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Because today's largest county by area, Pike County, is 788 square miles (2,041 km 2), it is only still possible to form a new county from portions of more than one existing county; McCreary County was formed in this manner, from parts of Wayne, Pulaski and Whitley counties. Kentucky was originally a single county in Virginia, created in 1776.
Clinton County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky in the Pennyrile Region along the southern border with Tennessee. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 9,253. [1] Its county seat is Albany. [2] The county was formed in 1835 and named for DeWitt Clinton, the seventh Governor of New York. [3] It is a prohibition ...
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Scott County, Kentucky, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a Google map.
[3] Name on the Register Image Date listed [4] Location City or town Description 1: Adams-Kentucky District: Adams-Kentucky District: December 18, 2008 (The 900-1200 blocks of Adams St. and the 1000-1300 blocks of Kentucky St.
Jefferson 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 782,969. [ 1 ] It is the most populous county in the commonwealth (with more than twice the population of second ranked Fayette County ).
The Cloverport Historic District in Cloverport, Kentucky is a 77 acres (31 ha) historic district which is roughly bounded by 3rd, Main, Chestnut, and Lynn Streets. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.
The hamlet is located in the south-central portion of Daviess County just north of the McLean County line. U.S. Route 431 (US 431) passes through the community, leading 12 miles (19 km) north to Owensboro and 24 miles (39 km) south to Central City.
The county was named after Charles Scott, an American Revolutionary War general who later was Kentucky's fourth governor. The first Scott County Courthouse was built in 1792 on a 1-acre (4,000 m 2) lot sold to the county by Elijah Craig. The original building was replaced by a larger structure.