Kentucky Counties
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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