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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 ...
Kentucky County, 1776–1780, as established by the Virginia General Assembly. [1] Kentucky County (aka Kentucke County), later the District of Kentucky, was formed by the Commonwealth of Virginia from the western portion (beyond the Big Sandy River and Cumberland Mountains) of Fincastle County effective 1777. [2]
Alexandria is located near the geographic center of Campbell County. According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 6.9 square miles (18.0 km 2 ), of which 6.9 square miles (17.9 km 2 ) is land and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km 2 ), or 0.05%, is water. [ 12 ]
Alexandria is an independent city in the northern region of the Commonwealth of Virginia, United States.It lies on the western bank of the Potomac River approximately 7 miles (11 km) south of downtown Washington, D.C. Alexandria is the third-largest principal city of the Washington metropolitan area, which is part of the larger Washington–Baltimore combined statistical area.
Kentucky was originally a single county in Virginia, created in 1776. In 1780, Kentucky County was divided into Fayette, Jefferson, and Lincoln counties. Kentucky was admitted as a state in 1792, when it had nine counties. [4] Each county has a legislative council called the fiscal court; [5] despite the name, it no longer has any ...
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In 2009, a court ruled that Alexandria is the only county seat, and Newport is not a county seat. [57] On November 24, 2010, the Kentucky Court of Appeals disagreed, and granted Newport equal status as a county seat. [58] On August 25, 2011, the Supreme Court of Kentucky denied review of the appellate decision. [59]
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