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Kentucky Courthouses that have burned
Partial list: many have burned more than once




COUNTY & SEAT DATE BURNT
RECORDS DESTROYED
ALLEN~Scottsville 1902
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ANDERSON~Lawrenceburg 1859
Order Bk D
BALLARD~Wickliffe 1880
Almost all
BATH~Owingsville 1964
Almost All
BELL~Pineville 1918
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BOONE~Burlington 1880
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BOURBON~Paris 1872
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BOYLE~Danville 1860
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BRACKEN~Brooksville 1848
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BREATHITT~Jackson 1866
Most
BRECKINRIDGE~Hardinsburg 1864
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CALDWELL~Princeton 1864
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CALLOWAY~Murray 1906
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CHRISTIAN~Hopkinsville 1864
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CLINTON~Albany 1865
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CRITTENDEN~Marion 1865
Most
CUMBERLAND~Burkesville 1864
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DAVIESS~Owensboro 1865
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ELLIOTT~Sandy Hook 1966
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ESTILL~Irvine 1964
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FAYETTE~Lexington 1803
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FLOYD~Prestonsburg 1808
Few
GRAVES~Mayfield 1864
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GRAYSON~Leitchfield 1864
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HARDIN~Elizabethtown 1864
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HARLAN~Harlan 1863
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HARRISON~Cynthiana 1851
Some
HENRY~New Castle 1804
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HOPKINS~Madisonville 1864
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LARUE~Hodgenville 1865
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MCLEAN~Calhoun 1908
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MAGOFFIN~Salyersville 1957
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MARION~Lebanon 1863
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MARSHALL~Benton 1888
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MARTIN~Inez 1892
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MERCER~Harrodsburg 1911
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METCALFE~Edmonton 1865
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MONROE~Tompkinsville 1863
All
MONTGOMERY~Mt Sterling 1863
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MORGAN~West Liberty 1862
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OHIO~Hartford 1864
All
OLDHAM~LaGrange 1967
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OWSLEY~Booneville 1929
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PERRY~Hazard 1885
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POWELL~Stanton 1864
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PULASKI~Somerset 1871
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ROBERTSON~Mt Olivet 1871
All
ROCKCASTLE~Mt Vernon 1873
Most
ROWAN~Morehead 1864
Most
SCOTT~Georgetown 1833
Most
SIMPSON~Franklin 1881
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SPENCER~Taylorsville 1865
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TAYLOR~Campbellsville 1863
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TRIGG~Cadiz 1892
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TRIMBLE~Bedford 1904
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WARREN~Bowling Green 1863
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WASHINGTON~Springfield 1814
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WAYNE~Monticello 1898
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WHITLEY~Williamsburg 1929
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WOLFE~Campton 1886
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WOODFORD~Versailles 1965
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