Kentucky County Formation Chart
|
County |
Founding Date |
Founding Order |
Parent County |
County Seat |
|
Jefferson County
|
1780 |
1 of 3 original
counties
|
Kentucky (Virginia)
|
Louisville
|
|
Lincoln County
|
1780 |
1 of 3 original
counties
|
Kentucky (Virginia)
|
Stanford
|
|
Fayette County
|
1780 |
1 of 3 original
counties
|
Kentucky (Virginia)
|
Lexington
|
|
Nelson County
|
1785 |
4
|
Jefferson
|
Bardstown
|
|
Bourbon County
|
1786 |
5
|
Fayette
|
Paris
|
|
Mercer County
|
1786 |
6
|
Lincoln
|
Harrodsburg
|
|
Madison County
|
1786 |
7
|
Lincoln
|
Richmond
|
|
Mason County
|
1789 |
8
|
Bourbon
|
Maysville
|
|
Woodford County
|
1789 |
9
|
Fayette
|
Versailles
|
|
Washington County
|
1792 |
10
|
Nelson
|
Springfield
|
|
Scott County
|
1792 |
11
|
Woodford
|
Georgetown
|
|
Shelby County
|
1792 |
12
|
Jefferson
|
Shelbyville
|
|
Logan County
|
1792 |
13
|
Lincoln
|
Russellville
|
|
Clark County
|
1793 |
14
|
Bourbon, Fayette
|
Winchester
|
|
Hardin County
|
1793 |
15
|
Nelson
|
Elizabethtown
|
|
Green County
|
1793 |
16
|
Lincoln, Nelson
|
Greensburg
|
|
Harrison County
|
1794 |
17
|
Bourbon, Scott
|
Cynthiana
|
|
Franklin County
|
1795 |
18
|
Mercer, Shelby,
Woodford
|
Frankfort
|
|
Campbell County
|
1795 |
19
|
Harrison, Mason,
Scott
|
Alexandria, Newport
|
|
Bullitt County
|
1797 |
20
|
Jefferson, Nelson
|
Shepherdsville
|
|
Christian County
|
1797 |
21
|
Logan
|
Hopkinsville
|
|
Montgomery County
|
1797 |
22
|
Clark
|
Mount Sterling
|
|
Bracken County
|
1797 |
23
|
Campbell, Mason
|
Brooksville
|
|
Warren County
|
1797 |
24
|
Logan
|
Bowling Green
|
|
Garrard County
|
1797 |
25
|
Lincoln, Madison,
Mercer
|
Lancaster
|
|
Fleming County
|
1798 |
26
|
Mason
|
Flemingsburg
|
|
Pulaski County
|
1799 |
27
|
Green, Lincoln
|
Somerset
|
|
Pendleton County
|
1799 |
28
|
Bracken, Campbell
|
Falmouth
|
|
Livingston County
|
1799 |
29
|
Christian
|
Smithland
|
|
Boone County
|
1799 |
30
|
Campbell
|
Burlington
|
|
Henry County
|
1799 |
31
|
Shelby
|
New Castle
|
|
Cumberland County
|
1799 |
32
|
Green
|
Burkesville
|
|
Gallatin County
|
1799 |
33
|
Franklin, Shelby
|
Warsaw
|
|
Muhlenberg County
|
1799 |
34
|
Christian, Logan
|
Greenville
|
|
Ohio County
|
1799 |
35
|
Hardin
|
Hartford
|
|
Jessamine County
|
1799 |
36
|
Fayette
|
Nicholasville
|
|
Barren County
|
1799 |
37
|
Green, Warren
|
Glasgow
|
|
Henderson County
|
1799 |
38
|
Christian
|
Henderson
|
|
Breckinridge County
|
1800 |
39
|
Hardin
|
Hardinsburg
|
|
Floyd County
|
1800 |
40
|
Fleming, Mason,
Montgomery
|
Prestonsburg
|
|
Knox County
|
1800 |
41
|
Lincoln
|
Barbourville
|
|
Nicholas County
|
1800 |
42
|
Bourbon, Mason
|
Carlisle
|
|
Wayne County
|
1801 |
43
|
Cumberland, Pulaski
|
Monticello
|
|
Adair County
|
1802 |
44
|
Green
|
Columbia
|
|
Greenup County
|
1804 |
45
|
Mason
|
Greenup
|
|
Casey County
|
1807 |
46
|
Lincoln
|
Liberty
|
|
Clay County
|
1807 |
47
|
Floyd, Knox, Madison
|
Manchester
|
|
Lewis County
|
1807 |
48
|
Mason
|
Vanceburg
|
|
Hopkins County
|
1807 |
49
|
Henderson
|
Madisonville
|
|
Estill County
|
1808 |
50
|
Clark, Madison
|
Irvine
|
|
Caldwell County
|
1809 |
51
|
Livingston
|
Princeton
|
|
Rockcastle County
|
1810 |
52
|
Knox, Lincoln,
Madison, Pulaski
|
Mount Vernon
|
|
Butler County
|
1810 |
53
|
Logan, Ohio
|
Morgantown
|
|
Grayson County
|
1810 |
54
|
Hardin, Ohio
|
Leitchfield
|
|
Union County
|
1811 |
55
|
Henderson
|
Morganfield
|
|
Bath County
|
1811 |
56
|
Montgomery
|
Owingsville
|
|
Allen County
|
1815 |
57
|
Barren, Warren
|
Scottsville
|
|
Daviess County
|
1815 |
58
|
Ohio
|
Owensboro
|
|
Whitley County
|
1818 |
59
|
Knox
|
Williamsburg
|
|
Harlan County
|
1819 |
60
|
Floyd, Knox
|
Harlan
|
|
Hart County
|
1819 |
61
|
Green, Hardin
|
Munfordville
|
|
Owen County
|
1819 |
62
|
Franklin, Gallatin,
Scott
|
Owenton
|
|
Simpson County
|
1819 |
63
|
Allen, Logan, Warren
|
Franklin
|
|
Todd County
|
1820 |
64
|
Christian, Logan
|
Elkton
|
|
Monroe County
|
1820 |
65
|
Barren, Cumberland
|
Tompkinsville
|
|
Trigg County
|
1820 |
66
|
Caldwell, Christian
|
Cadiz
|
|
Grant County
|
1820 |
67
|
Pendleton
|
Williamstown
|
|
Perry County
|
1821 |
68
|
Clay, Floyd
|
Hazard
|
|
Lawrence County
|
1822 |
69
|
Floyd, Greenup
|
Louisa
|
|
Pike County
|
1822 |
70
|
Floyd
|
Pikeville
|
|
Hickman County
|
1821 |
71
|
Caldwell, Livingston
|
Clinton
|
|
Calloway County
|
1821 |
72
|
Hickman
|
Murray
|
|
Morgan County
|
1823 |
73
|
Bath, Floyd
|
West Liberty
|
|
Oldham County
|
1824 |
74
|
Henry, Jefferson,
Shelby
|
LaGrange
|
|
Graves County
|
1821 |
75
|
Hickman
|
Mayfield
|
|
Meade County
|
1824 |
76
|
Breckinridge, Hardin
|
Brandenburg
|
|
Spencer County
|
1824 |
77
|
Bullitt, Nelson,
Shelby
|
Taylorsville
|
|
McCracken County
|
1821 |
78
|
Hickman
|
Paducah
|
|
Edmonson
|
1825 |
79
|
Grayson, Hart,
Warren
|
Brownsville
|
|
Laurel County
|
1826 |
80
|
Clay, Knox,
Rockcastle, Whitley
|
London
|
|
Russell County
|
1826 |
81
|
Adair, Cumberland,
Wayne
|
Jamestown
|
|
Anderson County
|
1827 |
82
|
Franklin, Mercer,
Washington
|
Lawrenceburg
|
|
Hancock County
|
1829 |
83
|
Breckinridge,
Daviess, Ohio
|
Hawesville
|
|
Marion County
|
1834 |
84
|
Washington
|
Lebanon
|
|
Clinton County
|
1836 |
85
|
Cumberland, Wayne
|
Albany
|
|
Trimble County
|
1837 |
86
|
Gallatin, Henry,
Oldham
|
Bedford
|
|
Carroll County
|
1838 |
87
|
Gallatin, Henry,
Trimble
|
Carrollton
|
|
Carter County
|
1838 |
88
|
Greenup, Lawrence
|
Grayson
|
|
Breathitt County
|
1839 |
89
|
Clay, Estill, Perry
|
Jackson
|
|
Kenton County
|
1840 |
90
|
Campbell
|
Covington,
Independence
|
|
Crittenden County
|
1842 |
91
|
Livingston
|
Marion
|
|
Marshall County
|
1842 |
92
|
Calloway
|
Benton
|
|
Ballard County
|
1842 |
93
|
Hickman, McCracken
|
Wickliffe
|
|
Boyle County
|
1842 |
94
|
Lincoln, Mercer
|
Danville
|
|
Letcher County
|
1842 |
95
|
Perry, Harlan
|
Whitesburg
|
|
Owsley County
|
1843 |
96
|
Breathitt, Clay,
Estill
|
Booneville
|
|
Johnson County
|
1843 |
97
|
Floyd, Lawrence,
Morgan
|
Paintsville
|
|
Larue County
|
1843 |
98
|
Hardin
|
Hodgenville
|
|
Fulton County
|
1845 |
99
|
Hickman
|
Hickman
|
|
Taylor County
|
1848 |
100
|
Green
|
Campbellsville
|
|
Powell County
|
1852 |
101
|
Clark, Estill,
Montgomery
|
Stanton
|
|
Lyon County
|
1854 |
102
|
Caldwell
|
Eddyville
|
|
McLean County
|
1854 |
103
|
Daviess, Muhlenberg,
Ohio
|
Calhoun
|
|
Rowan County
|
1856 |
104
|
Fleming, Morgan
|
Morehead
|
|
Jackson County
|
1858 |
105
|
Clay, Estill,
Laurel, Owsley, Madison, Rockcastle
|
McKee
|
|
Metcalfe County
|
1860 |
106
|
Adair, Barren,
Cumberland, Green, Monroe
|
Edmonton
|
|
Boyd County
|
1860 |
107
|
Carter, Greenup,
Lawrence
|
Catlettsburg
|
|
Magoffin County
|
1860 |
108
|
Floyd, Johnson,
Morgan
|
Salyersville
|
|
Webster County
|
1860 |
109
|
Henderson, Hopkins,
Union
|
Dixon
|
|
Wolfe County
|
1860 |
110
|
Breathitt, Morgan,
Owsley, Powell
|
Campton
|
|
Robertson County
|
1867 |
111
|
Bracken, Harrison,
Mason, Nicholas
|
Mount Olivet
|
|
Bell County
|
1867 |
112
|
Harlan, Knox
|
Pineville
|
|
Menifee County
|
1869 |
113
|
Bath, Montgomery,
Morgan, Powell, Wolfe
|
Frenchburg
|
|
Elliott County
|
1869 |
114
|
Carter, Lawrence,
Morgan
|
Sandy Hook
|
|
Lee County
|
1870 |
115
|
Breathitt, Estill,
Owsley, Wolfe
|
Beattyville
|
|
Martin County
|
1870 |
116
|
Floyd, Johnson,
Lawrence, Pike
|
Inez
|
|
Leslie County
|
1878 |
117
|
Clay, Harlan, Perry
|
Hyden
|
|
Knott County
|
1884 |
118
|
Breathitt, Floyd,
Letcher, Perry
|
Hindman
|
|
Carlisle County
|
1886 |
119
|
Ballard,
Breckinridge, Green
|
Bardwell
|
|
McCreary County
|
1912 |
120
|
Pulaski, Wayne,
Whitley
|
Whitley City
|
Source: Kentucky Department of Libraries and Archives