Historical Map of Kentucky and Her Counties

Historical Map of Kentucky and Her Counties - 1823-1837

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By this point, Commissioners Isaac Shelby and Andrew Jackson had purchased the Chickasaw Hunting Grounds (on October 19, 1818). Four counties were created out of it by 1825:

(77) McCracken
(75) Graves County
(73) Calloway County
(70) Hickman County.

By 1837 there were a total of 87 counties in the state of Kentucky.

A, B, C is land from (51) Caldwell County to (69) Trigg County in 1825,'26, '27;
D is land from (40) Ohio County to (58) Daviess County in 1830;
E is land from (40) Ohio County to (38) Breckinridge County in 1831;
F is land from (25) Warren County to (31) Barren County in 1827;
G and H are lands from (31) Barren and (67) Monroe counties to (57)Allen County in 1825;
I is land from (20) Cumberland County to (67) Monroe Co in 1830;
J and K are lands from (30) Pulaski County to (59) Whitley and (41)Wayne counties in 1826 and 1831;
L is land from (42) Knox County to (81)Laurel County in 1834;
M and N are lands from (62) Owen and (35) Henry counties to (18) Franklin County in 1827;
P is land from (32) Boone County to (34) Gallatin County in 1837;
Q is land from (17) Harrison County to (65) Grant County in 1827;
R is land from (22) Bracken County to (17) Harrison County in 1834;
S is land from (33) Fleming County to (39) Nicholas County in 1824;

46	Casey	3	1806
47	Clay	6/43/42	1806
48	Lewis	8	1806
49	Estill	14/6	1808
50	Hopkins	27	1808
51	Caldwell	37	1809
52	Butler	12/40	1810
53	Grayson	15/40	1810
54	Rockcastle	3/6/30	1810
55	Bath	24	1811	Local Medicinal Springs
56	Union	27	1811
57	Allen	31/25	1815
58	Daviess	40	1815
59	Whitley	42	1818	Col. William Whitley, a Kentucky pioneer and Indian fighter
60	Harlan	42	1819
61	Hart	15/31/?16	1819
62	Owen	13/18/34/29	1819
63	Simpson	57/12/25	1819
64	Todd	26/12	1819	Col. John Todd, who fell in the Battle of Blue Lick
65	Grant	29	1820
66	Perry	47/43	1820
68	Kenton	29	1820*
67	Monroe	31/20	1820
69	Trigg	26/51	1820
70	Hickman	51/37	1821
71	Lawrence	43/45	1821
72	Pike	43	1821
73	Calloway	70	1822
74	Morgan	43/55	1822	General Daniel Morgan
75	Graves	70	1823
76	Oldham	35/10/1	1823	Colonel William Oldham
77	McCracken	70	1824
78	Meade	15/38	1824	Captain James Meade
79	Spencer	10/21/4	1824	Captain Spear Spencer, a valiant Indian fighter who lost his life a Tippecanoe
80	Edmondson	53/61/25	1825	Captain John Edmonson;
81	Laurel	59/47/42/54	1825	Laurel River
82	Russell	20/44/41	1825	Colonel William Russell
83	Anderson	18/5/11	1827	Amb. Richard C. Anderson, Jr
84	Hancock	58/40/38	1828	John Hancock, first President of the Continental Congress
85	Marion	11	1834	General Francis Marion;
86	Clinton	41/20	1835	Governor De Witt Clinton
87	Trimble	35/76/34	1836	Judge Robert Trimble