KY Co., Origins By Jim Blankenship

Kentucky created in Dec 31 1776 from Fincastle Co., VA

Fayette created in Nov 01 1780 from Kentucky

Jefferson created in Nov 01 1780 from Kentucky

Lincoln created in Nov 01 1780 from Kentucky

1780 Kentucky Co., Name became extinct

Dist. of Kentucky 1783 Created from Fayette, Lincoln, & Jefferson

Nelson created in Jan 1 1785 from Jefferson

Madison created in Dec 15 1786 from Lincoln

Mercer created in Dec 15 1786 from Lincoln

Bourbon created in May 01 1789 from Fayette

Mason created in May 01 1789 from Bourbon

Woodford created in Nov 12 1789 from Fayette

1792 KY Statehood

Adair created in Apr 01 1802 from Green

Allen created in Apr 01 1815 from Barren, Warren

Anderson created in Feb 01 1827 from Franklin, Mercer, Washington

Ballard created in May 25 1842 from Hickman, McCracken

Barren created in May 10 1799 from Green, Warren

Bath created in Feb 04 1811 from Montgomery

Beckham created in Feb 09 1904 and dissolved in 1904 from Carter, Lewis, Elliott

Bell created in Aug 01 1867 from Harlan, Knox

Boone created in Jun 01 1799 from Campbell

Bourbon created in May 01 1785 from Fayette

Boyd created in May 01 1860 from Carter, Greenup, Lawrence

Boyle created in Mar 01 1842 from Lincoln, Mercer

Bracken created in Jun 01 1796 from Campbell, Mason

Breathitt created in Apr 01 1839 from Clay, Estill, Perry

Breckinridge created in Jan 01 1800 from Hardin

Bullitt created in Jan 01 1797 from Jefferson, Nelson

Butler created in Nov 01 1810 from Logan, Ohio

Caldwell created in May 01 1809 from Livingston

Calloway created in Jan 01 1823 from Hickman

Campbell created in May 10 1795 from Harrison, Mason, Scott

Carlisle created in May 03 1886 from Ballard

Carroll created in Mar 01 1838 from Gallatin, Henry

Carter created in May 01 1838 from Greenup, Lawrence

Casey created in May 04 1807 from Lincoln

Christian created in Mar 01 1797 from Logan

Clark created in Feb 01 1793 from Bourbon, Fayette

Clay created in Apr 01 1807 from Madison, Floyd

Clinton created in Apr 01 1836 from Cumberland, Wayne

Crittenden created in Apr 01 1842 from Livingston

Cumberland created in Jul 01 1799 from Green

Daviess created in Jun 01 1815 from Ohio

Edmonson created in Feb 01 1825 from Grayson, Hart, Warren

Elliott created in May 29 1869 from Carter, Lawrence, Morgan

Estill created in Apr 01 1808 from Clark, Madison

Fleming created in Mar 01 1800 from Mason

Floyd created in Jun 01 1800 from Fleming, Mason, Montgomery

Franklin created in May 10 1795 from Mercer, Shelby

Fulton created in Apr 01 1845 from Hickman

Gallatin created in May 01 1799 from Franklin, Shelby

Garrard created in Jun 01 1797 from Lincoln, Madison, Mercer

Grant created in Apr 01 1820 from Pendleton

Graves created in Jan 15 1824 from Hickman

Grayson created in Apr 01 1810 from Hardin, Ohio

Green created in Jan 01 1793 from Lincoln, Nelson

Greenup created in Feb 01 1804 from Mason

Hancock created in Mar 23 1829 from Breckinridge, Daviess, Ohio

Hardin created in Feb 20 1793 from Nelson

Harlan created in Apr 01 1819 from Knox

Harrison created in Feb 01 1794 from Bourbon, Scott

Hart created in Apr 01 1819 from Barren, Green, Hardin

Henderson created in May 15 1799 from Christian

Henry created in Jun 01 1799 from Shelby

Hickman created in Jan 15 1822 from Caldwell, Livingston

Hopkins created in May 01 1807 from Henderson

Jackson created in Apr 25 1858 from Clay, Estill, Laurel, Madison, Owsley, Rockcastle

Jefferson created in Nov 01 1780 from Kentucky

Jessamine created in Feb 01 1799 from Fayette

Johnson created in Apr 01 1843 from Floyd, Lawrence, Morgan

Kenton created in Apr 30 1840 from Campbell

Knott created in May 15 1884 Breathitt, Fletcher, Floyd, Perry

Knox created in Jun 01 1800 from Lincoln

Larue created in Mar 01 1843 from Hardin

Laurel created in Feb 13 1826 from Clay, Knox, Rockcastle, Whitley

Lawrence created in Feb 11 1822 from Floyd, Greenup

Lee created in Mar 01 1870 from Breathitt, Estill, Owsley, Wolfe

Leslie created in Apr 01 1878 from Clay, Harlan, Perry

Letcher created in Apr 01 1842 from Harlan, Perry

Lewis created in Apr 01 1807 from Mason

Livingston created in May 01 1799 from Christian

Logan created in Sep 01 1792 from Lincoln

Lyon created in Apr 01 1854 from Caldwell

Magoffin created in Apr 25 1860 from Floyd, Johnson, Morgan

Marion created in Mar 01 1834 from Washington

Marshall created in Jun 01 1842 from Calloway

Martin created in Sep 01 1870 from Floyd, Johnson, Lawrence, Pike

McCracken created in Jan 15 1824 from Hickman

McCreary created in Mar 12 1912 from Pulaski, Wayne, Whitley

McLean created in May 08 1854 from Daviess, Muhlenberg, Ohio

Meade created in Mar 22 1824 from Breckinridge, Hardin

Menifee created in May 29 1869 from Bath, Montgomery, Morgan, Powell, Wolfe

Metcalfe created in Dec 15 1860 from Adair, Barren, Cumberland, Green, Monroe

Monroe created in Apr 01 1820 from Barren, Cumberland

Montgomery created in Mar 01 1797 from Clark

Morgan created in Mar 10 1823 from Floyd, Bath

Muhlenberg created in May 15 1798 from Christian, Logan

Nicholas created in Jun 01 1800 from Bourbon, Mason

Ohio created in Jul 01 1799 from Hardin

Oldham created in Feb 01 1824 from Henry, Jefferson, Shelby

Owen created in Apr 01 1819 from Franklin, Gallatin, Pendleton, Scott

Owsley created in Jun 01 1843 from Breathitt, Clay, Estill

Pendleton created in May 10 1799 from Bracken, Campbell

Perry created in Feb 26 1821 from Clay, Floyd

Pike created in Mar 01 1822 from Floyd

Powell created in May 10 1852 from Clark, Estill, Montgomery

Pulaski created in Jun 01 1799 from Green, Lincoln

Robertson created in Aug 01 1867 from Bracken, Fleming, Harrison, Mason, Nicholas

Rockcastle created in Apr 01 1810 from Lincoln, Madison, Pulaski

Rowan created in May 01 1856 from Fleming, Morgan

Russell created in Apr 01 1826 from Adair, Cumberland, Pulaski, Wayne

Scott created in Jun 01 1792 from Woodford

Shelby created in Jun 23 1792 from Jefferson

Simpson created in Apr 01 1819 from Allen, Logan, Warren

Spencer created in Jan 15 1824 from Bullitt, Nelson, Shelby

Taylor created in Mar 01 1848 from Green

Todd created in Apr 01 1820 from Christian, Logan

Trigg created in Apr 01 1820 from Caldwell, Christian

Trimble created in Apr 01 1837 from Gallatin, Henry, Oldham

Union created in May 01 1811 from Henderson

Warren created in Mar 01 1797 from Logan

Washington created in Jun 02 1792 from Nelson

Wayne created in Mar 01 1801 from Pulaski, Cumberland

Webster created in Jul 01 1860 from Hopkins, Union

Whitley created in Apr 01 1818 from Knox

Wolfe created in Nov 12 1860 from Breathitt, Morgan, Owsley, Powell