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The Formation of Kentucky Counties |
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In 1777 Fincastle County, Virginia's General Assembly divided Fincastle County into three parts and created Washington, Montgomery, and Kentucky Counties. The act creating these counties described Kentucky County as being "to the south and westward of a line beginning on the Ohio at the mouth of Great Sandy creek and
running up the same and the main, or northeasterly, branch thereof to the Great Laurel Ridge of Cumberland Mountain, then south westerly along the said mountain to the line of North Carolina."
In 1780, Kentucky County was divided into three counties --
Jefferson, Fayette, and Lincoln. Within just a few years, six more
counties had been carved out of those three. Between 1784 and
1792, people living in those counties held ten conventions on the
question of statehood; on 18 December 1789 Virginia's General
Assembly passed an act allowing Kentucky to apply for statehood and
on 1 June 1792, those nine counties became a state, with the full
consent of Virginia.
The Library of Virginia has the following records pertaining to counties that are part of Kentucky.
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of the counties that are now part of Kentucky.
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Formation of Kentucky Counties & Dates of Courthouse Disasters |
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County | Date Formed |
Parent County | County Seat | Approx. Year of Disaster |
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Adair |
1801 |
Green |
Columbia |
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Allen |
1815 |
Barren, Warren |
Scottsville |
1902 |
Anderson |
1827 |
Franklin, Mercer, Washington |
Lawrenceburg |
1859, 1915 |
Ballard |
1842 |
Hickman, McCracken |
Wickliffe |
1880 |
Barren |
1798 |
Green, Warren |
Glasgow |
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Bath |
1811 |
Montgomery |
Owingsville |
1864 |
Bell |
1867 |
Knox, Harlan |
Pineville |
1914, 1918, 1944, 1976 |
Boone |
1798 |
Campbell |
Burlington |
1880s |
Bourbon |
1785 |
Fayette |
Paris |
1872, 1901 |
Boyd |
1860 |
Carter, Lawrence, Greenup |
Catlettsburg |
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Boyle |
1842 |
Mercer, Lincoln |
Danville |
1860 |
Bracken |
1796 |
Campbell, Mason |
Brooksville |
1848 |
Breathitt |
1839 |
Clay, Estill, Perry |
Jackson |
1866, 1873 |
Breckinridge |
1799 |
Hardin |
Hardinsburg |
1958 |
Bullitt |
1796 |
Jefferson, Nelson |
Shepherdsville |
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Butler |
1810 |
Logan, Ohio |
Morgantown |
1872 |
Caldwell |
1809 |
Livingston |
Princeton |
1864 |
Calloway |
1822 |
Hickman |
Murray |
1906 |
Campbell |
1795 |
Harrison, Mason, Scott |
Alexandria & Newport |
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Carlisle |
1886 |
Graves, Ballard |
Bardwell |
1980 |
Carroll |
1838 |
Gallatin, Henry, Trimble |
Carrollton |
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Carter |
1838 |
Greenup, Lawrence |
Grayson |
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Casey |
1806 |
Lincoln |
Liberty |
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Christian |
1797 |
Logan |
Hopkinsville |
1864 |
Clark |
1792 |
Bourbon, Fayette |
Winchester |
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Clay |
1806 |
Madison, Floyd, Knox |
Manchester |
1936 |
Clinton |
1835 |
Wayne, Cumberland |
Albany |
1864, 1980 |
Crittenden |
1842 |
Livingston |
Marion |
1865, 1870 |
Cumberland |
1796 |
Green |
Burkesville |
1826, 1865, 1933 |
Daviess |
1815 |
Ohio |
Owensboro |
1865 |
Edmonson |
1825 |
Grayson, Hart, Warren |
Brownsville |
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Elliott |
1869 |
Carter, Lawrence, Morgan |
Sandy Hook |
1957 |
Estill |
1808 |
Clark, Madison |
Irvine |
1864 |
Fayette |
1780 |
Kentucky Co., VA |
Lexington |
1803, 1897 |
Fleming |
1798 |
Mason |
Flemingsburg |
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Floyd |
1799 |
Fleming, Mason, Montgomery |
Prestonsburg |
1808 |
Franklin |
1794 |
Woodford, Mercer, Shelby |
Frankfort |
1995 |
Fulton |
1845 |
Hickman |
Hickman |
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Gallatin |
1798 |
Franklin, Shelby |
Warsaw |
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Garrard |
1796 |
Madison, Lincoln, Mercer |
Lancaster |
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Grant |
1820 |
Pendleton |
Williamstown |
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Graves |
1823 |
Hickman |
Mayfield |
1864, 1887 |
Grayson |
1810 |
Hardin, Ohio |
Leitchfield |
1864 |
Green |
1792 |
Lincoln, Nelson |
Greensburg |
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Greenup |
1803 |
Mason |
Greenup |
1937 |
Hancock |
1828 |
Daviess, Ohio, Breckinridge |
Hawesville |
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Hardin |
1792 |
Nelson |
Elizabethtown |
1864, 1932 |
Harlan |
1819 |
Knox |
Harlan |
1863 |
Harrison |
1793 |
Bourbon, Scott |
Cynthiana |
1851, 1997 |
Hart |
1819 |
Hardin, Barren, poss. Green |
Munfordville |
1928 |
Henderson |
1798 |
Christian |
Henderson |
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Henry |
1798 |
Shelby |
New Castle |
1804 |
Hickman |
1821 |
Caldwell, Livingston |
Clinton |
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Hopkins |
1806 |
Henderson |
Madisonville |
1829, 1864 |
Jackson |
1858 |
Rockcastle, Owsley, Madison, Clay, Estill, Laurel |
McKee |
1949 |
Jefferson |
1780 |
Kentucky Co., VA |
Louisville |
1905 |
Jessamine |
1798 |
Fayette |
Nicholasville |
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Johnson |
1843 |
Floyd, Morgan, Lawrence |
Paintsville |
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Kenton |
1840 |
Campbell |
Independence Covington |
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Knott |
1884 |
Perry, Breathitt, Floyd, Letcher |
Hindman |
1929 |
Knox |
1799 |
Lincoln |
Barbourville |
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LaRue |
1843 |
Hardin |
Hodgenville |
1865 |
Laurel |
1825 |
Whitley, Clay, Knox, Rockcastle |
London |
1958 |
Lawrence |
1821 |
Floyd, Greenup |
Louisa |
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Lee |
1870 |
Owsley, Breathitt, Wolfe, Estill |
Beattyville |
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Leslie |
1878 |
Clay, Harlan, Perry |
Hyden |
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Letcher |
1842 |
Perry, Harlan |
Whitesburg |
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Lewis |
1806 |
Mason |
Vanceburg |
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Lincoln |
1780 |
Kentucky Co., VA |
Stanford |
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Livingston |
1798 |
Christian |
Smithland |
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Logan |
1792 |
Lincoln |
Russellville |
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Lyon |
1854 |
Caldwell |
Eddyville |
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Madison |
1785 |
Lincoln |
Richmond |
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Magoffin |
1860 |
Floyd, Johnson, Morgan |
Salyersville |
1957 |
Marion |
1834 |
Washington |
Lebanon |
1863 |
Marshall |
1842 |
Calloway |
Benton |
1888, 1914 |
Martin |
1870 |
Lawrence, Floyd, Pike, Johnson |
Inez |
1892 |
Mason |
1788 |
Bourbon |
Maysville |
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McCracken |
1824 |
Hickman |
Paducah |
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McCreary |
1912 |
Wayne, Pulaski, Whitley |
Whitley City |
1927, 1951 |
McLean |
1854 |
Muhlenberg, Daviess, Ohio |
Calhoun |
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Meade |
1824 |
Hardin, Breckinridge |
Brandenburg |
1974 |
Menifee |
1869 |
Powell, Wolfe, Bath, Morgan, Montgomery |
Frenchburg |
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Mercer |
1785 |
Lincoln |
Harrodsburg |
1928 |
Metcalfe |
1860 |
Monroe, Adair, Barren, Cumberland, Green |
Edmonton |
1865, 1867 |
Monroe |
1820 |
Barren, Cumberland |
Tompkinsville |
1863, 1887 |
Montgomery |
1796 |
Clark |
Mount Sterling |
1851, 1863 |
Morgan |
1822 |
Floyd, Bath |
West Liberty |
1862, 1925 |
Muhlenberg |
1798 |
Christian, Logan |
Greenville |
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Nelson |
1784 |
Jefferson |
Bardstown |
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Nicholas |
1799 |
Bourbon, Mason |
Carlisle |
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Ohio |
1799 |
Hardin |
Hartford |
1864 |
Oldham |
1823 |
Henry, Shelby, Jefferson |
LaGrange |
1873 |
Owen |
1819 |
Scott, Franklin, Gallatin, Pendleton |
Owenton |
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Owsley |
1843 |
Clay, Estill, Breathitt |
Booneville |
1929, 1967 |
Pendleton |
1798 |
Bracken, Campbell |
Falmouth |
1997 |
Perry |
1820 |
Clay, Floyd |
Hazard |
1885, 1911 |
Pike |
1821 |
Floyd |
Pikeville |
1977 |
Powell |
1852 |
Clark, Estill, Montgomery |
Stanton |
1863, 1864 |
Pulaski |
1798 |
Green, Lincoln |
Somerset |
1838, 1871 |
Robertson |
1867 |
Nicholas, Bracken, Mason, Fleming, Harrison |
Mt. Olivet |
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Rockcastle |
1810 |
Pulaski, Lincoln, Madison |
Mount Vernon |
1871 |
Rowan |
1856 |
Fleming, Morgan |
Morehead |
1864, 1880s |
Russell |
1825 |
Cumberland, Adair, Wayne |
Jamestown |
1976 |
Scott |
1792 |
Woodford |
Georgetown |
1837, 1876 |
Shelby |
1792 |
Jefferson |
Shelbyville |
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Simpson |
1819 |
Allen, Logan, Warren |
Franklin |
1882 |
Spencer |
1824 |
Shelby, Bullitt, Nelson |
Taylorsville |
1865, 1914 |
Taylor |
1848 |
Green |
Campbellsville |
1864 |
Todd |
1819 |
Christian, Logan |
Elkton |
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Trigg |
1820 |
Christian, Caldwell |
Cadiz |
1864, 1892, 1920 |
Trimble |
1836 |
Henry, Oldham, Gallatin |
Bedford |
1952 |
Union |
1811 |
Henderson |
Morganfield |
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Warren |
1796 |
Logan |
Bowling Green |
1864 |
Washington |
1792 |
Nelson |
Springfield |
1795, 1814 |
Wayne |
1800 |
Pulaski, Cumberland |
Monticello |
1898 |
Webster |
1860 |
Hopkins, Union, Henderson |
Dixon |
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Whitley |
1818 |
Knox |
Williamsburg |
1930 |
Wolfe |
1860 |
Owsley, Breathitt, Powell, Morgan |
Campton |
1886, 1913 |
Woodford |
1788 |
Fayette |
Versailles |
1965 |
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