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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.
Pulaski County is a county in the U.S. Commonwealth of Kentucky.As of the 2020 census, the population was 65,034. [1] Its county seat is Somerset. [2] The county was founded in December 1798 from land given by Lincoln and Green Counties and named for Polish patriot Count Casimir Pulaski.
Boyd County was the 107th of 120 counties formed in Kentucky and was established in 1860 from parts of surrounding Greenup, Carter, and Lawrence Counties. [3] It was named for Linn Boyd of Paducah, former U.S. congressman, speaker of the United States House of Representatives, who died in 1859 soon after being elected lieutenant governor of Kentucky.
A History of Kentucky (2nd ed 1988) pp. 214–235, 359–379. online; Ellis, William E. A history of education in Kentucky (University Press of Kentucky, 2011). excerpt; also see complete text online, the major scholarly survey; also see online book review; Hartford, Ellis F. The Little White Schoolhouse (University Press of Kentucky, 1977 ...
The etymology of "Kentucky" or "Kentucke" is uncertain. One suggestion is that it is derived from an Iroquois name meaning "land of tomorrow". [1] According to Native America: A State-by-State Historical Encyclopedia, "Various authors have offered a number of opinions concerning the word's meaning: the Iroquois word kentake meaning 'meadow land', the Wyandotte (or perhaps Cherokee or Iroquois ...
All Kentucky counites voted "no" on Amendment 2. Not only did all of Kentucky's counties vote "no" on the amendment, but most did so by a significant margin. The amendment’s most resounding ...
Clay County had the highest poverty level among the 10 poorest counties at 35.9%, the Census Bureau reports, compared to Kentucky’s statewide poverty level of 16.5%. Wolfe County had the lowest ...
The accidents are often considered two of the worst mining disasters in U.S. history. The two explosions led to the passage of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977. [15] [16] In July–August 2022, floods came through Eastern Kentucky. A total of 45 people died, [17] three of those deaths occurred in Letcher County. As a result of the ...