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| COUNTY | PARENT COUNTY | YEAR | COUNTY SEAT |
| ADAIR | Green | 1801 | Columbia |
| ALLEN | Barren, Warren | 1815 | Scottsville |
| ANDERSON | Franklin, Mercer, Washington | 1827 | Lawrenceburg |
| BALLARD | Hickman, McCracken | 1842 | Wickliffe |
| BARREN | Green, Warren | 1798 | Glasgow |
| BATH | Montgomery | 1811 | Owingsville |
| BELL | Knox, Harlan | 1867 | Pineville |
| BOONE | Campbell | 1798 | Burlington |
| BOURBON | Fayette | 1785 | Paris |
| BOYD | Carter, Lawrence, Greenup | 1860 | Catlettsburg |
| BOYLE | Mercer, Lincoln | 1842 | Danville |
| BRACKEN | Campbell, Mason | 1796 | Brooksville |
| BREATHITT | Clay, Estill, Perry | 1839 | Jackson |
| BRECKINRIDGE | Hardin | 1799 | Hardinsburg |
| BULLITT | Jefferson, Nelson | 1796 | Shepherdsville |
| BUTLER | Logan, Ohio | 1810 | Morgantown |
| CALDWELL | Livingston | 1809 | Princeton |
| CALLOWAY | Hickman | 1821 | Murray |
| CAMPBELL | Harrison, Mason, Scott | 1794 | Newport |
| CARLISLE | Ballard | 1886 | Bardwell |
| CARROLL | Gallatin | 1838 | Carrollton |
| CARTER | Greenup, Lawrence` | 1838 | Grayson |
| CASEY | Lincoln | 1806 | Liberty |
| CHRISTIAN | Logan | 1796 | Hopkinsville |
| CLARK | Bourbon, Fayette | 1792 | Winchester |
| CLAY | Madison, Floyd, Knox | 1806 | Manchester |
| CLINTON | Wayne, Cumberland | 1836 | Albany |
| CRITTENDEN | Livingston | 1842 | Marion |
| CUMBERLAND | Green | 1798 | Burkesville |
| DAVIESS | Ohio | 1815 | Owensboro |
| EDMONSON | Grayson, Hart, Warren | 1825 | Brownsville |
| ELLIOTT | Carter, Lawrence, Morgan | 1869 | Sandy Hook |
| ESTILL | Clark, Madison | 1808 | Irvine |
| FAYETTE | Kentucky County, Virginia | 1780 | Lexington |
| FLEMING | Mason | 1798 | Flemingsburg |
| FLOYD | Fleming, Mason, Montgomery | 1799 | Prestonburg |
| FRANKLIN | Woodford, Mercer, Shelby | 1794 | Frankfort |
| FULTON | Hickman | 1845 | Hickman |
| GALLATIN | Franklin, Shelby | 1798 | Warsaw |
| GARRARD | Madison, Lincoln, Mercer | 1796 | Lancaster |
| GRANT | Pendleton | 1820 | Williamstown |
| GRAVES | Hickman | 1823 | Mayfield |
| GRAYSON | Hardin, Ohio | 1810 | Leitchfield |
| GREEN | Lincoln, Nelson | 1792 | Greensburg |
| GREENUP | Mason | 1803 | Greenup |
| HANCOCK | Daviess, Ohio, Breckinridge | 1829 | Hawesville |
| HARDIN | Nelson | 1792 | Elizabethtown |
| HARRISON | Knox, Floyd | 1819 | Munfordville |
| HART | Hardin, Barren | 1819 | Munfordville` |
| HENDERSON | Christian | 1798 | Henderson |
| HENRY | Shelby | 1798 | New Castle |
| HICKMAN | Caldwell, Linvingston | 1821 | Cliton |
| HOPKINS | Henderson | 1808 | Madisonville |
| JACKSON | Rockcastle, Owsley,
Madison, Clay, Estill, Laurel |
1858 | McKee |
| JEFFERSON | Kentucky County, Virginia | 1780 | Louisville |
| JESSAMINE usgw still up for adoption |
Fayette | 1798 | Nicholasville |
| JOHNSON usgw | Floyd, Morgan, Lawrence | 1843 | Paintsville |
| KENTON usgw | Campbell | 1840 | Covington |
| KNOTT | Perry, Breathitt, Floyd, Letcher | 1844 | Hindman |
| KNOX | Lincoln | 1799 | Barbourville |
| LARUE | Hardin | 1843 | Hodgenville |
| LAUREL | Whitely, Clay, Knox, Rockcastle | 1825 | London |
| LAWRENCE | Floyd, Greenup | 1821 | Louisa |
| LEE | Owsley, Breathitt, Wolfe, Estill | 1870 | Beattyville |
| LESLIE | Clay, Harlan, Perry | 1878 | Hyden |
| LETCHER | Perry, Harlan | 1842 | Whitesburg |
| LEWIS | Mason | 1806 | Vanceburg |
| LINCOLN | Kentucky County, Virginia | 1780 | Stanford |
| LIVINGSTON | Christian | 1798 | Smithland |
| LOGAN | Lincoln | 1792 | Tussellville |
| LYON | Caldwells | 1854 | Eddyville |
| MADISON | Lincoln | 1785 | Richmond |
| MAGOFFIN | Floyd, Johnson, Morgan | 1860 | Salyersville |
| MARION | Washington | 1834 | Lebanon |
| MARSHALL | Calloway | 1842 | Benton |
| MARTIN | Lawrence, Floyd, Pike, Johnson | 1870 | Inez |
| MASON | Bourbon | 1788 | Maysville |
| MCCRACKEN | Hickman | 1824 | Paducah |
| MCCREARY | Wayne, Pulaski, Whitley | 1912 | Whitley City |
| MCLEAN | Muhlenberg, Daviess, Ohio | 1854 | Calhoun |
| MEADE adopt me | Hardin, Breckinridge | 1823 | Brandenburg |
| MENIFEE | Powell, Wolfe, Bath,
Morgan, Montgomery |
1869 | Frenchburg |
| MERCER | Lincoln | 1785 | Harrodsburg |
| METCALFE | Monroe, Adair, Barren, Cumberland, Green |
1860 | Edmonton |
| MONROE {New} | Barren, Cumberland | 1820 | Tompkinsville |
| MONTGOMERY | Clark | 1796 | Mount Sterling |
| MORGAN | Floyd, Bath | 1822 | West Liberty |
| MUHLENBERG | Christian, Logan | 1798 | Greenville |
| NELSON | Jefferson | 1784 | Bardstown |
| NICHOLAS | Bourbon, Mason | 1799 | Carlisle |
| OHIO | Hardin | 1798 | Hartford |
| OLDHAM | Henry, Shelby, Jefferson | 1823 | La Grange |
| OWEN | Scott, Franklin, Gallatin | 1819 | Owenton |
| OWSLEY | Clay, Estill, Breathitt | 1843 | Booneville |
| PENDLETON | Bracken, Campbell | 1798 | Falmouth |
| PERRY | Clay, Floyd | 1820 | Hazard |
| PIKE | Floyd | 1821 | Pikeville |
| POWELL | Clark, Estill, Montgomery | 1852 | Stanton |
| PULASKI | Green, Lincoln | 1798 | Somerset |
| ROBERTSON | Nicholas, Bracken, Mason, Harrison |
1867 | Mount Olivet |
| ROCKCASTLE | Pulaski, Lincoln, Madison, Knox | 1810 | Mount Vernon |
| ROWAN | Fleming, Morgan | 1856 | Morehead |
| RUSSELL usgw | Cumberland, Dair, Wayne | 1825 | Jamestown |
| SCOTT | Woodford | 1792 | Georgetown |
| SHELBY | Jefferson | 1792 | Shelbyville |
| SIMPSON | Allen, Logan, Warren | 1819 | Franklin |
| SPENCER | Shelby, Bullitt, Nelson | 1824 | Taylorsville |
| TAYLOR | Green | 1848 | Campbellsville |
| TODD | Christian, Logan | 1819 | Elkton |
| TRIGG | Christian, Caldwell | 1820 | Cadiz |
| TRIMBLE | Henry, Oldham, Gallatin | 1837 | Bedford |
| UNION | Henderson | 1811 | Morganfield |
| WARREN | Logan | 1796 | Bowling Green |
| WASHINGTON | Nelson | 1792 | Springfield |
| WAYNE | Pulaski, Cumberland | 1800 | Monticello |
| WEBSTER | Hopkins, Union, Henderson | 1860 | Dixon |
| WHITLEY | Knox | 1818 | Williamsburg |
| WOLFE | Owsley, Breathitt, Powell, Morgan | 1860 | Campton |
| WOODFORD | Fayette | 1788 | Versailles |
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