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Casey County, Kentucky

Casey County is a county located in the U.S. Commonwealth of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 15,941. Its county seat is Liberty. The county was formed in 1806 from the western part of Lincoln County and named for Colonel William Casey, a pioneer settler who moved his family to Kentucky in 1779. It is the only Kentucky county entirely in the Knobs region. Casey County is home to annual Casey County Apple Festival, and is a prohibition or dry county. It is considered part of the Appalachian region of Kentucky.

History
Casey County was established in 1806 from land given by Lincoln County. The third and present courthouse was built in 1889.

In 2015, County Clerk Casey Davis received national press when he announced he would deny same-sex marriage licenses, as a show of solidarity with fellow county clerk Kim Davis, who was criticized and later jailed for doing the same thing in Rowan County, Kentucky.

Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 446 sqmi, of which 444 sqmi is land and 1.5 sqmi (0.3%) is water.

The highest point in Casey County is Green River Knob at 1789 ft.

Adjacent counties

 * Boyle County (north)
 * Lincoln County (east)
 * Pulaski County (southeast)
 * Russell County (south/CST Border)
 * Adair County (southwest/CST Border)
 * Taylor County (west)
 * Marion County (northwest)

Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there were 15,447 people, 6,260 households, and 4,419 families residing in the county. The population density was 35 /sqmi. There were 7,242 housing units at an average density of 16 /sqmi. The racial makeup of the county was 98.30% White, 0.33% Black or African American, 0.28% Native American, 0.06% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 0.31% from other races, and 0.66% from two or more races. 1.28% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 6,260 households, out of which 31.00% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.10% were married couples living together, 10.80% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.40% were non-families. 26.80% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.60% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.44 and the average family size was 2.94.

24.50% of the population was under the age of 18, 8.20% from 18 to 24, 27.50% from 25 to 44, 24.70% from 45 to 64, and 15.10% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 95.60 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.60 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $21,580, and the median income for a family was $27,044. Males had a median income of $22,283 versus $17,885 for females. The per capita income for the county was $12,867. About 20.70% of families and 25.50% of the population were below the poverty line, including 32.10% of those under age 18 and 29.60% of those age 65 or over.

Casey County is the county in the United States with the highest proportion of Midwest Beachy Amish adherents, with 1.11% of the population in 2020 subscribing to the denomination.

Politics
Casey County has one of the longest streaks of voting for Republican Party candidates in presidential elections in Kentucky & nationwide, with its candidates gaining the majority of the vote by wide margins in every election from 1916 on. No Democratic presidential candidate has won more than 30% of the county's vote since Jimmy Carter in 1976.

Education
Casey County Schools operates public schools.

City

 * Liberty (county seat)

Unincorporated communities

 * Bethelridge
 * Clementsville
 * Creston
 * Dunnville
 * Middleburg
 * Phil
 * Jacktown
 * Penetralia
 * Teddy
 * Upper Tygart
 * Walltown
 * Windsor
 * Yosemite

Notable people

 * Silas Adams, member of the United States House of Representatives (1893–1895)
 * Tim Butler, The Psychedelic Furs bass player
 * Charles T. Wethington Jr., former president of the University of Kentucky
 * Crystal Wilkinson, author
 * Wallace G. Wilkinson, governor of Kentucky (1987–1991)

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Carter County, Kentucky

Carter County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 26,627. Its county seat is Grayson. Carter County is in the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is home to Carter Caves State Resort Park.

History
Carter County was formed on February 9, 1838, from portions of Greenup County and Lawrence County. It was named after Colonel William Grayson Carter, a Kentucky state Senator. The county seat is named for his uncle, Robert Grayson.

The original courthouse was rebuilt in 1907.

Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 412 sqmi, of which 409 sqmi is land and 2.6 sqmi (0.6%) is water.

Adjacent counties

 * Greenup County (northeast)
 * Boyd County (east)
 * Lawrence County (southeast)
 * Elliott County (south)
 * Rowan County (southwest)
 * Lewis County (northwest)

Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there were 26,889 people, 10,342 households, and 7,746 families residing in the county. The population density was 66 /sqmi. There were 11,534 housing units at an average density of 28 /sqmi. The racial makeup of the county was 99.02% White, 0.13% Black or African American, 0.25% Native American, 0.11% Asian, 0.08% from other races, and 0.41% from two or more races. 0.59% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 10,342 households, out of which 33.50% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.50% were married couples living together, 10.70% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.10% were non-families. 22.30% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.80% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.54 and the average family size was 2.95.

In the county, the population was spread out, with 24.50% under the age of 18, 10.80% from 18 to 24, 28.40% from 25 to 44, 23.80% from 45 to 64, and 12.50% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 95.90 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.30 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $26,427, and the median income for a family was $31,278. Males had a median income of $28,690 versus $20,554 for females. The per capita income for the county was $13,442. About 19.20% of families and 22.30% of the population were below the poverty line, including 28.90% of those under age 18 and 21.30% of those age 65 or over.

Politics
Carter County leans Republican. In 8 out of 28 presidential elections since 1912 has the Democratic candidate carried this county, even though they carried it three times in a row from 1988 to 1996.

Education

 * Carter County School District
 * Kentucky Christian University, located in Grayson

Alcohol sales
Carter County is a moist county, meaning that sale of alcohol in the county is prohibited except in certain areas as voted on by the residents of the area, with at least one area approving full retail alcohol sales. In the case of Carter County, alcohol sales are only permitted as follows:
 * At a single approved winery in the Iron Hill precinct, near the unincorporated community of Carter City.
 * Within the city of Grayson after a vote on June 11, 2013, approved full retail alcohol sales within the city limits by a vote of 511 in favor of alcohol sales to 393 against.
 * Within the city of Olive Hill after a vote on March 10, 2014, approved full retail alcohol sales within the city limits by a vote of 257 in favor of alcohol sales to 206 against.

Cities

 * Grayson (county seat)
 * Olive Hill

Unincorporated communities

 * Access
 * Beech Grove
 * Beetle
 * Boone Furnace
 * Carter
 * Davy Run
 * Denton
 * Grahn
 * Hitchins
 * Mount Savage
 * Norton Branch
 * Rooney
 * Rush (part)
 * Smiths Creek
 * Soldier
 * Straight Creek
 * Willard

Transportation
Carter County is accessible by U.S. Route 60 and Interstate 64. Until 2010, the city of Olive Hill owned an airport.

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Carroll County, Kentucky

Carroll County is a county located in the northern part of the U.S. state of Kentucky. Its county seat is Carrollton. The county was formed in 1838 and named for Charles Carroll of Carrollton, the last living signer of the Declaration of Independence. It is located at the confluence of the Kentucky and Ohio Rivers.

Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 137 sqmi, of which 129 sqmi is land and 8.7 sqmi (6.4%) is water. It is the third-smallest county by area in Kentucky.

Adjacent counties

 * Jefferson County, Indiana (north)
 * Switzerland County, Indiana (northwest)
 * Gallatin County (east)
 * Owen County (southeast)
 * Henry County (south)
 * Trimble County (west)

Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there were 10,155 people, 3,940 households, and 2,722 families residing in the county. The population density was 78 /sqmi. There were 4,439 housing units at an average density of 34 /sqmi. The racial makeup of the county was 95.16% White, 1.94% Black or African American, 0.23% Native American, 0.17% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 1.42% from other races, and 1.04% from two or more races. 3.25% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 3,940 households, out of which 33.10% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.40% were married couples living together, 11.70% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.90% were non-families. 25.30% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.10% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.51 and the average family size was 2.98.

In the county, the population was spread out, with 25.30% under the age of 18, 9.10% from 18 to 24, 29.90% from 25 to 44, 23.20% from 45 to 64, and 12.50% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 101.20 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 99.00 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $35,925, and the median income for a family was $44,037. Males had a median income of $33,588 versus $20,974 for females. The per capita income for the county was $17,057. About 10.40% of families and 14.90% of the population were below the poverty line, including 19.80% of those under age 18 and 21.60% of those age 65 or over

Cities

 * Carrollton (county seat)
 * Ghent
 * Prestonville
 * Sanders
 * Worthville

Unincorporated community

 * English

Law enforcement
In 2023, Carroll County Sheriff's Office hired Myles Cosgrove, a police officer who killed Breonna Taylor in 2020 and was subsequently fired by the Louisville Metro Police Department. The Sheriff's Office said it performed a background check on Cosgrove which he passed.

Politics
Carroll County was strongly pro-Confederate during the Civil War: only 2.70 percent of its white population volunteered to serve in the Union Army, which constitutes the fourteenth-lowest of 109 counties extant as of the 1860 election, and was indeed lower than for the whole of seceded Tennessee. Consequently, Carroll County remained overwhelmingly Democratic for the next century and a quarter, being the only Kentucky county outside the heavily unionized coalfields to vote for George McGovern in 1972. The first Republican to carry Carroll County was Ronald Reagan in 1984, and the growing social liberalism of the Democratic Party has meant the county has voted increasingly Republican since the turn of the century, although Hillary Clinton's 28.69 percent – even if over fifteen percent worse than any previous Democrat – was still as good as she received in any rural white southern county.

In gubernatorial elections, Carroll has remained solidly Democratic: no Republican gubernatorial candidate ever carried the county until 2019, when Carroll County voted for Matt Bevin.

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Carlisle County, Kentucky

Carlisle County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 4,826, making it the fourth-least populous county in Kentucky. Its county seat is Bardwell. The county was founded in 1886 and named for John Griffin Carlisle, a Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from Kentucky. It remains a prohibition or dry county. Carlisle County is included in the Paducah, KY-IL, Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 199 sqmi, of which 189 sqmi is land and 9.5 sqmi (4.8%) is water. The county's western border with Missouri is formed by the Mississippi River.

Adjacent counties

 * Ballard County (north)
 * McCracken County (northeast)
 * Graves County (east)
 * Hickman County (south)
 * Mississippi County, Missouri (west)

Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there were 5,351 people, 2,208 households, and 1,574 families residing in the county. The population density was 28 /sqmi. There were 2,490 housing units at an average density of 13 /sqmi. The racial makeup of the county was 97.78% White, 0.95% Black or African American, 0.41% Native American, 0.07% Asian, 0.22% from other races, and 0.56% from two or more races. 0.82% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 2,208 households, out of which 30.60% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.50% were married couples living together, 9.30% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.70% were non-families. 26.30% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.10% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.40 and the average family size was 2.88.

In the county, the population was spread out, with 23.40% under the age of 18, 7.80% from 18 to 24, 26.40% from 25 to 44, 24.10% from 45 to 64, and 18.30% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 95.20 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.90 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $30,087, and the median income for a family was $33,433. Males had a median income of $29,523 versus $19,792 for females. The per capita income for the county was $16,276. About 10.50% of families and 13.10% of the population were below the poverty line, including 17.40% of those under age 18 and 11.00% of those age 65 or over.

Cities

 * Arlington
 * Bardwell

Unincorporated communities

 * Cunningham
 * Geveden
 * Milburn
 * Yellow Dog Road

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Campbell County, Kentucky

Campbell County is a county located in the northern part of the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 93,076. Its county seats are Alexandria and Newport. The county was formed on December 17, 1794, from sections of Scott, Harrison, and Mason Counties and was named for Colonel John Campbell (1735–1799), a Revolutionary War soldier and Kentucky legislator. Campbell County, with Boone and Kenton Counties, is part of the Northern Kentucky metro community, and the Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN Metropolitan Statistical Area.

History
Campbell County was founded December 17, 1794, two years after the creation of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, becoming the state's 19th county. Campbell County was carved out of Scott, Harrison and Mason counties. The original county included all of present Boone, Kenton, Pendleton, and most of Bracken and Grant counties. Campbell County is named in honor of John Campbell, an Irish immigrant who was a soldier, explorer, statesman and one of the drafters of the Kentucky Constitution.

The first courthouse, built of logs, was replaced in 1815 by a brick structure. The present courthouse dates from 1884.

County seat
Wilmington, a pioneer settlement, was the original county seat of Campbell County from 1794 until 1797. The original justices in the Campbell County Court were John Roberts, Thomas Kennedy, Samuel Bryan, John Cook, James Little, Robert Benham and John Bush. Newport was designated as the county seat until 1823, when it was moved to Visalia, at that time closer to the geographical center of the county. This was an unpopular action, however, as the overwhelming majority of residents lived in the north, along the Ohio River. The county court returned to Newport in 1824 and remained there until 1840.

In 1840, Kenton County was created, primarily out of a significant portion of Campbell. The Kentucky General Assembly forced the county to move its seat to Alexandria, closer to the center of the new, smaller Campbell County. In 1883, after years of lobbying, the General Assembly established a special provision to allow Newport to designate a Court House District separate from the offices in Alexandria.

The special Courthouse Commission legislation led to the misconception that the county was dual seated, but Alexandria remained the sole de jure county seat. It was not until November 24, 2010, that a court ruling granted Newport equal status as a county seat.

Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 159 sqmi, of which 151 sqmi is land and 8.1 sqmi (5.1%) is water. It is the fourth-smallest county in Kentucky by land area and fifth-smallest by total area. It lies along the Ohio and Licking Rivers.

Adjacent counties

 * Hamilton County, Ohio (north)
 * Clermont County, Ohio (east)
 * Pendleton County (south)
 * Kenton County (west)

Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there were 88,616 people, 34,742 households, and 23,103 families residing in the county. The population density was 585 /sqmi. There were 36,898 housing units at an average density of 244 /sqmi. The racial makeup of the county was 96.64% White, 1.57% Black or African American, 0.17% Native American, 0.54% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.31% from other races, and 0.76% from two or more races. 0.86% of the population were Hispanics or Latinos of any race. This number has decreased to about 0.2% based on a 2006 Census Estimate by the United States Census Bureau.

There were 34,742 households, out of which 32.50% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.30% were married couples living together, 12.30% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.50% were non-families. 28.60% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.90% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.49 and the average family size was 3.09.

The age distribution was 25.60% under 18, 9.80% from 18 to 24, 30.60% from 25 to 44, 21.30% from 45 to 64, and 12.60% who were 65 or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 93.20 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.10 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $41,903, and the median income for a family was $51,481. Males had a median income of $37,931 versus $27,646 for females. The per capita income for the county was $20,637. About 7.30% of families and 9.30% of the population were below the poverty line, including 12.20% of those under age 18 and 7.90% of those age 65 or over.

Education
There are six school districts in Campbell County.
 * Bellevue Independent Schools, Bellevue
 * Campbell County Schools, Alexandria
 * Dayton Independent Schools, Dayton
 * Fort Thomas Independent Schools, Fort Thomas
 * Newport Independent Schools, Newport
 * Southgate Independent School District has but one PreK-8th school in it.
 * former
 * Silver Grove Independent Schools, Silver Grove - merged with the Campbell County district on July 1, 2019.

Northern Kentucky University located in Highland Heights provides the area with access to higher education.

Public high schools
Students in the county attend one of 6 public and 2 parochial high schools.

Private high schools

 * Roman Catholic Diocese of Covington
 * Bishop Brossart High School, Alexandria
 * Newport Central Catholic High School, Newport

Cities

 * Alexandria (county seat)
 * Bellevue
 * California
 * Cold Spring
 * Crestview
 * Dayton
 * Fort Thomas
 * Highland Heights
 * Melbourne
 * Mentor
 * Newport (county seat)
 * Silver Grove
 * Southgate
 * Wilder
 * Woodlawn

Census-designated place

 * Claryville

Other unincorporated places

 * Brayville
 * Camp Springs
 * Oneonta - probably named after Oneonta, New York. Located midway between Ross and California, the settlement was conveniently located beside the Ohio River as a docking place for ferrying people and supplies especially from New Richmond, Ohio (once the largest and most flourishing village in Clermont County) toward Alexandria, Kentucky.

Politics
Politically, Campbell County is very Republican. In presidential elections it has only voted Democratic once since 1948.

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Calloway County, Kentucky

Calloway County is a county located on the southwest border of the U.S. Commonwealth of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 37,103. Its county seat is Murray. The county was founded in November 1822 and named for Colonel Richard Callaway, one of the founders of Boonesborough. Calloway County comprises the Murray, KY Micropolitan Statistical Area. Calloway County is a moist county: the sale of alcohol in the county is prohibited, with the exception of the city of Murray.

History
Calloway County was created in 1822 from land taken from Hickman County. The courthouse was built in 1823. A fire at the courthouse in 1906 caused the almost complete destruction of the county records. Calloway county was named after Richard Callaway.

Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 411 sqmi, of which 385 sqmi is land and 26 sqmi (6.3%) is water.

Adjacent counties

 * Marshall County (north)
 * Trigg County (northeast)
 * Stewart County, Tennessee (southeast)
 * Henry County, Tennessee (south)
 * Graves County (west)

National protected area

 * Fort Donelson National Battlefield (Fort Heiman part)

Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there were 34,177 people, 13,862 households, and 8,594 families residing in the county. The population density was 88 /sqmi. There were 16,069 housing units at an average density of 42 /sqmi. The racial makeup of the county was 93.48% White, 3.56% Black or African American, 0.20% Native American, 1.33% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 0.46% from other races, and 0.93% from two or more races. 1.38% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 13,862 households, out of which 25.80% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.00% were married couples living together, 8.10% had a female householder with no husband present, and 38.00% were non-families. 29.70% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.40% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.25 and the average family size was 2.79.

The age distribution was 18.70% under the age of 18, 19.80% from 18 to 24, 24.60% from 25 to 44, 21.90% from 45 to 64, and 15.00% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. The relatively large 18-to-24 population is mostly due to the presence of Murray State University. For every 100 females there were 93.20 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.00 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $30,134, and the median income for a family was $39,914. Males had a median income of $31,184 versus $22,046 for females. The per capita income for the county was $16,566. About 9.80% of families and 16.60% of the population were below the poverty line, including 17.70% of those under age 18 and 10.00% of those age 65 or over.

Cities

 * Hazel
 * Murray

Census-designated place

 * Dexter

Other unincorporated communities

 * Almo
 * Backusburg
 * Bethel
 * Blood
 * Boatwright
 * Coldwater
 * Crossland
 * Elm Grove
 * Faxon
 * Hamlin
 * Harris Grove
 * Hico
 * Kirksey
 * Lynn Grove
 * Midway
 * New Concord
 * Penny
 * Protemus
 * Shiloh
 * Stella
 * Wadesboro
 * Wiswell

Place of interest

 * Fort Heiman, part of Fort Donelson National Battlefield

Notable people

 * W. Earl Brown, actor/musician
 * T.R.M. Howard, surgeon, civil rights leader and entrepreneur
 * Joe Staton, cartoonist
 * Frank Stubblefield, politician
 * Nathan Stubblefield, inventor
 * Harry Lee Waterfield, politician
 * Molly Sims, actress/model
 * Cleanth Brooks, professor, literary critic
 * Mel Purcell, professional tennis player
 * Jackie DeShannon, 1960s singer-songwriter
 * Tim Masthay, NFL Punter, Super Bowl Champion

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Caldwell County, Kentucky

Caldwell County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 12,649. Its county seat is Princeton. The county was formed in 1809 from Livingston County, Kentucky and named for John Caldwell, who participated in the George Rogers Clark Indian Campaign of 1786 and was the second lieutenant governor of Kentucky. Caldwell was a prohibition or dry county until 2013, when the citizens voted to lift the ban.

History

Caldwell County was formed from Livingston County in 1809. Prior to that, Caldwell County had been part of Christian, Logan, and Lincoln Counties — Lincoln County having been one of the three original counties of Kentucky.

In the early nineteenth-century, Caldwell County witnessed the passage of the forced migration of the Cherokee to the West on the Trail of Tears during Indian removal. The Cherokee camped for several weeks in Caldwell County during the winter of 1838, mainly at Big Springs, now in downtown Princeton; at Skin Frame Creek, and in the Centerville area near Fredonia.

In 1860, the construction of Princeton College began, but it was delayed by the Civil War. Strongly pro-Confederate and one of the counties that sent a secessionist delegate to the Russellville Convention, which signed an Ordinance of Secession forming the Confederate government of Kentucky. Confederate troops camped on the grounds of Princeton College in 1861, using one of its buildings as a hospital when Princeton came under Confederate control. Following the Confederate retreat in early 1862, however, Union soldiers occupied Princeton for the remainder of the war. In December 1864, raiding Kentucky Confederate cavalry commanded by General Hylan B. Lyon burned the Caldwell County courthouse in Princeton, since it was being used to house the Union garrison.

The expansion of railroads in the late nineteenth century made Princeton an important junction on several major railway lines, most notably the Illinois Central and the Louisville & Nashville.

By the turn of the century, an agricultural boom in Dark Fired Tobacco had made Caldwell County, along with Christian County, a major tobacco-growing area. It was part of what was called the "Black Patch", which used a special process to cure the tobacco. It included about 30 counties in western Kentucky and Tennessee. But the monopolization of the tobacco market by James B. Duke, who formed the American Tobacco Company, forced prices lower, leaving many farmers in debt and discontented.

In response, planters formed the Dark Tobacco District Planters' Protective Association of Kentucky and Tennessee (PPA), to work together in pooling their commodity in order to gain higher prices. They initially used persuasion to urge other farmers to join them.

Under the leadership of Dr. David Amoss of Cobb in Caldwell County, a vigilante force called the Night Riders was formed to strengthen the persuasion. The Night Riders terrorized those who cooperated with the tobacco company by destroying crops, burning warehouses, and attacking individuals. The Night Riders took over Princeton one night in December 1906, burning all of the Duke tobacco warehouses. They raided other towns, conducting similar raids and destroying resources. The "Black Patch Wars" came to an end around 1908, finally suppressed with the aid of the Kentucky state militia.

Since 1925, Caldwell County has housed the University of Kentucky Research and Education Center, a campus of the University of Kentucky's College of Agriculture. The "UKREC" in Princeton is a leader in horticultural and biological sciences.

In the mid-twentieth century, Caldwell County began to shift from agriculture to industrialization. Caldwell County is still largely agricultural, but it is also home to factories such as Bremner, the largest private cookie and cracker factory in North America.

Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 348 sqmi, of which 345 sqmi is land and 3.4 sqmi (1.0%) is water.

Adjacent counties

 * Crittenden County (northwest)
 * Webster County (northeast)
 * Hopkins County (northeast)
 * Christian County (southeast)
 * Trigg County (south)
 * Lyon County (southwest)

Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there were 13,060 people, 5,431 households, and 3,801 families residing in the county. The population density was 38 /sqmi. There were 6,126 housing units at an average density of 18 /sqmi. The racial makeup of the county was 93.89% White, 4.81% Black or African American, 0.15% Native American, 0.16% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.39% from other races, and 0.60% from two or more races. 0.61% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 5,431 households, out of which 28.50% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.10% were married couples living together, 9.80% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.00% were non-families. 27.50% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.00% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.36 and the average family size was 2.85.

In the county, the population was spread out, with 22.40% under the age of 18, 7.00% from 18 to 24, 26.30% from 25 to 44, 26.30% from 45 to 64, and 18.00% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females there were 92.60 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.90 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $28,686, and the median income for a family was $35,258. Males had a median income of $31,475 versus $20,390 for females. The per capita income for the county was $16,264. About 12.20% of families and 15.90% of the population were below the poverty line, including 20.40% of those under age 18 and 15.60% of those age 65 or over.

Cities

 * Dawson Springs (mostly in Hopkins County)
 * Fredonia
 * Princeton (county seat)

Unincorporated communities

 * Bakers
 * Baldwin Ford
 * Black Hawk (partially in Trigg County)
 * The Bluff
 * Cedar Bluff
 * Claxton
 * Cobb
 * Cresswell
 * Crider
 * Crowtown
 * Dulaney
 * Enon
 * Farmersville
 * Flat Rock
 * Friendship
 * Fryer
 * Harper Ford
 * Hopson
 * Lake Shore
 * Lewistown
 * McGowan
 * Midway
 * Needmore
 * Otter Pond
 * Pumpkin Center
 * Quinn
 * Rufus
 * Scottsburg
 * Smith Ford
 * Tom Gray Ford
 * Walche Cut
 * White Sulphur

Education
School districts include:
 * Caldwell County School District
 * Dawson Springs Independent School District

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Butler County, Kentucky

Butler County is a county located in the US state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 12,371. Its county seat is Morgantown. The county was formed in 1810, becoming Kentucky's 53rd county. Butler County is included in the Bowling Green, Kentucky, Metropolitan Statistical Area.

History
Numerous archaeological sites are located along the Green River in Butler County. A 1989 survey found fourteen sites, many of which were a group of shell mounds, including the Carlston Annis and DeWeese Shell Mounds.

The area now known as Butler County was first settled by the families of Richard C. Dellium and James Forgy, who founded a town called Berry's Lick. The first industry was salt-making.

On January 18, 1810, the Kentucky General Assembly created Butler County from portions of Logan and Ohio counties. The new county was named for Major General Richard Butler, who died at the Battle of the Wabash in 1791. In June of that year, the Kentucky Governor commissioned a study to locate a county seat. They selected a two-acre tract belonging to Christopher Funkhouser. This site, at first called Funkhouser Hill, was later named Morgantown. The county site has remained at that site until present times.

In 1833 a navigation plan for the Green River was initiated. As one result of this, a town was founded at Lock/Dam #3, and another at Lock/Dam #4.

The American Civil War slowed the county's growth. The county was site of a few incidents during the conflict. There was a fight near Morgantown on October 29, 1861, and a skirmish on October 30 where the rebels were encamped. In the latter part of the nineteenth century, veterans from both sides raised funds to raise a monument at the courthouse. It lists county residents who fought in the war on both sides. This is one of only two Civil War monuments in Kentucky that honor the soldiers of both sides. The Confederate-Union Veterans' Monument in Morgantown, a zinc monument, was dedicated in 1907 on the Butler County Courthouse lawn.

Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 431 sqmi, of which 426 sqmi is land and 5.4 sqmi (1.2%) is water. It is part of the Western Coal Fields region of Kentucky.

Adjacent counties

 * Ohio County (northwest)
 * Grayson County (northeast)
 * Edmonson County (east)
 * Warren County (southeast)
 * Logan County (south)
 * Muhlenberg County (west)

Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there were 13,010 people, 5,059 households, and 3,708 families residing in the county. The population density was 30 /sqmi. There were 5,815 housing units at an average density of 14 /sqmi. The racial makeup of the county was 97.88% White, 0.52% Black or African American, 0.22% Native American, 0.17% Asian, 0.60% from other races, and 0.61% from two or more races. 1.04% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 5,059 households, out of which 34.40% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.30% were married couples living together, 9.30% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.70% were non-families. 23.70% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.30% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.52 and the average family size was 2.98.

The county population contained 25.30% under the age of 18, 9.50% from 18 to 24, 29.20% from 25 to 44, 23.20% from 45 to 64, and 12.80% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 99.00 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.20 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $29,405, and the median income for a family was $35,317. Males had a median income of $26,449 versus $19,894 for females. The per capita income for the county was $14,617. About 13.10% of families and 16.00% of the population were below the poverty line, including 18.50% of those under age 18 and 22.50% of those age 65 or over.

Cities

 * Morgantown (county seat)
 * Rochester
 * Woodbury

Unincorporated communities

 * Aberdeen
 * Brooklyn
 * Davis Crossroads
 * Dexterville
 * Dunbar
 * Gilstrap
 * Huldeville
 * Huntsville
 * Jetson
 * Logansport
 * Mining City
 * Monford
 * Needmore
 * Neafus (partially in Ohio County and Grayson County)
 * Provo
 * Quality
 * Reedyville
 * Roundhill (partly in Edmonson County)
 * Silver City
 * South Hill
 * Sugar Grove
 * Welch's (or Welchs) Creek
 * Welcome
 * Whittinghill
 * Youngtown

Politics
Like the central Pennyroyal Plateau, but unlike the Jackson Purchase or Barren and Simpson Counties, Butler County was strongly pro-Union during the American Civil War due to its broken, sandy terrain unfavourable for plantation agriculture, although its actual level of Union volunteering was lower than more easterly Pennyroyal counties. Consequently, Butler County has remained rock-ribbed Republican through the post-Civil War era; the last Democrat to carry the county was George B. McClellan in 1864, and the only Democrat to win forty percent of the county's vote since at least 1896 has been Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1932.

Transportation
For much of its history, Butler County's main line of transportation was the Green River. As railroads became more important economically, the county compensated by building a series of roads to major trade centers such as U.S. 231 connecting Beaver Dam with Owensboro. Green River was eventually closed to traffic after Woodbury's Lock and Dam Number 4 washed out in 1965 and Rochester's Lock and Dam Number 3 was abandoned by the United States Army Corps of Engineers in 1980. Completion of the William H. Natcher Parkway (now I-165) linked the area to the national interstate system in 1970.

Radio and television
Butler County is part of the Bowling Green radio and television markets, and is served by that city's radio and TV outlets. Mediacom is the primary cable television and internet provider serving the county.

Local radio stations

 * WLBQ AM 1570 / W268CE FM 101.5 / W278DA FM 103.5
 * WKYY FM 99.1

Newspaper

 * Butler County Banner-Republican - published Wednesdays

Online news site

 * BeechTree News

Sites and events of interest
Events include:
 * Charles Black City Park - Helm Lane off Kentucky Route 70, Morgantown. Baseball and soccer fields, basketball and tennis courts; free access (the Morgantown City Swimming Pool has an admission fee).
 * Cedar Ridge Speedway, two miles west of Morgantown along KY 70, is a venue for local racing leagues.
 * Green River Museum, Woodbury
 * Big Reedy Christian Camp, D Simpson Road off KY 185, Reedyville.
 * Green River Catfish Festival (annual event) - Charles Black City Park and various locations; late June/early July Features a carnival, various contests, concerts, and tournaments. A fireworks display on July 4 is also included.

Notable people

 * Claude C. Bloch (b. 1878 in Woodbury, d. 1967) — Admiral who commanded the local Naval District at Pearl Harbor at the time of the Japanese attack in 1941
 * Keith Butler — baseball pitcher, St. Louis Cardinals (from Morgantown)
 * Thomas Hines — Confederate spy during the Civil War, later a Chief Justice of the Kentucky Court of Appeals
 * Don J. Jenkins — Vietnam War soldier and Medal of Honor recipient (born in Quality)
 * John M. Moore — bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South (born in Morgantown)
 * William S. Taylor — Governor of Kentucky 1899-1900 (born near Morgantown)
 * Pendleton Vandiver — fiddler and uncle of bluegrass musician Bill Monroe
 * Maurice Thatcher – assistant Attorney General of Kentucky, Governor of Panama, and U.S. Representative

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Bullitt County, Kentucky

Bullitt County is a county located in the north central portion of the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 82,217. Its county seat is Shepherdsville. The county was founded in 1796. Located just south of the city of Louisville, Bullitt County is included in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metropolitan Statistical Area, commonly known as Kentuckiana. The western fifth of the county (62 sq. miles/40,000 acre) is part of the United States Army post of Fort Knox and is reserved for military training.

History
The first inhabitants of the land that would become Bullitt County were the Paleo-Indians who entered North America approximately 11,500 to 10,000 years BP. These people, whose ancestors can be traced back to Eastern and Central Asia, were nomadic. They were hunters and gatherers whose remains have been discovered near the area's mineral springs or salt licks, where big game such as the mammoth, bison and ground sloth once gathered. Native Americans were their descendants, including the Shawnee people, who probably considered this region part of their homeland and certainly valued it as a hunting ground.

Both France and Britain had traders and colonists who encountered the Shawnee. European colonization of the Americas led to competing claims between those nations to the lands west of the Appalachians and east of the Mississippi River. After suffering defeat by Great Britain in the Seven Years' War (known as the French and Indian War in its North American front), France ceded control in 1763 of its claimed territories.

For thousands of years before the county's formation, nutrient-rich salt licks attracted large herds of bison and other game to the area. Native American tribes made it their hunting grounds, as did the 18th century longhunter. In 1773, after the French and Indian War, the Virginia governor sent Captain Thomas Bullitt (uncle to Alexander Scott Bullitt) into the area to survey for land grants. The most historic of the county's salt licks, Bullitt's Lick, is named after him. As the Revolutionary War led to widespread salt shortages, the Lick became the site of Kentucky's first industry, attracting many settlers to the area.

Colonial veterans of the war were promised land in what was later called Kentucky. Bullitt's Lick became an important saltwork to the region; its salt was harvested and sent by pack train and flatboat as far off as Illinois to the west. The Bullitt's Lick saltwork was Kentucky's first industry and in production until around 1830. By that time, the steamboat and importing of salt brought access to less expensive sources.

The first settlement of the area was also the first station on the Wilderness Road between Harrodsburg and the Falls of the Ohio. It was a fort called Brashear's Station or the Salt River Garrison, built in 1779 at the mouth of Floyd's Fork. Most of the county was settled after the American Revolutionary War. Shepherdsville, named after Adam Shepherd, a prosperous business man who purchased the land near the Falls of Salt River in 1793, is the oldest town and became the county seat.

In December 1796 the county of Bullitt, named after Thomas Bullitt's nephew and Kentucky's first Lieutenant Governor Alexander Scott Bullitt, was organized from land taken from Jefferson and Nelson counties through an act approved on December 13, 1796, by the Kentucky General Assembly. In 1811, the northwestern area of the county expanded to include land given by Jefferson County. In 1824, an eastern area of the county was given to help form Spencer County. BE it enacted by the General Assembly, That from and after the first day of January next, all that part of the counties of Jefferson and Nelson included in the following bounds.. shall be one distinct county and called and known by the name of Bullitt.

Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 300 sqmi, of which 297 sqmi is land and 3.2 sqmi (1.1%) is water. The county is located in the far western Bluegrass region known as the Knobs.

Adjacent counties

 * Jefferson County – (north)
 * Spencer County – (east)
 * Nelson County – (southeast)
 * Hardin County – (southwest)

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 61,236 people, 22,171 households, and 17,736 families residing in the county. The population density was 205 /sqmi. There were 23,160 housing units at an average density of 77 /sqmi. The racial makeup of the county was 98.07% White, 0.38% Black or African American, 0.34% Native American, 0.27% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.16% from other races, and 0.77% from two or more races. 0.63% of the population were Hispanics or Latinos of any race.

There were 22,171 households, out of which 39.00% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 65.40% were married couples living together, 10.40% had a female householder with no husband present, and 20.00% were non-families. 16.40% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.40% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.75 and the average family size was 3.07.

In the county, the population was spread out, with 27.20% under the age of 18, 8.60% from 18 to 24, 32.70% from 25 to 44, 23.70% from 45 to 64, and 7.80% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.90 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.20 males. It can be noted in the chart, the population surge in the 1970s. The few years of forced school racial integration in adjoining Jefferson County, known locally as 'bussing', had many with school age children relocating to Bullitt County in order to prevent their children from being 'bussed'.

The median income for a household in the county was $50,058 (2005), and the median income for a family was $49,481. Males had a median income of $35,851 versus $24,098 for females. The per capita income for the county was $18,339. About 6.20% of families and 7.90% of the population were below the poverty line, including 11.40% of those under age 18 and 7.60% of those age 65 or over.

Public safety
There are several police agencies in Bullitt County. The primary law enforcement agency in the county is the Bullitt County Sheriff. The Sheriff's Office is an elected position and is staffed by 34 deputy sheriffs, and four office staff. There are also 9 deputies and court certified security officers who provide courthouse security. The Sheriff's Office provides patrol, crime prevention, criminal investigation; and all other police related functions in the county. The primary areas for the sheriff's patrol division are the unincorporated areas in Bullitt County they also provide backup for the various city police agencies. Since 1989 the Sheriff's Office has been contracted by the County Fiscal Court to provide the county police force to the citizens of Bullitt County after the County Police Department was folded. The County Sheriff's Office has deputies assigned to the drug task force, arson task force, accident reconstruction team, rapid response team, technical operations, ATV squad, boat patrol, hostage negotiations, and an incident command team.

Fire protection is provided by both Kentucky Chapter 75 and 95 Districts and Departments. Zoneton Fire Protection District, Mt Washington Fire District, and the Shepherdsville Fire Department are currently staffed with a 24-hour professional firefighting staff. Nichols, Southeast Bullitt, and Lebanon Junction are all volunteer-based.

 * Mt Washington Fire District
 * Nichols Fire District
 * Southeast Bullitt Fire Department
 * Shepherdsville Fire Department
 * Lebanon Junction Fire Department

The Bullitt County Emergency Medical Service (BCEMS) provides emergency medical care and transport in Bullitt County.

Mount Washington Fire and EMS was founded in 2021 and provides EMS services to the Mount Washington Fire Protection District. They staff two ALS ambulances 24/7. They also provide mutual aid to the remainder of Bullitt County.

Economy
Bullitt County, which is bisected by I-65, the main north–south transportation corridor, has grown into a thriving distribution hub, and several of its major business parks are approximately 16 mi from Louisville International Airport and UPS' global air-freight hub Worldport. More than 6000000 sqft of distribution, warehousing and other complexes have been built and absorbed in Bullitt County since 2000, and additional construction is ongoing.

Bullitt County residents have easy access to major job centers such as Elizabethtown, Fort Knox, and Louisville.

Education
Bullitt County is served by Bullitt County Public Schools, except for parts in Fort Knox, which are served by the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA).

There are six county middle schools:
 * Bernheim Middle School
 * Bullitt Lick Middle School
 * Eastside Middle School
 * Hebron Middle School
 * Mount Washington Middle School
 * Zoneton Middle School

There are four county high schools:
 * Bullitt Central High School, located in Shepherdsville, opened in 1970
 * Bullitt East High School, located in Mount Washington
 * North Bullitt High School, located in Hebron Estates (served by the Shepherdsville post office)
 * Riverview High School (formerly 3 different schools)

Fort Knox Middle High School is the high school for Fort Knox.

Cities

 * Fox Chase
 * Hebron Estates
 * Hillview
 * Hunters Hollow
 * Lebanon Junction
 * Mount Washington
 * Pioneer Village
 * Shepherdsville (county seat)

Census-designated place

 * Brooks

Other unincorporated communities

 * Brownington
 * Clermont
 * Solitude
 * Zoneton

Although large-scale residential development has not made its way south of Shepherdsville, the growth is apparent in and around that town and in Mount Washington, as well as points north along I-65 towards Hillview. Both Shepherdsville and Mount Washington have stretched their boundaries such that they are nearly touching each other. The 10 mi stretch of Kentucky 44 that connects the two towns has homes through nearly the entire expanse.

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Breckinridge County, Kentucky

Breckinridge County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 20,432. Its county seat is Hardinsburg, Kentucky. The county was named for John Breckinridge (1760–1806), a Kentucky Attorney General, state legislator, United States Senator, and United States Attorney General. It was the 38th Kentucky county in order of formation. Breckinridge County is now a wet county, following a local-option election on January 29, 2013, but it had been a dry county for the previous 105 years.

History
The area presently bounded by Kentucky state lines was a part of the U.S. State of Virginia, known as Kentucky County when the British colonies separated themselves in the American Revolutionary War. In 1780, the Virginia legislature divided the previous Kentucky County into three smaller units: Fayette, Jefferson, and Lincoln. In 1791, this area was separated into the State of Kentucky; it became effective on June 1, 1792. From that time, the original three counties were divided several times. A portion of Jefferson County was split off as Nelson County in 1784; a portion of Nelson was split off as Hardin County in 1792; the present Breckinridge County was split off from Hardin in 1799.

In August 1779, Sinclair Hardin (first cousin of Captain William Hardin, the founder of Hardin's Fort), was killed by Shawnee Indians while taking a drink at Big Springs. He was the first white settler in Breckinridge County to be killed by Native Americans. The Indian threat continued for several years. However, the only sizable expedition against the Native Americans that Breckinridge County settlers took part in culminated in the Battle of Saline Creek in August 1786, in Illinois. The battle only lasted a few minutes, with fierce hand-to-hand combat. Between 18 and 30 Shawnee warriors were killed, with six more wounded. The remainder of the Shawnee fled. Captain William Hardin had commanded the Kentucky volunteers, many of whom also were killed or wounded. Hardin's militia brought home 16 Shawnee scalps, nine captured horses, 17 muskets, and "a mighty nice sword".

The Judge-Executive of Breckinridge County from 1801 to 1805 was William Comstock. Jo Allen was the county clerk, and Ben Huff was the sheriff.

During the American Civil War, raiding Kentucky Confederate cavalry burned the courthouse, as it was being used by Union troops as a barracks, though most of the records were saved. On March 12, 1865, Jerome Clarke, a well known Confederate guerrilla, claimed by some to have been Sue Munday, was captured near the Breckinridge–Meade County line. He was hanged three days later in Louisville. Afterward, his trial drew heavy criticism.

During the nineteenth century, the Victoria Coal Mines, named in honor of British Queen Victoria, were the first to produce coal oil, and Cloverport exported it to Great Britain, where it was used to light Buckingham Palace.

United States Supreme Court Justice Wiley Blount Rutledge Jr., who served on the High Court from 1943 to 1949, was born at Tar Springs in 1894, when his father was pastor of Cloverport Baptist Church.

On June 6, 1932, at Hardinsburg, Sam Jennings became the penultimate person to be publicly executed in the United States.

In the 1950s, Rough River Dam State Resort Park was developed at the southern border of the county.

A third courthouse fire nearly destroyed county records in 1958.

Breckinridge County High School won the 1965 and 1995 Kentucky High School Athletic Association's Boys' Basketball tournaments.

The Breckinridge County Archives, formed in 1984, was the first state-funded archival repository in the history of the United States and is known across the nation as an excellent resource for genealogical and historical research.

Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 586 sqmi, of which 567 sqmi is land and 18 sqmi (3.2%) is water.

Adjacent counties

 * Perry County, Indiana (northwest)
 * Meade County (northeast/EST Border)
 * Hardin County (east/EST Border)
 * Grayson County (south)
 * Ohio County (southwest)
 * Hancock County (west)

Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there were 18,648 people, 7,324 households, and 5,309 families residing in the county. The population density was 33 /sqmi. There were 9,890 housing units at an average density of 17 /sqmi. The racial makeup of the county was 95.84% White, 2.86% Black or African American, 0.23% Native American, 0.08% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.09% from other races, and 0.90% from two or more races. 0.72% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 7,324 households, out of which 31.00% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.60% were married couples living together, 8.90% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.50% were non-families. 24.60% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.60% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.51 and the average family size was 2.97.

In the county, the population was spread out, with 24.90% under the age of 18, 8.20% from 18 to 24, 26.70% from 25 to 44, 26.00% from 45 to 64, and 14.20% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 98.60 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.30 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $30,554, and the median income for a family was $36,575. Males had a median income of $31,004 versus $19,371 for females. The per capita income for the county was $15,402. About 11.80% of families and 15.80% of the population were below the poverty line, including 16.60% of those under age 18 and 19.00% of those age 65 or over.

K-12 education
School districts include:
 * Breckinridge County School District
 * Cloverport Independent School District

It also has a private school:
 * Saint Romuald Interparochial School

Library
Breckinridge County Public Library is located at 308 Old Highway 60 in Hardinsburg, Kentucky.

Higher education
A Roman Catholic seminary school operated in the Mount Merino community from 1838 to 1843. Founded by brothers Drs. Benedict and Richard Wathen, Mount Merino Seminary would today be considered a high school. It closed when its director, Fr. B.J. Spalding, was transferred.

A Methodist college operated in the Kingswood community from 1906 to 1934. Founded by John Wesley Hughes, Kingswood College closed during the Great Depression.

Cities

 * Cloverport
 * Hardinsburg (county seat)
 * Irvington

Unincorporated Communities A–L

 * Addison
 * Axtel
 * Bewleyville
 * Big Spring (partially in Hardin County and Meade County in the Eastern Time Zone)
 * Cannons Point
 * Clifton Mills
 * Constantine
 * Custer
 * Dyer
 * Fairfield
 * Falls of Rough (mostly in Grayson County)
 * Fisher
 * Frymire
 * Garfield
 * Glen Dean
 * Harned
 * Hinton Hills
 * Holt
 * Hudson
 * Kingswood
 * Kirk
 * Locust Hill
 * Lodiburg

Unincorporated Communities M–Z

 * Madrid
 * Mattingly
 * McCoy
 * McDaniels
 * McQuady
 * Mook
 * Mooleyville
 * Mount Merino
 * Mystic
 * Raymond
 * Roff
 * Sample
 * Se Ree
 * Stephensport
 * Tar Fork
 * Union Star
 * Vanzant
 * Webster
 * Westview

Notable natives

 * Alfred "Butch" Beard - professional basketball player and coach
 * David "Big Dave" DeJernett - professional basketball player
 * Philip Leget Edwards - American educator
 * Joseph Holt - Judge Advocate General of the United States Army, Attorney General - Secretary of War, Commissioner of Patents, and Postmaster General.
 * Bobbi Jordan - American actress
 * John Alexander McClernand - Union General during the American Civil War
 * Charles Harwood Moorman—Judge of the Kentucky Court of Appeals, Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky, and Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
 * George W. Swink - businessman
 * Joe Wright - Majority floor leader in the Kentucky State Senate

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Breathitt County, Kentucky

Breathitt County is a county located in the eastern portion of the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 13,718. Its county seat is Jackson. The county was formed in 1839 and was named for John Breathitt, who was Governor of Kentucky from 1832 to 1834. Breathitt County was formerly a dry county, until a public vote in July 2016 passed, allowing alcohol sales.

History
The area now encompassed by Kentucky's Breathitt County was first bounded in 1772, when all of what is now the state of Kentucky was in the frontier county of Fincastle County, Virginia. Fincastle was divided in 1776, with the western portion named Kentucky County, Virginia. In 1780, Virginia set aside all land in Kentucky County for soldiers who had served in the Revolutionary War. In 1780, Kentucky County was divided into 3 counties, Jefferson, Fayette, and Lincoln. Lincoln County was divided in 1799, with part becoming Knox County. In 1807, the Legislature partitioned the upper part of Knox to create Clay County. On February 6, 1839, a portion of Clay (along with portions of Estill and Perry Counties) was partitioned off to create Breathitt County. It was named for Governor John Breathitt.

Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 495 sqmi, of which 492 sqmi is land and 2.9 sqmi (0.6%) is water.

The North and Middle Forks of the Kentucky River pass through the county as the main water drainages.

Adjacent counties

 * Wolfe County - northwest
 * Magoffin County - northeast
 * Knott County - east
 * Perry County - southeast
 * Owsley County - southwest
 * Lee County - west

Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there were 16,100 people, 6,170 households, and 4,541 families in the county. The population density was 32 /sqmi. There were 6,812 housing units at an average density of 14 /sqmi. The racial makeup of the county was 98.69% White, 0.39% Black or African American, 0.09% Native American, 0.29% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.08% from other races, and 0.43% from two or more races. 0.66% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 6,170 households, out of which 34.10% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.00% were married couples living together, 14.20% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.40% were non-families. 23.80% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.00% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.54 and the average family size was 3.00.

The county population contained 25.50% under the age of 18, 10.00% from 18 to 24, 28.90% from 25 to 44, 24.00% from 45 to 64, and 11.50% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 97.40 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.70 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $19,155, and the median income for a family was $23,721. Males had a median income of $26,208 versus $20,613 for females. The per capita income for the county was $11,044. About 28.10% of families and 33.20% of the population were below the poverty line, including 42.90% of those under age 18 and 26.80% of those age 65 or over.

Politics
During the 20th century, Breathitt County was a Democratic stronghold typical of rural Appalachia, only voting Republican narrowly once. Starting in 1912, Breathitt County continuously voted for the Democratic presidential nominee, a streak that would last until the 2004 election. Since 2008, the county has voted for the Republican nominee each election by increasingly wide margins.

In gubernatorial elections, Breathitt County has only voted for the Republican nominee on three occasions: 1907, 1919, and 2015.

Coal companies

 * Arch Coal
 * US Coal

K-12 education
There are two school districts in the county: Jackson Independent School District and Breathitt County School District. The former includes a portion of Jackson and some unincorporated areas, while the latter has the remainder of the city and county. The Jackson school district operates Jackson City School a single K-12 facility. The county school district operates several schools, including:
 * Sebastian Elementary School – Jackson, Kentucky (Opened 1970)
 * Highland-Turner Elementary School – Canoe, Kentucky (Opened 1992)
 * Breahitt Elementary School
 * Breathitt County High School – Jackson, Kentucky (New School Opened 1982)

Private schools:
 * Mount Carmel School – Vancleve
 * Oakdale Christian Academy – Jackson
 * Riverside Christian School – Lost Creek

Higher education

 * Lees College Campus of Hazard Community and Technical College (part of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System) – Jackson, Kentucky
 * Kentucky Mountain Bible College – Vancleve, Kentucky

Breathitt Area Technology Center
The Breathitt Area Technology Center serves both the Jackson Independent and the Breathitt County school districts. It is located on the campus of Breathitt County High School. The school is operated by the state of Kentucky. While most of the funding comes from the state, much of the equipment is purchased with federal Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act funds, which are aimed at advancing technical education.

The school is focused on technical education, offering these technical programs:
 * Automotive Technology
 * Construction Technology
 * Electrical Technology
 * Health Sciences
 * Office Technology

UK Robinson Station
The community of Quicksand is the location for the University of Kentucky Robinson Station. This agriculture research facility is a pivotal asset in Breathitt County, furthering the scientific studies in the areas of agriculture and forestry.

Health care

 * Breathitt County Family Health Center, Jackson, Kentucky

Breathitt County health care providers were featured in a November 23, 2013, article in The Washington Post: "In Rural Kentucky, Health-Care Takes Back Seat as the Long-Uninsured Line Up". As of 2014 the county had the highest morbidity rate in the state of Kentucky.

City

 * Jackson (county seat)

Unincorporated communities

 * Altro
 * Bays
 * Caney
 * Canoe
 * Chenowee
 * Clayhole
 * Cockrell Fork (on line between Breathitt and Perry Counties)
 * Crockettsville
 * Elkatawa
 * Evanston
 * Fishtrap
 * Flintville
 * Frozen/Frozen Creek
 * Fugates Fork
 * Guage
 * Haddix
 * Hardshell Caney
 * Hayes Branch
 * Leatherwood
 * Lost Creek
 * Morris Fork
 * Ned
 * Nix Branch
 * Noble
 * Noctor
 * Oakdale
 * Portsmouth
 * Quicksand
 * River Caney
 * Riverside
 * Rose Branch
 * Rousseau
 * Rowdy
 * Saldee
 * Sebastians Branch
 * Shoulder Blade/Shoulderblade
 * Smith Branch
 * South Fork
 * Stevenson
 * Troublesome Creek
 * Turners Creek
 * Vancleve
 * War Creek
 * Watts
 * Whick
 * Wilstacy
 * Wolf Coal

Nature Viewing
In the community of Southfork, there is a local elk viewing area where elk and feral horses can be seen.

Notable people

 * Kim Davis, the Rowan County clerk known for her refusal to comply with a federal court order directing her to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, was born in Breathitt County.
 * Jeffrey Reddick, writer for the Final Destination franchise, was born in Jackson.
 * Sturgill Simpson, country music artist/singer was born in Jackson, the county seat of Breathitt County and spent much of his childhood there.
 * Chad Warrix, member of the country music duo Halfway to Hazard

title: Breathitt County, Kentucky


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Bracken County, Kentucky

Bracken County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 8,400. Its county seat is Brooksville. The county was formed in 1796. Bracken County is included in the Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN Metropolitan Statistical Area.

History
Bracken County was organized as Kentucky's 23rd county in 1796 from parts of Mason and Campbell counties. It was named after two creeks, the Big and Little Bracken, which in turn were named for William Bracken, an 18th-century explorer and surveyor who visited the area in 1773. He was later killed by Indians during the Northwest Indian War. The county originally extended to southern Nicholas County, north to the Ohio River, west to the Licking River and east to Dover, Kentucky.

Several early settlers were veterans of the American Revolutionary War, including Captain Abner Howell, who brought his family came from Pennsylvania. He died in Bracken County in 1797.

The county government moved from Augusta to Woodward's Crossing (now Brooksville) in 1833.

Bracken was the birthplace of John Gregg Fee, founder of Berea College and Kentucky's most noted abolitionist. He was a graduate of Augusta College and Lane Theological Seminary. In 1822 Augusta College was founded as the first Methodist college in the world.

Anti-slavery activists in Bracken County played a major role in the movement known as the Underground Railroad. There are several Underground Railroad sites in the Augusta area. A network of citizens sympathetic to escaping slaves helped them cross the Ohio River to nearby Ripley, Ohio and other points north.

Bracken County's economy was largely agricultural. Its chief crops before the Civil War were tobacco and corn. White burley tobacco, a light, adaptable leaf that revolutionized the industry, was first sold at the 1867 St. Louis Fair by the farmer Mr. Webb from Higginsport, Ohio. He had produced it in 1864 from Bracken County seed and developed the type. It became a major product of central Kentucky and central Tennessee.

Agriculture remains vital to the economy, with farms occupying 83.8 percent of the land area in 1982. Commodities include wheat, hay, and milk. Burley tobacco production in 1988 amounted to 5,406,000 pounds. Agricultural receipts in 1986 totaled $19,158,000 (~$ in ).

Historic schools
Augusta:
 * Bracken Academy
 * Augusta Methodist College

Brooksville:
 * Saint James Elementary and High School

Germantown:
 * Germantown College

Milford:
 * Milford Graded and High School

Law and government

 * Judge Executives
 * 1) Earl Bush (2011–Present)
 * 2) Gary Riggs (2007–2011)
 * 3) Leslie Newman (2002–2007)
 * 4) Dwayne "Pie" Jett (1987–2002)

Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 209 sqmi, of which 206 sqmi is land and 3.3 sqmi (1.6%) is water.

Adjacent counties

 * Clermont County, Ohio (north – across the Ohio River)
 * Brown County, Ohio (northeast – across the Ohio River)
 * Mason County (east)
 * Robertson County (south)
 * Harrison County (southwest)
 * Pendleton County (west)

Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there were 8,279 people, 3,228 households, and 2,346 families residing in the county. The population density was 41 /sqmi. There were 3,715 housing units at an average density of 18 /sqmi. The racial makeup of the county was 98.48% White, 0.62% Black or African American, 0.25% Native American, 0.06% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 0.21% from other races, and 0.35% from two or more races. 0.47% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 3,228 households, out of which 33.50% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.30% were married couples living together, 10.70% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.30% were non-families. 23.90% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.30% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.55 and the average family size was 3.00.

In the county, the population was spread out, with 25.50% under the age of 18, 8.40% from 18 to 24, 29.50% from 25 to 44, 23.00% from 45 to 64, and 13.50% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.00 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.90 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $34,823, and the median income for a family was $40,469. Males had a median income of $31,503 versus $21,139 for females. The per capita income for the county was $16,478. About 7.60% of families and 10.80% of the population were below the poverty line, including 10.50% of those under age 18 and 17.30% of those age 65 or over.

Education
School districts include:
 * Augusta Independent Schools in Augusta
 * Bracken County Schools in Brooksville

Private schools:
 * Saint Augustine Elementary School in Augusta

Cities

 * Augusta
 * Brooksville (county seat)
 * Germantown

Unincorporated Communities

 * Foster
 * Berlin

Notable residents

 * Nick Clooney, a Cincinnati journalist and former newsanchor, and his wife Nina live in Augusta.
 * George Clooney, their son and an actor, grew up in Augusta and went to high school there.
 * Heather French Henry, Miss America 2000, grew up in Augusta and still lives there. Heather and her husband, former Ky. Lt. Governor Steve Henry, are the curators of the Rosemary Clooney Museum in Augusta.
 * Rosemary Clooney, singer and actress, lived in Augusta. Her most notable film was White Christmas.
 * John G. Fee, Minister and Educator, Born in Bracken Co. Founder Berea College.

title: Bracken County, Kentucky


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Boyle County, Kentucky

Boyle County is a county located in the central part of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 30,614. Its county seat is Danville. The county was formed in 1842 and named for John Boyle (1774–1835), a U.S. Representative, chief justice of the Kentucky Court of Appeals, and later federal judge for the District of Kentucky, and is part of the Danville, KY Micropolitan Statistical Area.

History
In 1820, a portion of Casey County, now south of KY Route 300, was annexed to Mercer County. This became part of Boyle County when Boyle County was formed on February 15, 1842, from sections of Lincoln County and Mercer County. It is named for John Boyle, Congressman, Chief Justice of the Kentucky Court of Appeals, and U.S. District Judge.

Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States John Marshall Harlan, a supporter of civil rights and the sole dissenter in the Civil Rights Cases and Plessy v. Ferguson, was born in Boyle County in 1833.

A courthouse fire in 1860 resulted in the loss of some county records.

During the American Civil War, the Battle of Perryville took place here on October 8, 1862, fought between the Confederate Army of Mississippi and the Union Army of the Ohio. 7407 men fell in the battle.

Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 183 sqmi, of which 180 sqmi is land and 2.5 sqmi (1.4%) is water.

Adjacent counties

 * Mercer County (north)
 * Garrard County (east)
 * Lincoln County (southeast)
 * Casey County (south)
 * Marion County (southwest)
 * Washington County (northwest)

Major highways

 * [[Image:US 68.svg|25px]] U.S. Route 68
 * [[Image:US 127.svg|25px]] U.S. Route 127
 * [[Image:US 150.svg|25px]] U.S. Route 150
 * [[Image:Elongated circle 33.svg|20px]] Kentucky Route 33
 * [[Image:Elongated circle 34.svg|20px]] Kentucky Route 34
 * [[Image:Elongated circle 37.svg|20px]] Kentucky Route 37
 * [[Image:Elongated circle 52.svg|20px]] Kentucky Route 52
 * [[Image:Elongated circle 300.svg|20px]] Kentucky Route 300

Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there were 27,697 people, 10,574 households, and 7,348 families residing in the county. The population density was 152 /sqmi. There were 11,418 housing units at an average density of 63 /sqmi. The racial makeup of the county was 87.77% White, 9.68% Black or African American, 0.19% Native American, 0.56% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 0.65% from other races, and 1.12% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.44% of the population.

There were 10,574 households, of which 31.00% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.70% were married couples living together, 12.50% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.50% were non-families. 27.10% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.10% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.38 and the average family size was 2.87.

By age, 22.70% of the population was under 18, 11.00% from 18 to 24, 28.60% from 25 to 44, 23.70% from 45 to 64, and 14.10% were 65 or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.30 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.00 males.

The median income for a household in the county was US $35,241, and the median income for a family was $42,699. Males had a median income of $33,411 versus $23,635 for females. The per capita income for the county was $18,288. About 9.10% of families and 11.90% of the population were below the poverty line, including 15.80% of those under age 18 and 12.10% of those age 65 or over.

Public schools
There are two school districts in the county.

Boyle County Schools is the school district that serves all of Boyle County except Danville with three elementary schools, one middle school, and one high school. Danville Schools is the school district that serves the city of Danville with three elementary schools, one middle school, and one high school.

Kentucky School for the Deaf, a state-operated school, provides education to Kentucky's deaf and hard-of-hearing children from elementary through high school

Private schools
Two private schools operate in Boyle County: Danville Christian Academy and Danville Montessori School.

Colleges and universities
Centre College, a nationally recognized liberal arts college, is located in Danville. Four other colleges and universities have (or HAD) campuses in Boyle County:
 * Bluegrass Community and Technical College,
 * Eastern Kentucky University, closed as of May 2018.
 * Midway University, now closed, and
 * American National University, also closed.

Cities

 * Danville (county seat)
 * Junction City (a small portion extends into Lincoln County)
 * Perryville

Unincorporated places

 * Aliceton
 * Alum Springs
 * Atoka
 * Brumfield
 * Clifton
 * Forkland
 * Little Needmore
 * Mitchellsburg
 * Needmore
 * Parksville
 * Wilsonville

title: Boyle County, Kentucky


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Bourbon County, Kentucky

Bourbon County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 20,252. Its county seat is Paris. Bourbon County is part of the Lexington-Fayette, KY Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is one of Kentucky's nine original counties, and is best known for its historical association with bourbon whiskey.

Old Bourbon
Bourbon County was established in 1785 from a portion of Fayette County, Virginia, and named after the French House of Bourbon, in gratitude for Louis XVI of France's assistance during the American Revolutionary War.

Bourbon County, Virginia, originally comprised 34 of Kentucky's 120 current counties, including the current Bourbon County. This larger area later became known as Old Bourbon. Bourbon became part of the new state of Kentucky when it was admitted to the Union in 1792.

Birthplace of Bourbon whiskey
Whiskey was an early product of the area, and whiskey barrels from the area were marked Old Bourbon when they were shipped downriver from the local port on the Ohio River. As it was made mostly from corn (maize), it had a distinctive flavor, and the name bourbon came to be used to distinguish it from other regional whiskey styles, such as Monongahela, a product of western Pennsylvania, which may have generally been a rye whiskey. The use of the term Old in the phrase Old Bourbon, was likely misconstrued as a reference to the aging of the whiskey rather than part of the name of the geographic area. The port, originally known as Limestone, now Maysville, was in Bourbon County until the borders were redrawn in 1789 when it became part of the Mason County of Virginia, and it is now in Mason County, Kentucky. Thirty-four modern Kentucky counties were once part of the original Bourbon County, including the current county of that name.

Except for a few distilleries that were authorized to produce it for medicinal purposes, the bourbon industry was wiped out in 1919 when Prohibition took effect. Kentucky adopted prohibition a year earlier than the national prohibition. Within the boundaries of Bourbon County as it stands today there were, by some counts, 26 distilleries. All of these were shut down in 1919, and no distilleries resumed operation there until late 2014, a period of 95 years. At present, alcohol production and sales in Kentucky are regulated by a patchwork of laws which the Kentucky Supreme Court called a "maze of obscure statutory language".

Courthouse
The courthouse was destroyed by fire in 1872 and 1901, resulting in the loss of county records. The current courthouse is the county's fourth.

Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 292 sqmi, of which 290 sqmi is land and 1.9 sqmi (0.6%) is water.

There are no sizable lakes in the county, although there are several streams. Primary among these is Stoner Creek, on which the county seat is situated. This large stream is a principal tributary of the South Fork of the Licking River.

The county's topography is predominantly gently rolling hills. Due to agricultural development, very little of the county's land area can be characterized as forested, though deciduous trees are a common feature of the landscape.

Adjacent counties

 * Harrison County (northwest)
 * Nicholas County (northeast)
 * Bath County (east)
 * Montgomery County (southeast)
 * Clark County (south)
 * Fayette County (southwest)
 * Scott County (west)

Demographics
As to the census of 2010, there were 19,985 people and 8,128 households residing in the county. The population density was 66 /sqmi. There were 8,349 housing units at an average density of 29 /sqmi. The racial makeup of the county was 90.38% White, 6.94% Black or African American, 0.15% Native American, 0.14% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 1.36% from other races, and 1.02% from two or more races. 2.60% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 7,681 households, out of which 32.80% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.70% were married couples living together, 12.30% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.10% were non-families. 24.80% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.10% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.49 and the average family size was 2.95.

In the county, the population was spread out, with 25.00% under the age of 18, 8.10% from 18 to 24, 28.60% from 25 to 44, 24.70% from 45 to 64, and 13.60% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 94.60 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.00 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $35,038, and the median income for a family was $42,294. Males had a median income of $30,989 versus $23,467 for females. The per capita income for the county was $18,335. About 12.30% of families and 14.00% of the population were below the poverty line, including 19.10% of those under age 18 and 11.90% of those age 65 or over.

Cities

 * Millersburg
 * North Middletown
 * Paris (county seat)

Unincorporated Communities

 * Cane Ridge
 * Centerville
 * Clintonville
 * Little Rock
 * Ruddles Mills

Politics
For most of the 20th century Bourbon county was a fairly reliable Democratic county. However, since the dawn of the 21st century it has now become a solidly Republican county.

Notable people

 * Mitchell Dazey (1820–1896), Illinois politician and farmer; was born in Bourbon County.
 * Mary Rootes Thornton McAboy (1815–1892), poet

title: Bourbon County, Kentucky


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Boone County, Kentucky

Boone County is a county located on the Ohio River in the northernmost part of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 135,968, making it the fourth-most populous county in Kentucky. Its county seat is Burlington. The county was formed in 1798 from a portion of Campbell County and was named for frontiersman Daniel Boone. Boone County, with Kenton and Campbell Counties, is of the Northern Kentucky metro area, and the Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is the location of the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport, which serves Cincinnati and the tri-state area.

History
Native Americans had once inhabited a large late historic village in Petersburg that contained "at least two periods of habitation dating to 1150 A.D. and 1400 A.D."

In 1729, an unknown Frenchman sketched an area on his chart at what is now Big Bone Lick State Park with a note that it was "where they found the bones of an elephant." Another Frenchman, Charles le Moyne de Longueuil (1687–1755), would later be credited with being the first to investigate the Big Bone Lick area.

In 1789, 10-year-old John Tanner was captured by Ojibwe Indians across from the mouth of the Great Miami River, while his Baptist minister father, brother, and their slaves were planting corn.

Boone County was created in 1798, and named after Daniel Boone.

Margaret Garner
On January 28, 1856, Robert and a pregnant Margaret "Peggy" Garner, together with family members, escaped and fled to Cincinnati, Ohio, along with several other slave families. Seventeen people were reported to have been in their party. In the coldest winter in 60 years, the Ohio River had frozen. The group crossed the ice just west of Covington, Kentucky at daybreak, and escaped to Cincinnati, then divided to avoid detection. They set out for Joseph Kite's house in Cincinnati.

Margaret Garner would become famous for slitting her own daughter's throat (Mary) to prevent her from going back into slavery when Archibald K. Gaines and his posse, along with Federal Marshals, caught up to the fleeing slaves at Joseph Kite's house.

Margaret Garner was first owned by, and may have been the daughter of, the plantation owner John Pollard Gaines himself. In December 1849, the plantation was given along with all the slaves to John P. Gaines' younger brother, Archibald K. Gaines. The Gaines family lived on a farm called Maplewood in Boone County, Kentucky, just west of Richwood Presbyterian Church, of which Archibald K. Gaines was a member. Three of Margaret Garner's children, including Mary, the daughter whose throat Margaret Garner slashed, were likely the children of Archibald K. Gaines, the only adult white male at Maplewood. The timing suggests they were each conceived after his wife had become pregnant and was unavailable to him.

Margaret Garner's story was the inspiration for the novel Beloved (1987) by Nobel Prize winner Toni Morrison (that later was adapted into a film of the same name starring Oprah Winfrey), as well as for her libretto for the early 21st century opera Margaret Garner (2005), composed by Richard Danielpour.

Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 256 sqmi, of which 246 sqmi is land and 10 sqmi (3.9%) is water. Its location along the Ohio River was key to its early development, as the river was the major transportation route.

Adjacent counties

 * Hamilton County, Ohio (north)
 * Kenton County (east)
 * Grant County (south)
 * Gallatin County (southwest)
 * Switzerland County, Indiana (west)
 * Ohio County, Indiana (west)
 * Dearborn County, Indiana (northwest)

Climate
Boone County's climate is hot-summer humid continental (Dfa) bordering on humid subtropical (Cfa).

Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there were 85,991 people, 31,258 households, and 23,443 families residing in the county. The population density was 349 /sqmi. There were 33,351 housing units at an average density of 135 /sqmi. The racial makeup of the county was 85.3% White, 5% Black or African American, 0.23% Native American, 2.6% Asian, 0.2% Pacific Islander, 0.75% from other races, and 2.3% from two or more races. 4.98% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 31,258 households, out of which 39.80% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.60% were married couples living together, 9.80% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.00% were non-families. 20.20% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.20% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.73 and the average family size was 3.17.

In the county, the population was spread out, with 28.70% under the age of 18, 8.50% from 18 to 24, 33.50% from 25 to 44, 21.30% from 45 to 64, and 8.10% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females there were 97.70 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.70 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $53,593, and the median income for a family was $61,114. Males had a median income of $42,105 versus $27,414 for females. The per capita income for the county was $23,535. About 4.40% of families and 5.60% of the population were below the poverty line, including 6.40% of those under age 18 and 7.70% of those age 65 or over.

Politics
Boone County is a solidly Republican county in presidential elections; the last time it voted Democratic was in 1964, when Lyndon B. Johnson won in a national landslide. In 1976, however, the county gave exactly the same number of votes to Democrat Jimmy Carter and Republican Gerald Ford.

Before 2001, Boone County had a county police department providing general-service law enforcement to the unincorporated areas of the county. The police department was merged with the county sheriff's department in 2001, and the sheriff's department now serves that role. the sheriff is Michael A. Helmig.

The Boone County Jail is a short-term incarceration facility serving all law enforcement agencies in Boone County, including the Kentucky State Police, the Florence Police Department, the Boone County Sheriff's Office, and the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport Police Department. The Boone County Jail system consists of the main jail and a workcamp facility. The Main Jail has the capacity of housing 424 maximum, medium, and minimum security inmates. The workcamp houses 76 minimum security inmates. the Jailer, who in Kentucky is elected separately from the Sheriff, is Jason Maydak.

Economy
Boone County is the location of the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport, which includes the headquarters of DHL Express and Southern Air.

Major attractions
The Creation Museum (Petersburg), operated by the apologetics ministry Answers in Genesis, as well as Big Bone Lick State Park, "birthplace of American paleontology", and Boone County Arboretum are located in Boone County.

Education
Most of the county is within Boone County Schools. A portion is in Walton-Verona Independent School District.

Cities

 * Florence
 * Union
 * Walton

Census-designated places

 * Belleview
 * Burlington (county seat)
 * Francisville
 * Hebron
 * Oakbrook
 * Petersburg
 * Rabbit Hash
 * Verona

Other unincorporated communities

 * Big Bone
 * Bullittsville
 * Constance
 * Hamilton
 * Limaburg
 * McVille
 * Richwood
 * Taylorsport

The Disunited States of America
In the novel The Disunited States of America, written by Harry Turtledove, the county of Boone is its own separate state.

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Bell County, Kentucky

Bell County is a county located in the southeast part of the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 24,097. Its county seat is Pineville and its largest city is Middlesboro. The county was formed in 1867, during the Reconstruction era from parts of Knox and Harlan counties and augmented from Knox County in 1872. The county is named for Joshua Fry Bell, a US Representative. It was originally called "Josh Bell", but on January 31, 1873, the Kentucky legislature shortened the name to "Bell",

History
Bell County is considered a "Moist" county, a classification between dry and wet in terms of alcohol sales. The County changed to moist by a vote in September 2015, that approved alcohol-by-the-drink sales in Middlesboro, Kentucky. On June 23, 2020, Middlesboro voters approved a "wet" status by 1,215 to 653 votes. In a standard dry county, all sales of alcoholic beverages are prohibited. Under ABC terminology, a limited county is an otherwise dry county in which at least one city has approved the sale of alcohol by the drink at restaurants that both seat a state-mandated number of diners and derive no more than 30% of their revenue from alcoholic beverages. In the case of Bell County, Pineville had voted to allow alcohol by the drink in restaurants that seat at least 100 diners. This terminology was used to describe the area until the Middlesboro vote allowed retail sale of alcohol.

The Middlesborough, KY Micropolitan Statistical Area includes all of Bell County.

The Wilderness Road was constructed in 1775 through what is now Bell County.

Bell County was formed in 1867, from portions of Harlan and Knox counties. It was named for Joshua Fry Bell, an attorney and member of Congress. The county courthouse has been thrice destroyed. In 1914 and 1918, it was destroyed by fire and in 1977 nearly destroyed by flooding. The documents stored there were destroyed as well. The flood occurred in April 1977 and although it caused extensive damage, the historical courthouse survived with substantial water damage to the interior.

The community of "South America" (known as Frakes since the 1930s) in Bell County appears to have been established in the Spanish Era. Spain made land grants in Old Kentucky prior to English settlement. The community of South America links southeast Kentucky to an era of Indian herbal harvest and sales much like the Daniel Boone era in the state.

Bell County has one of the highest ratios of local peace officer deaths of any KY or U.S. county per capita, with 28 deputy sheriffs and 4 county sheriff's K-9 having been killed in the county's history. There has been considerable violence related to the prohibition of alcohol and production of moonshine.

Bell County is the only Kentucky county hosting both a State Park (Pine Mountain State Resort Park) and a National Monument (Cumberland Gap National Historical Park).

Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 361 sqmi, of which 359 sqmi is land and 2.1 sqmi (0.6%) is water.

Adjacent counties

 * Clay County (north)
 * Leslie County (northeast)
 * Harlan County (east)
 * Lee County, Virginia (southeast)
 * Claiborne County, Tennessee (south)
 * Whitley County (southwest)
 * Knox County (northwest)

National protected area

 * Cumberland Gap National Historical Park (part)

Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there were 30,060 people, 12,004 households, and 8,522 families residing in the county. The population density was 83 /sqmi. There were 13,341 housing units at an average density of 37 /sqmi. The racial makeup of the county was 96.02% White, 2.40% Black or African American, 0.25% Native American, 0.35% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 0.12% from other races, and 0.83% from two or more races. 0.65% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 12,004 households, out of which 31.90% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.00% were married couples living together, 15.70% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.00% were non-families. 26.80% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.40% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.44 and the average family size was 2.95.

The age distribution was 24.40% under the age of 18, 9.00% from 18 to 24, 28.70% from 25 to 44, 24.20% from 45 to 64, and 13.70% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 91.60 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.00 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $19,057, and the median income for a family was $23,818. Males had a median income of $24,521 versus $19,975 for females. The per capita income for the county was $11,526. About 26.70% of families and 31.10% of the population were below the poverty line, including 42.00% of those under age 18 and 21.80% of those age 65 or over.

Education
Three public school districts operate in the county:

Bell County School District
The largest of the three in enrollment and by far the largest in geographic scope. The Bell County School District operates six mainstream K–8 "school centers", one alternative school, one high school, and a newly commissioned technology center built to replace the aging vocational center. It is located on the high school campus and the buildings are connected by an elevated, enclosed walkway. The new technology center is also slated to house the County Board of Education pending its move from their office in the city of Pineville building. Lone Jack High School (in Fourmile) and the old Bell County High School were consolidated into Bell County High School in the early 1980s.

Middlesboro Independent Schools
The second-largest of the three, with boundaries coinciding exactly with the corporate limits of Middlesboro. The district operates one elementary school, one middle school, and one high school. The two elementary schools are separate facilities that share the same campus design (both schools are designed in an "X" shape), and the middle and high schools are separate facilities on one campus on the west side of town. In recent years Middlesboro Independent Schools has leased the X-shaped building formerly used as East End Intermediate to a local church.

Pineville Independent Schools
The county's smallest district; its boundaries generally, but do not exactly, follow the corporate limits of Pineville. The district operates Pineville School; An elementary, middle, and high school.

Cities

 * Middlesboro (also spelled Middlesborough)
 * Pineville (county seat)

Census-designated place

 * Arjay

Other unincorporated communities

 * Beverly
 * Black Snake
 * Blackmont
 * Colmar
 * Cubage
 * Field
 * Fonde
 * Fourmile
 * Frakes
 * Harbell
 * Hutch
 * Ingram
 * Jaybel
 * Jenson
 * Keenox
 * Kettle Island
 * Meldrum
 * Miracle
 * Mocking Bird Branch
 * Noetown
 * Oaks
 * Olcott
 * Ponza
 * Premier
 * Pruden‡
 * Red Oak
 * Rella
 * Stoney Fork
 * Stony Fork Junction
 * Sugar Run
 * Tejay
 * Timsley
 * Tuggleville
 * Varilla
 * Wallsend
 * Wasioto
 * Flatshoales

Notable people

 * George Samuel Hurst
 * Lee Majors
 * Matt Jones (radio host)
 * Dale Ann Bradley

title: Bell County, Kentucky