mi (1,189 km2) |
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| Webster County | 233 | Dixon | 1860 | Henderson County, Hopkins County, and Union County | Daniel Webster, U.S. Senator from Massachusetts and United States Secretary of State (1841–1843; 1850–1852) | 13,621 | 335 sq mi (868 km2) |
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| Whitley County | 235 | Williamsburg | 1818 | Knox County | William Whitley (1749–1813), Kentucky pioneer | 35,637 | 440 sq mi (1,140 km2) |
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| Wolfe County | 237 | Campton | 1860 | Breathitt County, Owsley County, and Powell County | Nathaniel Wolfe (1808–1865), member of the Kentucky General Assembly | 7,355 | 223 sq mi (578 km2) |
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| Woodford County | 239 | Versailles | 1788 | Fayette County | William Woodford (1734–1780), Revolutionary War general | 24,939 | 191 sq mi (495 km2) |
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References Edit
- ↑ "EPA County FIPS Code Listing". EPA. Retrieved 2007-04-09.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 National Association of Counties. "NACo – Find a county". Archived from the original on 2007-07-11. Retrieved 2007-07-22.
- ↑ "History of Crittenden County, Kentucky and The Crittenden Press, published since 1879". The Crittenden Press. Retrieved 2007-01-26.
- ↑ "About Garrard County". Kentucky Comprehensive Genealogy Database. Retrieved 2007-01-26.
- ↑ "Welcome to Mason County, Kentucky". Retrieved 2007-01-26.
- ↑ "Montgomery County, Kentucky Genealogy". Kentucky Comprehensive Genealogy Database. Retrieved 2007-01-26.
- Kleber, John E.; Thomas D. Clark, Lowell H. Harrison & James C. Klotter (1992). The Kentucky Encyclopedia. Lexington, Kentucky: The University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 0-8131-1772-0. (Main reference for data in the list, unless otherwise noted).