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Kentucky Counties
| County | Created | Parent County | County Seat | Named
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County Location Map |
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| Adair | 1801 | Green | Columbia | John Adair 8th Governor of Kentucky (1820-1824) |
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| Allen | 1815 | Barren and Warren | Scottsville | John Allen (1771-1813) Hero of the Battle of Frenchtown in the War of 1812 |
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| Anderson | 1827 | Franklin, Mercer and Washington | Lawrenceburg | Richard Clough Anderson Jr. Kentucky and United States Legislator (1817 - 1821) |
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| Ballard | 1842 | Hickman and McCracken | Wickliffe | Bland Ballard (1761-1853) Hero of the Battle of Fallen Timbers and Battle of River Raisin |
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| Barren | 1798 | Green and Warren | Glasgow | The Barrens: A region of
Grassland in Kentucky |
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| Bath | 1811 | Montgomery | Owingsville | Medicinal spings located within
the county |
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| Bell | 1867 | Knox and Harlen | Pineville | Joshua Fry Bell, Kentucky legislator, (1862-1867) |
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| Boone | 1798 | Campbell | Burlington | Daniel Boone (1734-1820) Frontiersman |
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| Bourbon | 1785 | Fayette | Paris | House of Bourbon European
Royal House |
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| Boyd | 1860 | Carter, Lawrence, Greenup | Catlettsburg | Linn Boyd United States Congressman (1835-1837, 1839-1855) and Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky 1859 |
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| Boyle | 1842 | Mercer and Lincoln | Danville | John Boyle Cheif Justice of the Kentucky Court of Appeals (1810-1826_ |
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| Bracken | 1796 | Campbell and Mason | Brooksville | |||
| Breathitt | 1839 | Clay, Estill and Perry | Jackson | |||
| Breckenridge | 1799 | Hardin | Hardinsburg | |||
| Bullitt | 1796 | Jefferson and Nelson | Shepherdsville | |||
| Butler | 1810 | Logan and Ohio | Morgantown | |||
| Caldwell | 1809 | Livingston | Murray | |||
| Calloway | 1822 | Hickman | Murray | |||
| Campbell | 1795 | Harrison, Mason and Scott | Alexandria and Newport | |||
| Carlisle | 1886 | Graves and Ballard | Bardwell | |||
| Carroll | 1838 | Gallatin, Henry and Trimble | Carrollton | |||
| Carter | 1838 | Greenup and Lawrence | Grayson | |||
| Casey | 1806 | Lincoln | Liberty | |||
| Christian | 1797 | Logan | Hopkinsville | |||
| Clark | 1792 | Bourbon and Fayette | Winchester | |||
| Clay | 1806 | Madison, Floyd and Knox | Manchester | |||
| Clinton | 1835 | Wayne and Cumberland | Albany | |||
| Crittenden | 1842 | Livingston | Marion | |||
| Cumberland | 1798 | Green | Burkesville | |||
| Daviess | 1815 | Ohio | Ownesboro | |||
| Edmonson | 1825 | Grayson, Hart and Warren | Brownsville | |||
| Elliott | 1869 | Carter, Lawrence, and Morgan | Sandy Hook | |||
| Estill | 1808 | Clark and Madison | Irvine | |||
| Fayette | 1780 | Kentucky Co., VA | Lexington | |||
| Fleming | 1798 | Mason | Flemingburg | |||
| Floyd | 1799 | Fleming, Mason, and Montgomery | Prestonburg | |||
| Franklin | 1794 | Woodford, Mercer and Shelby | Frankfort | |||
| Fulton | 1845 | Hickman | Hickman | |||
| Gallatin | 1798 | Franklin and Shelby | Warsaw | |||
| Garrad | 1796 | Madison, Lincoln and Mercer | Lancaster | |||
| Grant | 1820 | Pendleton | Williamstown | |||
| Graves | 1823 | Hickman | Mayfield | |||
| Grayson | 1810 | Hardin and Ohio | Leitchfield | |||
| Green | 1792 | Lincoln and Nelson | Greensburg | |||
| Greenup | 1803 | Mason | Greenup | |||
| Hancock | 1828 | Daviess, Ohio and Breckenridge | Hawesville | |||
| Hardin | 1792 | Nelson | Elizabethtown | |||
| Harlan | 1819 | Knox | Harlan | |||
| Harrison | 1793 | Bourbon and Scott | Cynthiana | |||
| Hart | 1819 | Hardin, Barren, | Munfordville | |||
| Henderson | 1798 | Christian | Henderson | |||
| Henry | 1798 | Shelby | New Castle | |||
| Hickman | 1821 | Caldwell and Livingston | Clinton | |||
| Hopkins | 1806 | Henderson | Madisonville | |||
| Jackson | 1858 | Rockcastle, Madison, Owsley, Clay, Laurell and Estill |
McKee | |||
| Jefferson | 1780 | Kentucky County, VA | Louisville | |||
| Jessamine | 1798 | Fayette | Nicholasville | |||
| Johnson | 1843 | Morgan, Floyd, and Lawrence | Paintsville | |||
| Kenton | 1840 | Campbell | Covington, Independence | |||
| Knott | 1884 | Perry, Floyd, Letcher, Breathitt | Hindman | |||
| Knox | 1799 | Lincoln | Barbourville | |||
| LaRue | 1843 | Hardin | Hodgenville | |||
| Laurel | 1825 | Whitley, Clay, Knox, and Rockcastle | London | |||
| Lawrence | 1821 | Floyd and Greenup | Louisa | |||
| Lee | 1870 | Owsley, Wolfe, Estill, and Breathitt | Beattyville | |||
| Leslie | 1878 | Harlan, Perry, and Clay | Hyden | |||
| Letcher | 1842 | Perry and Halan | Whitesburg | |||
| Lewis | 1806 | Mason | Vanceburg | |||
| Lincoln | 1780 | Kentucky Co, VA | Stanford | |||
| Livingston | 1798 | Christian | Smithland | |||
| Logan | 1792 | Lincoln | Russellville | |||
| Lyon | 1854 | Caldwell | Eddyville | |||
| Madison | 1785 | Lincoln | Richmond | |||
| Magoffin | 1860 | Floyd, Morgan, and Johnson | Salyersville | |||
| Marion | 1834 | Washington | Lebanon | |||
| Marshall | 1842 | Calloway | Benton | |||
| Martin | 1870 | Lawrence, Floyd, Johnson, and Pike | Inez | |||
| Mason | 1788 | Bourbon | Marysville | |||
| McCracken | 1824 | Hickman | Paducah | |||
| McCreary | 1912 | Wayne, Whitley, and Pulaski | Whitley City | |||
| McLean | 1854 | Muhlenberg, Ohio and Daviess | Calhoun | |||
| Meade | 1824 | Hardin and Breckinridge | Brandenburg | |||
| Menifee | 1869 | Powell, Wolfe, Cumberland, Green, and Barren | Frenchburg | |||
| Mercer | 1785 | Lincoln | Harrodsburg | |||
| Metcalfe | 1860 | Monroe, Barren, Adair, Cumberland, and Green | Edmonton | |||
| Monroe | 1820 | Barren and Cumberland | Tompkinsville | |||
| Montgomery | 1796 | Clark | Mount Sterling | |||
| Morgan | 1822 | Floyd and Bath | West Liberty | |||
| Muhlenberg | 1798 | Christian and Logan | Greenville | |||
| Nelson | 1784 | Jefferson | Bardstown | |||
| Nicholas | 1799 | Bourbon and Mason | Carlisle | |||
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1799 | Hardin | Hartford | |||
| Oldham | 1823 | Henry, Shelby, and Jefferson | LaGrange | |||
| Owen | 1819 | Scott, Franklin, Gallatin and Pendelton | Owenton | |||
| Owsley | 1843 | Clay, Estill, and Breathitt | Booneville | |||
| Pendleton | 1798 | Bracken and Campbell | Falmouth | |||
| Perry | 1820 | Clay and Floyd | Hazard | |||
| Pike | 1821 | Floyd | Pikeville | |||
| Powell | 1852 | Clark, Estill, and Montgomery | Stanton | |||
| Pulaski | 1798 | Green and Lincoln | Somerset | |||
| Robertson | 1867 | Nicholas, Bracken, Mason, Fleming, and Harrison | Mount Olivet | |||
| Rockcastle | 1810 | Pulaski, Lincoln, Madison, and Knox | Mount Vernon | |||
| Rowan | 1856 | Fleming and Morgan | Morehead | |||
| Russell | 1825 | Cumberland, Adair, and Wayne | Jamestown | |||
| Scott | 1792 | Woodford | Georgetown | |||
| Shelby | 1792 | Jefferson | Shelbyville | |||
| Simpson | 1819 | Allen, Logan, and Warren | Franklin | |||
| Spencer | 1824 | Shelby, Bullit, and Nelson | Taylorsville | |||
| Taylor | 1848 | Green | Campbellsville | |||
| Todd | 1819 | Christian and Logan | Elkton | |||
| Trigg | 1820 | Christian and Caldwell | Cadiz | |||
| Trimble | 1836 | Henry, Oldham, and Gallatin | Bedford | |||
| Union | 1811 | Henderson | Morganfield | |||
| Warren | 1796 | Logan | Bowling Green | Gen.
Joseph Warren of the Revolutionary War. |
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| Washington | 1792 | Nelson | Springfield | |||
| Wayne | 1800 | Pulaski and Cumberland | Monticello | |||
| Webster | 1860 | Hopkins, Union, and Henderson | Dixon | |||
| Whitley | 1818 | Knox | Williamsburg | |||
| Wolfe | 1860 | Owsely, Breathitt, Powell, and Morgan | Campton | |||
| Woodford | 1788 | Fayette | Versailles | |||