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Kentucky County Formations
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| 120 Counties |
| County |
Parent County/Counties |
Date Effective |
County Seat |
| Adair |
Green |
4/1/1802 |
Columbia |
| Allen |
Barren, Warren |
4/1/1815 |
Scottsville |
| Anderson |
Franklin, Mercer, Washington |
2/1/1827 |
Lawrenceburg |
| Ballard |
Hickman, McCracken |
5/23/1842 |
Wickliffe |
| Barren |
Green, Warren |
5/10/1799 |
Glasgow |
| Bath |
Montgomery |
2/4/1811 |
Owingsville |
| Bell |
Harlan, Knox |
8/1/1867 |
Pineville |
| Boone |
Campbell |
6/1/1799 |
Burlington |
| Bourbon |
Fayette |
5/1/1786 |
Paris |
| Boyd |
Carter, Greenup, Lawrence |
5/1/1860 |
Catlettsburg |
| Boyle |
Lincoln, Mercer |
3/1/1842 |
Danville |
| Bracken |
Campbell, Mason |
6/1/1797 |
Brooksville |
| Breathitt |
Clay, Estill, Perry |
4/1/1839 |
Jackson |
| Breckinridge |
Hardin |
1/1/1800 |
Hardinsburg |
| Bullitt |
Jefferson, Nelson |
1/1/1797 |
Shepherdsville |
| Butler |
Logan, Ohio |
5/1/1810 |
Morgantown |
| Caldwell |
Livingston |
5/1/1809 |
Princeton |
| Calloway |
Hickman |
1/25/1823 |
Murray |
| Campbell |
Harrison, Mason, Scott |
5/10/1795 |
Alexandria; Newport |
| Carlisle |
Ballard |
5/3/1886 |
Bardwell |
| Carroll |
Gallatin, Henry, Trimble |
3/1/1838 |
Carrollton |
| Carter |
Greenup, Lawrence |
5/1/1838 |
Grayson |
| Casey |
Lincoln |
5/4/1807 |
Liberty |
| Christian |
Logan |
3/1/1797 |
Hopkinsville |
| Clark |
Bourbon, Fayette |
2/1/1793 |
Winchester |
| Clay |
Floyd, Knox, Madison |
4/1/1807 |
Manchester |
| Clinton |
Cumberland, Wayne |
4/1/1836 |
Albany |
| Crittenden |
Livingston |
4/1/1842 |
Marion |
| Cumberland |
Green |
7/1/1799 |
Burkesville |
| Daviess |
Ohio |
6/1/1815 |
Owensboro |
| Edmonson |
Grayson, Hart, Warren |
2/1/1825 |
Brownsville |
| Elliott |
Carter, Lawrence, Morgan |
4/1/1869 |
Sandy Hook |
| Estill |
Clark, Madison |
4/1/1808 |
Irvine |
| Fayette |
Kentucky |
11/1/1780 |
Lexington |
| Fleming |
Mason |
3/1/1798 |
Flemingsburg |
| Floyd |
Fleming, Mason, Montgomery |
6/1/1800 |
Prestonsburg |
| Franklin |
Mercer, Shelby, Woodford |
5/10/1795 |
Frankfort |
| Fulton |
Hickman |
4/1/1845 |
Hickman |
| Gallatin |
Franklin, Shelby |
5/13/1799 |
Warsaw |
| Garrard |
Lincoln, Madison, Mercer |
6/1/1797 |
Lancaster |
| Grant |
Pendleton |
4/1/1820 |
Williamstown |
| Graves |
Hickman |
1/15/1824 |
Mayfield |
| Grayson |
Hardin, Ohio |
4/1/1810 |
Leitchfield |
| Green |
Lincoln, Nelson |
1/1/1793 |
Greensburg |
| Greenup |
Mason |
2/1/1804 |
Greenup |
| Hancock |
Breckinridge, Daviess, Ohio |
3/23/1829 |
Hawesville |
| Hardin |
Nelson |
2/20/1793 |
Elizabethtown |
| Harlan |
Knox |
4/1/1819 |
Harlan |
| Harrison |
Bourbon, Scott |
2/1/1794 |
Cynthiana |
| Hart |
Hardin, Barren |
4/1/1819 |
Munfordville |
| Henderson |
Christian |
5/15/1799 |
Henderson |
| Henry |
Shelby |
6/1/1799 |
New Castle |
| Hickman |
Caldwell, Livingston |
1/15/1822 |
Clinton |
| Hopkins |
Henderson |
5/1/1807 |
Madisonville |
| Jackson |
Clay, Estill, Laurel, Owsley, Madison, Rockcastle |
4/25/1858 |
McKee |
| Jefferson |
Kentucky |
11/1/1780 |
Louisville |
| Jessamine |
Fayette |
2/1/1799 |
Nicholasville |
| Johnson |
Floyd, Lawrence, Morgan |
4/1/1843 |
Paintsville |
| Kenton |
Campbell |
4/30/1840 |
Independence; Covington |
| Knott |
Breathitt, Floyd, Letcher, Perry |
5/15/1884 |
Hindman |
| Knox |
Lincoln |
6/2/1800 |
Barbourville |
| Larue |
Hardin |
3/1/1843 |
Hodgenville |
| Laurel |
Clay, Knox, Rockcastle, Whitley |
2/13/1826 |
London |
| Lawrence |
Floyd, Greenup |
2/11/1822 |
Louisa |
| Lee |
Breathitt, Estill, Owsley, Wolfe |
3/1/1870 |
Beattyville |
| Leslie |
Clay, Harlan, Perry |
4/15/1878 |
Hyden |
| Letcher |
Perry, Harlan |
4/1/1842 |
Whitesburg |
| Lewis |
Mason |
4/1/1807 |
Vanceburg |
| Lincoln |
Kentucky |
11/1/1780 |
Stanford |
| Livingston |
Christian |
5/21/1799 |
Smithland |
| Logan |
Lincoln |
9/1/1792 |
Russellville |
| Lyon |
Caldwell |
4/1/1854 |
Eddyville |
| Madison |
Lincoln |
8/1/1786 |
Richmond |
| Magoffin |
Floyd, Johnson, Morgan |
4/25/1860 |
Salyersville |
| Marion |
Washington |
3/1/1834 |
Lebanon |
| Marshall |
Calloway |
6/1/1842 |
Benton |
| Martin |
Floyd, Johnson, Lawrence, Pike |
9/1/1870 |
Inez |
| Mason |
Bourbon |
5/1/1789 |
Maysville |
| McCracken |
Hickman |
1/15/1825 |
Paducah |
| McCreary |
Pulaski, Wayne, Whitley |
3/12/1912 |
Whitley City |
| McLean |
Daviess, Muhlenberg, Ohio |
5/8/1854 |
Calhoun |
| Meade |
Breckinridge, Hardin |
3/22/1824 |
Brandenburg |
| Menifee |
Bath, Montgomery, Morgan, Powell, Wolfe |
5/1/1869 |
Frenchburg |
| Mercer |
Lincoln |
8/1/1786 |
Harrodsburg |
| Metcalfe |
Adair, Barren, Cumberland, Green, Monroe |
5/7/1860 |
Edmonton |
| Monroe |
Barren, Cumberland |
4/1/1820 |
Tompkinsville |
| Montgomery |
Clark |
3/1/1797 |
Mount Sterling |
| Morgan |
Bath, Floyd |
3/10/1823 |
West Liberty |
| Muhlenberg |
Christian, Logan |
5/15/1799 |
Greenville |
| Nelson |
Jefferson |
1/1/1785 |
Bardstown |
| Nicholas |
Bourbon, Mason |
6/1/1800 |
Carlisle |
| Ohio |
Hardin |
7/1/1799 |
Hartford |
| Oldham |
Henry, Jefferson, Shelby |
2/1/1824 |
LaGrange |
| Owen |
Franklin, Gallatin, Scott, Pendleton |
4/1/1819 |
Owenton |
| Owsley |
Breathitt, Clay, Estill |
6/1/1843 |
Booneville |
| Pendleton |
Bracken, Campbell |
5/10/1799 |
Falmouth |
| Perry |
Clay, Floyd |
2/26/1821 |
Hazard |
| Pike |
Floyd |
3/1/1822 |
Pikeville |
| Powell |
Clark, Estill, Montgomery |
5/10/1852 |
Stanton |
| Pulaski |
Green, Lincoln |
6/1/1799 |
Somerset |
| Robertson |
Bracken, Harrison, Mason, Nicholas |
8/1/1867 |
Mount Olivet |
| Rockcastle |
Knox, Lincoln, Madison, Pulaski |
4/1/1810 |
Mount Vernon |
| Rowan |
Fleming, Morgan |
5/1/1856 |
Morehead |
| Russell |
Adair, Cumberland, Wayne |
4/1/1826 |
Jamestown |
| Scott |
Woodford |
9/1/1792 |
Georgetown |
| Shelby |
Jefferson |
9/1/1792 |
Shelbyville |
| Simpson |
Allen, Logan, Warren |
4/1/1819 |
Franklin |
| Spencer |
Bullitt, Nelson, Shelby |
1/15/1824 |
Taylorsville |
| Taylor |
Green |
3/1/1848 |
Campbellsville |
| Todd |
Christian, Logan |
4/1/1820 |
Elkton |
| Trigg |
Caldwell, Christian |
4/1/1820 |
Cadiz |
| Trimble |
Gallatin, Henry, Oldham |
4/1/1837 |
Bedford |
| Union |
Henderson |
5/1/1811 |
Morganfield |
| Warren |
Logan |
3/1/1797 |
Bowling Green |
| Washington |
Nelson |
9/1/1792 |
Springfield |
| Wayne |
Cumberland, Pulaski |
3/1/1801 |
Monticello |
| Webster |
Henderson, Hopkins, Union |
7/1/1860 |
Dixon |
| Whitley |
Knox |
4/1/1818 |
Williamsburg |
| Wolfe |
Breathitt, Morgan, Owsley, Powell |
7/1/1860 |
Campton |
| Woodford |
Fayette |
5/1/1789 |
Versailles |
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