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County Formation Table

County

Formed

Parent County

County Seat

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

 

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