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2,313 (Robertson) – 772,144 (Jefferson) Areas. 100 square miles (260 km 2) (Robertson) – 788 square miles (2,040 km 2) (Pike) Government. County government. There are 120 counties in the U.S. Commonwealth of Kentucky. Despite ranking 37th in size by area, Kentucky has 120 counties, fourth among states (including Virginia's independent ...
Breathitt County (/ ˈbrɛˌθɪt / BREH-thit) 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. [1] Its county seat is Jackson. [2] The county was formed in 1839 and was named for John Breathitt, who was Governor of Kentucky from 1832 to 1834.
The Jackson Purchase, also known as the Purchase Region or simply the Purchase, is a region in the U.S. state of Kentucky bounded by the Mississippi River to the west, the Ohio River to the north, and the Tennessee River to the east. [1] Jackson's Purchase also included all of Tennessee west of the Tennessee River.
40447, 40402, 40434, 40481, 40486. Jackson County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 12,955. [1] Its county seat is McKee. [2] The county was formed in 1858 from land given by Madison, Estill, Owsley, Clay, Laurel, and Rockcastle counties. [3]
FIPS code. 21-39952. GNIS feature ID. 0495097. Jackson is a home rule-class city [3] in and the county seat of Breathitt County, Kentucky, in the United States. The population was 2,231 according to the 2010 U.S. census. [4] It was the home of the Jackson Academy, which became Lees College.
Fulton County is the westernmost county in the U.S. state of Kentucky, with the Mississippi River forming its western boundary. As of the 2020 census, the population was 6,515. [1] Its county seat is Hickman and its largest city is Fulton. [2] The county was formed in 1845 from Hickman County, Kentucky and named for Robert Fulton, the inventor ...
The population of Jackson is about 2,000 and the county population was 13,718 in the 2020 Census, but the Kentucky State Data Center has projected that the county will lose more than 16% of its ...
Mayfield is in the center of the Jackson Purchase, an eight-county region purchased by Isaac Shelby and Andrew Jackson from the Chickasaw people in 1818. Mayfield was established as the county seat of Graves County in 1821, and the county was formally organized in 1823. John Anderson is believed to have been the first white settler, arriving in ...