Kentucky County Formation
|
County |
Year |
Parent County |
|
1 |
Adair |
1801 |
Green |
|
2 |
Allen |
1815 |
Barren, Warren |
|
3 |
Anderson |
1827 |
Franklin, Mercer, Washington |
|
4 |
Ballard |
1842 |
Hickman, McCracken |
|
5 |
Barren |
1798 |
Green, Warren |
|
6 |
Bath |
1811 |
Montgomery |
|
7 |
Bell |
1867 |
Knox, Harlan |
|
8 |
Boone |
1798 |
Campbell |
|
9 |
Bourbon 1) |
1786 |
Fayette |
|
10 |
Boyd |
1860 |
Carter, Greenup, Lawrence |
|
11 |
Boyle |
1842 |
Lincoln, Mercer |
|
12 |
Bracken |
1796 |
Campbell, Mason |
|
13 |
Breathitt |
1839 |
Clay, Estill, Perry |
|
14 |
Breckinridge |
1799 |
Hardin |
|
15 |
Bullitt |
1796 |
Jefferson, Nelson |
|
16 |
Butler |
1810 |
Logan, Ohio |
|
17 |
Caldwell |
1809 |
Livingston |
|
18 |
Calloway |
1822 |
Hickman |
|
19 |
Campbell |
1795 |
Harrison, Mason, Scott |
|
20 |
Carlisle |
1886 |
Ballard, Graves |
|
21 |
Carroll |
1838 |
Gallatin, Henry, Trimble |
|
22 |
Carter |
1838 |
Greenup, Lawrence |
|
23 |
Casey |
1806 |
Lincoln |
|
24 |
Christian |
1797 |
Logan |
|
25 |
Clark |
1792 |
Bourbon, Fayette |
|
26 |
Clay |
1806 |
Floyd, Knox, Madison |
|
27 |
Clinton |
1835 |
Cumberland, Wayne |
|
28 |
Crittenden |
1842 |
Livingston |
|
29 |
Cumberland |
1796 |
Green |
|
30 |
Daviess |
1815 |
Ohio |
|
31 |
Edmonson |
1825 |
Grayson, Hart, Warren |
|
32 |
Elliott |
1869 |
Carter, Lawrence, Morgan |
|
33 |
Estill |
1808 |
Clark, Madison |
|
34 |
Fayette 1) |
1780 |
Kentucky Co., VA |
|
35 |
Fleming |
1798 |
Mason |
|
36 |
Floyd |
1799 |
Fleming, Mason, Montgomery |
|
37 |
Franklin |
1794 |
Mercer, Shelby, Woodford |
|
38 |
Fulton |
1845 |
Hickman |
|
39 |
Gallatin |
1798 |
Franklin, Shelby |
|
40 |
Garrard |
1796 |
Lincoln, Madison, Mercer |
|
41 |
Grant |
1820 |
Pendleton |
|
42 |
Graves |
1823 |
Hickman |
|
43 |
Grayson |
1810 |
Hardin, Ohio |
|
44 |
Green |
1792 |
Lincoln, Nelson |
|
45 |
Greenup |
1803 |
Mason |
|
46 |
Hancock |
1828 |
Breckinridge, Daviess, Ohio |
|
47 |
Hardin |
1792 |
Nelson |
|
48 |
Harlan |
1819 |
Knox |
|
49 |
Harrison |
1793 |
Bourbon, Scott |
|
50 |
Hart |
1819 |
Barren, Hardin |
|
51 |
Henderson |
1798 |
Christian |
|
52 |
Henry |
1798 |
Shelby |
|
53 |
Hickman |
1821 |
Caldwell, Livingston |
|
54 |
Hopkins |
1808 |
Henderson |
|
55 |
Jackson |
1858 |
Clay, Estill, Laurel, Madison, Owsley, Rockcastle |
|
56 |
Jefferson 1) |
1780 |
Kentucky Co., VA |
|
57 |
Jessamine |
1798 |
Fayette |
|
58 |
Johnson |
1843 |
Floyd, Lawrence, Morgan |
|
59 |
Kenton |
1840 |
Campbell |
|
60 |
Knott |
1884 |
Breathitt, Floyd, Letcher, Perry |
|
61 |
Knox |
1799 |
Lincoln |
|
62 |
LaRue |
1843 |
Hardin |
|
63 |
Laurel |
1825 |
Clay, Knox, Rockcastle, Whitley |
|
64 |
Lawrence |
1821 |
Floyd, Greenup |
|
65 |
Lee |
1870 |
Breathitt, Estill, Owsley, Wolfe |
|
66 |
Leslie |
1878 |
Clay, Harlan, Perry |
|
67 |
Letcher |
1842 |
Harlan, Perry |
|
68 |
Lewis |
1806 |
Mason |
|
69 |
Lincoln 1) |
1780 |
Kentucky Co., VA |
|
70 |
Livingston |
1798 |
Christian |
|
71 |
Logan |
1792 |
Lincoln |
|
72 |
Lyon |
1854 |
Caldwell |
|
73 |
Madison 1) |
1786 |
Lincoln |
|
74 |
Magoffin |
1860 |
Floyd, Johnson, Morgan |
|
75 |
Marion |
1834 |
Washington |
|
76 |
Marshall |
1842 |
Calloway |
|
77 |
Martin |
1870 |
Floyd, Johnson, Lawrence, Pike |
|
78 |
Mason 1) |
1789 |
Bourbon |
|
79 |
McCracken |
1824 |
Hickman |
|
80 |
McCreary |
1912 |
Pulaski, Wayne, Whitley |
|
81 |
McLean |
1854 |
Daviess, Muhlenberg, Ohio |
|
82 |
Meade |
1824 |
Breckinridge, Hardin |
|
83 |
Menifee |
1869 |
Bath, Montgomery, Morgan, Powell, Wolfe |
|
84 |
Mercer 1) |
1786 |
Lincoln |
|
85 |
Metcalfe |
1860 |
Adair, Barren, Cumberland, Green, Monroe |
|
86 |
Monroe |
1820 |
Barren, Cumberland |
|
87 |
Montgomery |
1796 |
Clark |
|
88 |
Morgan |
1822 |
Bath, Floyd |
|
89 |
Muhlenberg |
1798 |
Christian, Logan |
|
90 |
Nelson 1) |
1785 |
Jefferson |
|
91 |
Nicholas |
1799 |
Bourbon, Mason |
|
92 |
Ohio |
1799 |
Hardin |
|
93 |
Oldham |
1823 |
Henry, Jefferson, Shelby |
|
94 |
Owen |
1819 |
Franklin, Gallatin, Pendleton, Scott |
|
95 |
Owsley |
1843 |
Breathitt, Clay, Estill |
|
96 |
Pendleton |
1798 |
Bracken, Campbell |
|
97 |
Perry |
1820 |
Clay, Floyd |
|
98 |
Pike |
1821 |
Floyd |
|
99 |
Powell |
1852 |
Clark, Estill, Montgomery |
|
100 |
Pulaski |
1798 |
Green, Lincoln |
|
101 |
Robertson |
1867 |
Bracken, Fleming, Harrison, Mason, Nicholas |
|
102 |
Rockcastle |
1810 |
Lincoln, Madison, Pulaski |
|
103 |
Rowan |
1856 |
Fleming, Morgan |
|
104 |
Russell |
1825 |
Adair, Cumberland, Wayne |
|
105 |
Scott |
1792 |
Woodford |
|
106 |
Shelby |
1792 |
Jefferson |
|
107 |
Simpson |
1819 |
Allen, Logan, Warren |
|
108 |
Spencer |
1824 |
Bullitt, Nelson, Shelby |
|
109 |
Taylor |
1848 |
Green |
|
110 |
Todd |
1819 |
Christian, Logan |
|
111 |
Trigg |
1820 |
Caldwell, Christian |
|
112 |
Trimble |
1836 |
Gallatin, Henry, Oldham |
|
113 |
Union |
1811 |
Henderson |
|
114 |
Warren |
1796 |
Logan |
|
115 |
Washington |
1792 |
Nelson |
|
116 |
Wayne |
1800 |
Cumberland, Pulaski |
|
117 |
Webster |
1860 |
Henderson, Hopkins, Union |
|
118 |
Whitley |
1818 |
Knox |
|
119 |
Wolfe |
1860 |
Breathitt, Morgan, Owsley, Powell |
|
120 |
Woodford 1) |
1789 |
Fayette |
1) Original County at Statehood in 1792.
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