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FORMATION
OF KENTUCKY’s COUNTIES
COUNTY
|
YEAR
OF FORMATION |
PARENT COUNTIES
|
COUNTY SEAT
|
1. Adair |
1802 |
Green |
Columbia |
2. Allen |
1815 |
Barren, Warren |
Scottsville |
3. Anderson |
1827 |
Franklin, Mercer, Washington |
Lawrenceburg |
4. Ballard |
1842 |
Hickman, McCracken |
Wickliffe |
5. Barren |
1799 |
Green, Warren |
Glasgow |
6. Bath |
1811 |
Montgomery |
Owingsville |
7. Bell |
1867 |
Harlan, Knox |
Pineville |
8. Boone |
1799 |
Campbell |
Burlington |
9. Bourbon |
1786 |
Fayette |
Paris |
10. Boyd |
1860 |
Carter, Greenup, Lawrence |
Catlettsburg |
11. Boyle |
1842 |
Lincoln, Mercer |
Danville |
12. Bracken |
1797 |
Campbell, Mason |
Brooksville |
13. Breathitt |
1839 |
Clay, Estill, Perry |
Jackson |
14. Breckinridge |
1800 |
Hardin |
Hardinsburg |
15. Bullitt |
1797 |
Jefferson, Nelson |
Shepherdsville |
16. Butler |
1810 |
Logan, Ohio |
Morgantown |
17. Caldwell |
1809 |
Livingston |
Princeton |
18. Calloway |
1821 |
Hickman |
Murray |
19. Campbell |
1795 |
Harrison, Mason, Scott |
Alexandria, Newport |
20. Carlisle |
1886 |
Ballard |
Bardwell |
21. Carroll |
1838 |
Gallatin, Henry, Trimble |
Carrollton |
22. Carter |
1838 |
Greenup, Lawrence |
Grayson |
23. Casey |
1807 |
Lincoln |
Liberty |
24. Christian |
1797 |
Logan |
Hopkinsville |
25. Clark |
1793 |
Bourbon, Fayette |
Winchester |
26. Clay |
1807 |
Floyd, Knox, Madison |
Manchester |
27. Clinton |
1836 |
Cumberland, Wayne |
Albany |
28. Crittenden |
1842 |
Livingston |
Marion |
29. Cumberland |
1799 |
Green |
Burkesville |
30. Daviess |
1815 |
Ohio |
Owensboro |
31. Edmonson |
1825 |
Grayson, Hart, Warren |
Brownsville |
32. Elliott |
1869 |
Carter, Lawrence,
Morgan |
Sandy Hook |
33. Estill |
1808 |
Clark, Madison |
Irvine |
34. Fayette |
1780 |
Kentucky Co., VA |
Lexington |
35. Fleming |
1798 |
Mason |
Flemingsburg |
36. Floyd |
1800 |
Fleming, Mason,
Montgomery |
Prestonsburg |
37. Franklin |
1795 |
Mercer, Shelby,
Woodford |
Frankfort |
38. Fulton |
1845 |
Hickman |
Hickman |
39. Gallatin |
1799 |
Franklin, Shelby |
Warsaw |
40. Garrard |
1797 |
Lincoln, Madison,
Mercer |
Lancaster |
41. Grant |
1820 |
Pendleton |
Williamstown |
42. Graves |
1824 |
Hickman |
Mayfield |
43. Grayson |
1810 |
Hardin, Ohio |
Leitchfield |
44. Green |
1793 |
Lincoln, Nelson |
Greensburg |
45. Greenup |
1804 |
Mason |
Greenup |
46. Hancock |
1829 |
Breckinridge, Daviess,
Ohio |
Hawesville |
47. Hardin |
1793 |
Nelson |
Elizabethtown |
48. Harlan |
1819 |
Knox |
Harlan |
49. Harrison |
1794 |
Bourbon, Scott |
Cynthiana |
50. Hart |
1819 |
Barren, Hardin |
Munfordville |
51. Henderson |
1799 |
Christian |
Henderson |
52. Henry |
1799 |
Shelby |
New Castle |
53. Hickman |
1821 |
Caldwell, Livingston |
Clinton |
54. Hopkins |
1807 |
Henderson |
Madisonville |
55. Jackson |
1858 |
Clay, Estill, Laurel,
Madison, Owsley, Rockcastle |
McKee |
56. Jefferson |
1780 |
Kentucky Co., VA |
Louisville |
57. Jessamine |
1799 |
Fayette |
Nicholasville |
58. Johnson |
1843 |
Floyd, Lawrence, Morgan |
Paintsville |
59. Kenton |
1840 |
Campbell |
Independence, Covington |
60. Knott |
1884 |
Breathitt, Floyd,
Letcher, Perry |
Hindman |
61. Knox |
1800 |
Lincoln |
Barbourville |
62. LaRue |
1843 |
Hardin |
Hodgenville |
63. Laurel |
1826 |
Clay, Knox, Rockcastle, Whitley |
London |
64. Laurence |
1822 |
Floyd, Greenup |
Louisa |
65. Lee |
1870 |
Breathitt, Estill, Owsley, Wolfe |
Beattyville |
66. Leslie |
1878 |
Clay, Harlan, Perry |
Hyden |
67. Letcher |
1842 |
Harlan, Perry |
Whitesburg |
68. Lewis |
1807 |
Mason |
Vanceburg |
69. Lincoln |
1780 |
Kentucky Co., VA |
Stanford |
70. Livingston |
1798 |
Christian |
Smithland |
71. Logan |
1792 |
Lincoln |
Russellville |
72. Lyon |
1854 |
Caldwell |
Eddyville |
73. Madison |
1786 |
Lincoln |
Richmond |
74. Magoffin |
1860 |
Floyd, Johnson, Morgan |
Salyersville |
75. Marion |
1834 |
Washington |
Lebanon |
76. Marshall |
1842 |
Calloway |
Benton |
77. Martin |
1870 |
Floyd, Johnson, Lawrence, Pike |
Inez |
78. Mason |
1789 |
Bourbon |
Maysville |
79. McCracken |
1825 |
Hickman |
Paducah |
80. McCreary |
1912 |
Pulaski, Wayne, Whitley |
Whitley City |
81. McLean |
1854 |
Daviess, Muhlenberg, Ohio |
Calhoun |
82. Meade |
1824 |
Breckinridge, Hardin |
Brandenburg |
83. Menifee |
1869 |
Bath, Montgomery, Morgan, Powell,
Wolfe |
Frenchburg |
84. Mercer |
1786 |
Lincoln |
Harrodsburg |
85. Metcalfe |
1860 |
Adair, Barren, Cumberland, Green,
Monroe |
Edmonton |
86. Monroe |
1820 |
Barren, Cumberland |
Tompkinsville |
87. Montgomery |
1797 |
Clark |
Mount Sterling |
88. Morgan |
1823 |
Bath, Floyd |
West Liberty |
89. Muhlenberg |
1799 |
Christian, Logan |
Greenville |
90. Nelson |
1785 |
Jefferson |
Bardstown |
91. Nicholas |
1800 |
Bourbon, Mason |
Carlisle |
92. Ohio |
1799 |
Hardin |
Hartford |
93. Oldham |
1824 |
Henry, Jefferson, Shelby |
LaGrange |
94. Owen |
1819 |
Franklin, Gallatin, Pendleton,
Scott |
Owenton |
95. Owsley |
1843 |
Breathitt, Clay, Estill |
Booneville |
96. Pendleton |
1799 |
Bracken, Campbell |
Falmouth |
97. Perry |
1821 |
Clay, Floyd |
Hazard |
98. Pike |
1822 |
Floyd |
Pikeville |
99. Powell |
1852 |
Clark, Estill, Montgomery |
Stanton |
100. Pulaski |
1799 |
Green, Lincoln |
Somerset |
101. Robertson |
1867 |
Bracken, Harrison, Mason,
Nicholas |
Mt. Olivet |
102. Rockcastle |
1810 |
Lincoln, Madison, Pulaski, Knox |
Mount Vernon |
103. Rowan |
1856 |
Fleming, Morgan |
Morehead |
104. Russell |
1826 |
Adair, Cumberland, Wayne |
Jamestown |
105. Scott |
1792 |
Woodford |
Georgetown |
106. Shelby |
1792 |
Jefferson |
Shelbyville |
107. Simpson |
1819 |
Allen, Logan, Warren |
Franklin |
108. Spencer |
1824 |
Bullitt, Nelson, Shelby |
Taylorsville |
109. Taylor |
1848 |
Green |
Campbellsville |
110. Todd |
1820 |
Christian, Logan |
Elkton |
111. Trigg |
1820 |
Caldwell, Christian |
Cadiz |
112. Trimble |
1837 |
Gallatin, Henry, Oldham |
Bedford |
113. Union |
1811 |
Henderson |
Morganfield |
114. Warren |
1797 |
Logan |
Bowling Green |
115. Washington |
1792 |
Nelson |
Springfield |
116. Wayne |
1801 |
Cumberland, Pulaski |
Monticello |
117. Webster |
1860 |
Henderson, Hopkins, Union |
Dixon |
118. Whitley |
1818 |
Knox |
Williamsburg |
119. Wolfe |
1860 |
Breathitt, Morgan, Owsley, Powell |
Campton |
120. Woodford |
1789 |
Fayette |
Versailles |