Kentucky
County Formation Data
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COUNTY
|
FOUNDING
DATE
|
FOUNDING
ORDER
|
PARENT
COUNTY
|
COUNTY
SEAT
|
Named
For
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Adair
|
1802
|
44
|
Green
|
Colunbia
|
Gen John Adair
8th gov. of KY
|
|
Allen
|
1815
|
57
|
Barren, Warren
|
Scottsville
|
Col. John Allen
|
|
Anderson
|
1827
|
82
|
Franklin, Mercer,
Washington
|
Lawrenceburg
|
Richard Clough
Anderson, Jr.
|
|
Ballard
|
1842
|
93
|
Hickman, McCracken
|
Wickliffe
|
N/A
|
|
Barren
|
1799
|
37
|
Green, Warren
|
Glasgow
|
Named for the
" Barren Section"
Of KY
|
|
Bath
|
1811
|
56
|
Montgomery
|
Owingsville
|
Named for a spring
found there
|
|
Bell
|
1867
|
112
|
Harlan, Knott
|
Pineville
|
N/A
|
|
Boone
|
1799
|
30
|
Campbell
|
Burlington
|
Daniel Boone
|
|
Bourbon
|
1786
|
5
|
Fayette
|
Paris
|
Royal House of
Bourbon, France
|
|
Boyd
|
1860
|
107
|
Carter, Greenup,
Lawrence
|
Catlettsburg
|
N/A
|
|
Boyle
|
1842
|
94
|
Lincoln, Mercer
|
Danville
|
N/A
|
|
Bracken
|
1797
|
23
|
Campbell, Mason
|
Brooksville
|
William Bracken
pioneer settler
|
|
Breathitt
|
1839
|
89
|
Clay, Estill, Perry
|
Jackson
|
N/A
|
|
Breckinridge
|
1800
|
39
|
Hardin
|
Hardinsburg
|
John Breckinridge
|
|
Bullitt
|
1797
|
20
|
Jefferson, Nelson
|
Shepherdsville
|
Alexander Scott Bullitt
Lt. Gov. 1796
|
|
Bulter
|
1810
|
53
|
Logan, Ohio
|
Morgantown
|
Gen. Richard Bulter
|
|
Caldwell
|
1809
|
51
|
Livingston
|
Princeton
|
Gen. John Caldwell
Lt. Gov of Ky
|
|
Calloway
|
1821
|
72
|
Hickman
|
Murray
|
Col. Richard Callaway
early Ky pioneer
|
|
Campbell
|
1795
|
19
|
Harrison, Mason,
Scott
|
Alexandria, Newport
|
Col. John Campbell
member of Ky's
1st Constitutional
Convention
|
|
Carlisle
|
1886
|
119
|
Ballard, Breckinridge,
Green
|
Bardwell
|
N/A
|
|
Carroll
|
1838
|
87
|
Gallatin, Henry,
Trimble
|
Carrollton
|
N/A
|
|
Carter
|
1838
|
88
|
Greenup, Lawrence
|
Grayson
|
N/A
|
|
Casey
|
1807
|
46
|
Lincoln
|
Liberty
|
Col. William Casey
|
|
Christian
|
1797
|
21
|
Logan
|
Hopkinsville
|
Col. William Christian
of Virginia
|
|
Clark
|
1793
|
14
|
Bourbon, Fayette
|
Winchester
|
Gen. George Rogers
Clark
|
|
Clay
|
1807
|
47
|
Floyd, Knox, Madison
|
Manchester
|
Gen. Green Clay
|
|
Clinton
|
1836
|
85
|
Cumberland, Wayne
|
Albany
|
N/A
|
|
Crittenden
|
1842
|
91
|
Livingston
|
Marion
|
N/A
|
|
Cumberland
|
1799
|
32
|
Green
|
Burkesville
|
Cumberland River
|
|
Daviess
|
1815
|
58
|
Ohio
|
Owensboro
|
Maj. Joesph H. Daveiss
|
|
Edmonson
|
1825
|
79
|
Grayson, Hart, Warren
|
Brownsville
|
Capt. John Edmonson
|
|
Elliott
|
1869
|
114
|
Carter, Lawrence,
Morgan
|
Sandy Hook
|
N/A
|
|
Estill
|
1808
|
50
|
Clark, Madison
|
Irvine
|
Capt. James Estill
|
|
Fayette
|
1780
|
1 of 3
orginial counties
|
Kentucky ( Virginia
)
|
Lexington
|
Marquis de.Lafayette, French military and
political leader who commanded American troops in the Revolutionary War.
|
|
Fleming
|
1798
|
26
|
Mason
|
Flemingsburg
|
N/A
|
|
Floyd
|
1800
|
40
|
Montgomery, Mason, Fleming
|
Prestonsburg
|
Col.John Floyd
one of the 1st
surveyors of Ky
|
|
Franklin
|
1795
|
18
|
Mercer, Shelby, Woodford
|
Frankfort
|
Benjamin Franklin
|
|
Fulton
|
1845
|
99
|
Hickman
|
Hickman
|
N/A
|
|
Gallatin
|
1799
|
33
|
Franklin, Shelby
|
Warsaw
|
Albert Gallatin
|
|
Garrard
|
1797
|
25
|
Lincoln, Madison, Mercer
|
Lancaster
|
James Garrad, Ky's 2nd Gov
|
|
Grant
|
1820
|
67
|
Pendleton
|
Williamstown
|
Named for either Samuel Grant or Col John Grant (Brothers)
|
|
Graves
|
1821
|
75
|
Hickman
|
Mayfield
|
Major Benjamin Graves
|
|
Grayson
|
1810
|
54
|
Hardin, Ohio
|
Leitchfield
|
Col William Grayson
|
|
Green
|
1793
|
16
|
Lincoln, Nelson
|
Greensburg
|
Gen Nathaniel Greene
|
|
Greenup
|
1804
|
45
|
Mason
|
Greenup
|
Christopher Greenup Ky's 3rd Gov
|
|
Hancock
|
1829
|
83
|
Breckinridge, Daveiss, Ohio
|
Hawesville
|
John Hancock
|
|
Hardin
|
1793
|
15
|
Nelson
|
Elizabethtown
|
Col John Hardin of Va
|
|
Harlan
|
1819
|
60
|
Floyd, Knox
|
Harlan
|
Major Silas Hardin
|
|
Harrison
|
1794
|
17
|
Bourbon, Scott
|
Cynthiana
|
Col Benjamin Harrison
|
|
Hart
|
1819
|
61
|
Green, Hardin
|
Munfordville
|
Capt Nathaniel G T Hart
|
|
Henderson
|
1799
|
38
|
Christian
|
Henderson
|
Col Richard Henderson
|
|
Henry
|
1799
|
31
|
Shelby
|
New Castle
|
Patrick Henry
|
|
Hickman
|
1821
|
71
|
Caldwell, Livingston
|
Clinton
|
Capt Paschal Hickman
|
|
Hopkins
|
1807
|
49
|
Henderson
|
Madisonville
|
Gen Samuel Hopkins
|
|
Jackson
|
1858
|
105
|
Clay, Estill, Laurel, Owsley, Madison, Rockcastle
|
McKee
|
N/A
|
|
Jefferson
|
1780
|
1 of 3
original counties
|
Kentucky (Virginia)
|
Louisville
|
Thomas Jefferson
|
|
Jessamine
|
1799
|
36
|
Fayette
|
Nicholasville
|
Jessamine Douglass
|
|
Johnson
|
1843
|
97
|
Floyd, Lawrence, Morgan
|
Paintsville
|
N/A
|
|
Kenton
|
1840
|
90
|
Campbell
|
Covington, Independence
|
N/A
|
|
Knott
|
1884
|
118
|
Breathitt, Floyd, Letcher, Perry
|
Hindman
|
N/A
|
|
Knox
|
1800
|
41
|
Lincoln
|
Barbourville
|
Gen Henry Knox
|
|
LaRue
|
1843
|
98
|
Hardin
|
Hodgenville
|
N/A
|
|
Laurel
|
1826
|
80
|
Clay, Knox, Rockcastle, Whitley
|
London
|
Named for the Laurel River and the flower "The Mountain
Laurel"
|
|
Lawrence
|
1822
|
69
|
Floyd, Greenup
|
Louisa
|
Capt James Lawrence
|
|
Lee
|
1870
|
115
|
Breathitt, Estill, Owsley, Wolfe
|
Beattyville
|
N/A
|
|
Leslie
|
1878
|
117
|
Clay, Harlan, Perry
|
Hyden
|
N/A
|
|
Letcher
|
1842
|
95
|
Harlan, Perry
|
Whitesburg
|
N/A
|
|
Lewis
|
1807
|
48
|
Mason
|
Vanceburg
|
Capt Meriwether Lewis
|
|
Lincoln
|
1780
|
1 of 3
original counties
|
Kentucky (Virginia)
|
Stanford
|
Gen Benjamin Lincoln
|
|
Livingston
|
1799
|
29
|
Christian
|
Smithland
|
Robert Livingston
|
|
Logan
|
1792
|
13
|
Lincoln
|
Russelville
|
Gen Benjamin Logan of Va
|
|
Lyon
|
1854
|
102
|
Caldwell
|
Eddyville
|
N/A
|
|
Madison
|
1786
|
7
|
Lincoln
|
Richmand
|
N/A
|
|
Magoffin
|
1860
|
108
|
Floyd, Johnson, Morgan
|
Salyersville
|
N/A
|
|
Marion
|
1834
|
84
|
Washington
|
Lebanon
|
N/A
|
|
Marshall
|
1842
|
92
|
Calloway
|
Benton
|
N/A
|
|
Martin
|
1870
|
116
|
Floyd, Johnson, Lawrence, Pike
|
Inez
|
N/A
|
|
Mason
|
1789
|
8
|
Bourbon
|
Maysville
|
N/A
|
|
McCracken
|
1821
|
78
|
Hickman
|
Paducah
|
Capt Virgin McCracken
|
|
McCreary
|
1912
|
120
|
Pulaski, Wayne, Whitley
|
Whitley City
|
N/A
|
|
McLean
|
1854
|
103
|
Daveiss, Muhlenburg, Ohio
|
Calhoun
|
N/A
|
|
Meade
|
1824
|
76
|
Breckinridge, Hardin
|
Brandenburg
|
Capt James Meade
|
|
Menifee
|
1869
|
113
|
Bath, Montgomery, Morgan, Powell, Wolfe
|
Frenchburg
|
N/A
|
|
Mercer
|
1786
|
6
|
Lincoln
|
Harrodsburg
|
Gen Hugh Mercer
|
|
Metcalfe
|
1860
|
106
|
Adair, Barren, Cumberland, Green, Monroe
|
Edmonton
|
N/A
|
|
Monroe
|
1820
|
65
|
Barren, Cumberland
|
Tompkinsville
|
President James Monroe
|
|
Montgomery
|
1797
|
22
|
Clark
|
Mt Sterling
|
Gen Richard Montgomery
|
|
Morgan
|
1823
|
73
|
Bath, Floyd
|
West Liberty
|
Gen Daniel Morgan
|
|
Muhlenberg
|
1799
|
34
|
Christian, Logan
|
Greenville
|
Gen Peter Muhlenberg
|
|
Nelson
|
1785
|
4
|
Jefferson
|
Bardstown
|
Gen Thomas Nelson Gov of VA
|
|
Nicholas
|
1800
|
42
|
Bourbon, Mason
|
Carlisle
|
Col George Nicholas
|
|
Ohio
|
1799
|
35
|
Hardin
|
Hartford
|
Named for the Ohio River
|
|
Oldham
|
1824
|
74
|
Henry, Jefferson, Shelby
|
La Grange
|
Col William Oldham
|
|
Owen
|
1819
|
62
|
Franklin, Gallatin, Scott
|
Owenton
|
Col Abraham Owen
|
|
Owsley
|
1843
|
96
|
Breathitt, Clay, Estill
|
Booneville
|
N/A
|
|
Pendleton
|
1799
|
28
|
Bracken, Campbell
|
Falmouth
|
Judge Edmond Pendleton
|
|
Perry
|
1821
|
68
|
Clay, Floyd
|
Hazard
|
Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry
|
|
Pike
|
1822
|
70
|
Floyd
|
Pikeville
|
Gen Zebulon Montgomery Pike
|
|
Powell
|
1852
|
101
|
Clark, Estill, Montgomery
|
Stanton
|
N/A
|
|
Pulaski
|
1799
|
27
|
Green, Lincoln
|
Somerset
|
Gen Casimir Pulaski
|
|
Robertson
|
1867
|
111
|
Bracken, Harrison, Mason, Nicholas
|
Mt Olivet
|
N/A
|
|
Rockcastle
|
1810
|
52
|
Knox, Lincoln, Madison, Pulaski
|
Mt Vernon
|
Named for the Rockcastle River
|
|
Rowan
|
1856
|
104
|
Fleming, Morgan
|
Morehead
|
N/A
|
|
Russell
|
1826
|
81
|
Adair, Cumberland, Wayne
|
Jamestown
|
Col William Russell
|
|
Scott
|
1792
|
11
|
Woodford
|
Georgetown
|
Gen Charles Scott of VA
|
|
Shelby
|
1792
|
12
|
Jefferson
|
Shelbyville
|
Gov Isaac Shelby
|
|
Simpson
|
1819
|
63
|
Allen, Logan, Warren
|
Franklin
|
Capt John Simpson
|
|
Spencer
|
1824
|
77
|
Bullitt, Nelson, Shelby
|
Taylorsville
|
Capt Spear Spencer
|
|
Taylor
|
1848
|
100
|
Green
|
Campbellsville
|
N/A
|
|
Todd
|
1820
|
64
|
Christian, Logan
|
Elkton
|
Col John Todd
|
|
Trigg
|
1820
|
66
|
Caldwell, Christian
|
Cadiz
|
Col Stephen Trigg
|
|
Trimble
|
1837
|
86
|
Gallatin, Henry, Oldham
|
Bedford
|
N/A
|
|
Union
|
1811
|
55
|
Henderson
|
Morganfield
|
N/A
|
|
Warren
|
1797
|
24
|
Logan
|
Bowling Green
|
Gen Joseph Warren
|
|
Washington
|
1792
|
10
|
Nelson
|
Springfield
|
George Washington
|
|
Wayne
|
1801
|
43
|
Cumberland, Pulaski
|
Monticello
|
Gen Anthony Wayne
|
|
Webster
|
1860
|
109
|
Henderson, Hopkins, Union
|
Dixon
|
N/A
|
|
Whitley
|
1818
|
59
|
Knox
|
Williamsburg
|
Col William Whitley
|
|
Wolfe
|
1860
|
110
|
Breathitt, Morgan, Owsley, Powell
|
Campton
|
Nathaniel Wolfe
|
|
Woodford
|
1789
|
9
|
Fayette
|
Versailles
|
Gen William Woodford
|
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