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Information Updated: Apr 23, 2009 |
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Formed from: portions of Perry, Breathitt, Floyd & Letcher Counties. Established: xx-xxx-1884 |
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County Seat: Hindman, Kentucky County history - Knott County is named in honor of James Proctor Knott, Governor of Kentucky 1883-87. |  |
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Information Updated: May 1, 2010 |
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Formed from: portions of Lincoln County. Established: xx-Dec-1799 |
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County Seat: Barbourville, Kentucky County history - Knox County is named in honor of Henry Knox, United States Secretary of War (1785 1794). |  |
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Information Updated: Nov 9, 2009 |
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Formed from: portions of Floyd and Greenup Counties (1821). Established: xx-xxx-1822 |
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County Seat: Louisa, Kentucky County history - Lawrence County is named in honor of James Lawrence (1781 1813), naval commander during the War of 1812. |  |
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Information Updated: Nov 9, 2009 |
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Formed from: portions of Clay, Harlan and Perry Counties. Established: xx-xxx-1878 |
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County Seat: Hyden, Kentucky County history - Leslie County is named in honor of Preston Leslie, Governor of Kentucky (1871 1875). |  |
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Information Updated: Aug 16, 2010 |
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Formed from: portions of Harlan and Perry Counties. Established: xx-xxx-1842 |
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County Seat: Whitesburg, Kentucky County history - Letcher County is named in honor of Robert P. Letcher, Governor of Kentucky (1840 1844). |  |
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Information Updated: Aug 10, 2010 |
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Formed from: portions of Mason County and unorganized territorial lands. Established: 02-Dec-1806 |
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County Seat: Vanceburg, Kentucky County history - Lewis County is named in honor of Meriwether Lewis (August 18, 1774 October 11, 1809), an American explorer, soldier, and public administrator, best known for his role as the leader of the Lewis and Clark Expedition also known as the Corps of Discovery, with William Clark, whose mission was to explore the territory of the Louisiana Purchase. |  |
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Information Updated: May 1, 2010 |
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Formed from: portions of Kentucky County, a county in Virginia (an original Kentucky County. Established: xx-xxx-1780 |
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County Seat: Stanford, Kentucky County history - Lincoln County is named in honor of Benjamin Lincoln (1733 1810), Revolutionary War general. A common misconception is that Lincoln County was named for President Abraham Lincoln, but it was named 29 years before his birth. |  |
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Information Updated: Aug 10, 2010 |
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Formed from: portions of Christian County, 1798. Established: xx-xxx-1798 |
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County Seat: Smithland, Kentucky County history - Livingston County is named in honor of Robert Livingston (1746-1813), a U.S. statesman and a diplomat. He was a lawyer and a member of the Continental Congress from 1775 to 1777 and from 1779 to 1781. During his first term he was also one of five members of the committee that drew up the Declaration of Independence. He was chancellor of New York State from 1777 to 1801. The U.S. secretary of foreign affairs under the Articles of Confederation from 1781 to 1783 and minister to France from 1801 to 1804. In the last-named post he successfully negotiated the Louisiana Purchase by the United States. He financed the American engineer Robert Fulton in the building of his steamboat and for some time held a monopoly on Hudson River navigation. |  |
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Information Updated: May 1, 2010 |
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Formed from: portions of Lincoln County. Established: 01-Sep-1792 |
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County Seat: Russellville, Kentucky County history - Logan County is named in honor of Benjamin Logan (c.1742 - December 11, 1802), an American pioneer, soldier, and politician from Shelby County, Kentucky. As colonel of the Kentucky County militia (United States) of Virginia during the American Revolutionary War, he was second-in-command of militia in Kentucky. Logan was a leader in Kentucky's efforts to become a state. |  |
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Information Updated: Aug 9, 2010 |
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Formed from: portions of Caldwell County. Established: xx-xxx-1854 |
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County Seat: Eddyville, Kentucky County history - Lyon County is named in honor of Chittenden Lyon (February 22, 1787 - November 23, 1842), a United States Representative from Kentucky. Lyon was a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives 1822-1824 and served in the Kentucky Senate 1827-1835. He was elected to the Twentieth Congress and reelected as a Jacksonian to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1827-March 3, 1835) and was not a candidate for reelection in 1835 to the Twenty-fourth Congress. After leaving Congress, he continued his business activities until his death in 1854. |  |
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