COUNTY

YEAR OF FORMATION

PARENT COUNTIES

COUNTY SEAT

1.     Adair

1802

Green

Columbia

2.     Allen

1815

Barren, Warren

Scottsville

3.     Anderson

1827

Franklin, Mercer, Washington

Lawrenceburg

4.     Ballard

1842

Hickman, McCracken

Wickliffe

5.     Barren

1799

Green, Warren

Glasgow

6.     Bath

1811

Montgomery

Owingsville

7.     Bell

1867

Harlan, Knox

Pineville

8.     Boone

1799

Campbell

Burlington

9.     Bourbon

1786

Fayette

Paris

10.   Boyd

1860

Carter, Greenup, Lawrence

Catlettsburg

11.   Boyle 

1842

Lincoln, Mercer

Danville

12.   Bracken

1797

Campbell, Mason

Brooksville

13.   Breathitt

1839

Clay, Estill, Perry

Jackson

14.   Breckinridge

1800

Hardin

Hardinsburg

15.   Bullitt

1797

Jefferson, Nelson

Shepherdsville

16.   Butler

1810

Logan, Ohio

Morgantown

17.   Caldwell

1809

Livingston

Princeton

18.   Calloway

1821

Hickman

Murray

19.   Campbell

1795

Harrison, Mason, Scott

Alexandria, Newport

20.   Carlisle

1886

Ballard

Bardwell

21.   Carroll

1838

Gallatin, Henry, Trimble

Carrollton

22.   Carter

1838

Greenup, Lawrence

Grayson

23.   Casey

1807

Lincoln

Liberty

24.   Christian

1797

Logan

Hopkinsville

25.   Clark

1793

Bourbon, Fayette

Winchester

26.   Clay

1807

Floyd, Knox, Madison

Manchester

27.   Clinton

1836

Cumberland, Wayne

Albany

28.   Crittenden

1842

Livingston

Marion

29.   Cumberland

1799

Green

Burkesville

30.   Daviess

1815

Ohio

Owensboro

31.   Edmonson

1825

Grayson, Hart, Warren

Brownsville

32.   Elliott

1869

Carter, Lawrence, Morgan

Sandy Hook

33.   Estill

1808

Clark, Madison

Irvine

34.   Fayette

1780

Kentucky Co., VA

Lexington

35.   Fleming

1798

Mason

Flemingsburg

36.   Floyd

1800

Fleming, Mason, Montgomery

Prestonsburg

37.   Franklin

1795

Mercer, Shelby, Woodford

Frankfort

38.   Fulton

1845

Hickman

Hickman

39.   Gallatin

1799

Franklin, Shelby

Warsaw

40.   Garrard

1797

Lincoln, Madison, Mercer

Lancaster

41.   Grant

1820

Pendleton

Williamstown

42.   Graves

1824

Hickman

Mayfield

43.   Grayson

1810

Hardin, Ohio

Leitchfield

44.   Green

1793

Lincoln, Nelson

Greensburg

45.   Greenup

1804

Mason

Greenup

46.   Hancock

1829

Breckinridge, Daviess, Ohio

Hawesville

47.   Hardin

1793

Nelson

Elizabethtown

48.   Harlan

1819

Knox

Harlan

49.   Harrison

1794

Bourbon, Scott

Cynthiana

50.   Hart

1819

Barren, Hardin

Munfordville

51.   Henderson

1799

Christian

Henderson

52.   Henry

1799

Shelby

New Castle

53.   Hickman

1821

Caldwell, Livingston

Clinton

54.   Hopkins

1807

Henderson

Madisonville

55.   Jackson

1858

Clay, Estill, Laurel, Madison, Owsley, Rockcastle

McKee

56.   Jefferson

1780

Kentucky Co., VA

Louisville

57.   Jessamine

1799

Fayette

Nicholasville

58.   Johnson

1843

Floyd, Lawrence, Morgan

Paintsville

59.   Kenton

1840

Campbell

Independence, Covington

60.   Knott

1884

Breathitt, Floyd, Letcher, Perry

Hindman

61.   Knox

1800

Lincoln

Barbourville

62.   LaRue

1843

Hardin

Hodgenville

63.   Laurel

1826

Clay, Knox, Rockcastle, Whitley

London

64.   Laurence

1822

Floyd, Greenup

Louisa

65.   Lee

1870

Breathitt, Estill, Owsley, Wolfe

Beattyville

66.   Leslie

1878

Clay, Harlan, Perry

Hyden

67.   Letcher

1842

Harlan, Perry

Whitesburg

68.   Lewis

1807

Mason

Vanceburg

69.   Lincoln

1780

Kentucky Co., VA

Stanford

70.   Livingston

1798

Christian

Smithland

71.   Logan

1792

Lincoln

Russellville

72.   Lyon

1854

Caldwell

Eddyville

73.   Madison

1786

Lincoln

Richmond

74.   Magoffin

1860

Floyd, Johnson, Morgan

Salyersville

75.   Marion

1834

Washington

Lebanon

76.   Marshall

1842

Calloway

Benton

77.   Martin

1870

Floyd, Johnson, Lawrence, Pike

Inez

78.   Mason

1789

Bourbon

Maysville

79.   McCracken

1825

Hickman

Paducah

80.   McCreary

1912

Pulaski, Wayne, Whitley

Whitley City

81.   McLean

1854

Daviess, Muhlenberg, Ohio

Calhoun

82.   Meade

1824

Breckinridge, Hardin

Brandenburg

83.   Menifee

1869

Bath, Montgomery, Morgan, Powell, Wolfe

Frenchburg

84.   Mercer

1786

Lincoln

Harrodsburg

85.   Metcalfe

1860

Adair, Barren, Cumberland, Green, Monroe

Edmonton

86.   Monroe

1820

Barren, Cumberland

Tompkinsville

87.   Montgomery

1797

Clark

Mount Sterling

88.   Morgan

1823

Bath, Floyd

West Liberty

89.   Muhlenberg

1799

Christian, Logan

Greenville

90.   Nelson

1785

Jefferson

Bardstown

91.   Nicholas

1800

Bourbon, Mason

Carlisle

92.   Ohio

1799

Hardin

Hartford

93.   Oldham

1824

Henry, Jefferson, Shelby

LaGrange

94.   Owen

1819

Franklin, Gallatin, Pendleton, Scott

Owenton

95.   Owsley

1843

Breathitt, Clay, Estill

Booneville

96.   Pendleton

1799

Bracken, Campbell

Falmouth

97.   Perry

1821

Clay, Floyd

Hazard

98.   Pike

1822

Floyd

Pikeville

99.   Powell

1852

Clark, Estill, Montgomery

Stanton

100. Pulaski

1799

Green, Lincoln

Somerset

101. Robertson

1867

Bracken, Harrison, Mason, Nicholas

Mt. Olivet

102. Rockcastle

1810

Lincoln, Madison, Pulaski, Knox

Mount Vernon

103. Rowan

1856

Fleming, Morgan

Morehead

104. Russell

1826

Adair, Cumberland, Wayne

Jamestown

105. Scott

1792

Woodford

Georgetown

106. Shelby

1792

Jefferson

Shelbyville

107. Simpson

1819

Allen, Logan, Warren

Franklin

108. Spencer

1824

Bullitt, Nelson, Shelby

Taylorsville

109. Taylor

1848

Green

Campbellsville

110. Todd

1820

Christian, Logan

Elkton

111. Trigg

1820

Caldwell, Christian

Cadiz

112. Trimble

1837

Gallatin, Henry, Oldham

Bedford

113. Union

1811

Henderson

Morganfield

114. Warren

1797

Logan

Bowling Green

115. Washington

1792

Nelson

Springfield

116. Wayne

1801

Cumberland, Pulaski

Monticello

117. Webster

1860

Henderson, Hopkins, Union

Dixon

118. Whitley

1818

Knox

Williamsburg

119.  Wolfe

1860

Breathitt, Morgan, Owsley, Powell

Campton

120. Woodford

1789

Fayette

Versailles