| County | Parent County/Counties | Date Effective | County Seat |
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Adair
| Green | 04-01-1802 | Columbia |
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Allen
| Barren, Warren | 04-01-1815 | Scottsville |
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Anderson
| Franklin, Mercer, Washington | 02-01-1827 | Lawrenceburg |
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Ballard
| Hickman, McCracken | 05-23-1842 | Wickliffe |
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Barren
| Green, Warren | 05-10-1799 | Glasgow |
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Bath
| Montgomery | 02-04-1811 | Owingsville |
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Bell
| Harlan, Knox | 08-01-1867 | Pineville |
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Boone
| Campbell | 06-01-1799 | Burlington |
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Bourbon
| Fayette | 05-01-1786 | Paris |
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Boyd
| Carter, Greenup, Lawrence | 05-01-1860 | Catlettsburg |
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Boyle
| Lincoln, Mercer | 03-01-1842 | Danville |
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Bracken
| Campbell, Mason | 06-01-1797 | Brooksville |
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Breathitt
| Clay, Estill, Perry | 04-01-1839 | Jackson |
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Breckinridge
| Hardin | 01-01-1800 | Hardinsburg |
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Bullitt
| Jefferson, Nelson | 01-01-1797 | Shepherdsville |
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Butler
| Logan, Ohio | 05-01-1810 | Morgantown |
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Caldwell
| Livingston | 05-01-1809 | Princeton |
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Calloway
| Hickman | 01-25-1823 | Murray |
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Campbell
| Harrison, Mason, Scott | 05-10-1795 | Alexandria Newport |
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Carlisle
| Ballard | 05-03-1886 | Bardwell |
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Carroll
| Gallatin, Henry, Trimble | 03-01-1838 | Carrollton |
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Carter
| Greenup, Lawrence | 05-01-1838 | Grayson |
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Casey
| Lincoln | 05-04-1807 | Liberty |
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Christian
| Logan | 03-01-1797 | Hopkinsville |
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Clark
| Bourbon, Fayette | 02-01-1793 | Winchester |
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Clay
| Floyd, Knox, Madison | 04-01-1807 | Manchester |
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Clinton
| Cumberland, Wayne | 04-01-1836 | Albany |
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Crittenden
| Livingston | 04-01-1842 | Marion |
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Cumberland
| Green | 07-01-1799 | Burkesville |
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Daviess
| Ohio | 06-01-1815 | Owensboro |
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Edmonson
| Grayson, Hart, Warren | 02-01-1825 | Brownsville |
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Elliott
| Carter, Lawrence, Morgan | 04-01-1869 | Sandy Hook |
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Estill
| Clark, Madison | 04-01-1808 | Irvine |
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Fayette
| Kentucky | 11-01-1780 | Lexington |
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Fleming
| Mason | 03-01-1798 | Flemingsburg |
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Floyd
| Fleming, Mason, Montgomery | 06-01-1800 | Prestonsburg |
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Franklin
| Mercer, Shelby, Woodford | 05-10-1795 | Frankfort |
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Fulton
| Hickman | 04-01-1845 | Hickman |
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Gallatin
| Franklin, Shelby | 05-13-1799 | Warsaw |
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Garrard
| Lincoln, Madison, Mercer | 06-01-1797 | Lancaster |
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Grant
| Pendleton | 04-01-1820 | Williamstown |
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Graves
| Hickman | 01-15-1824 | Mayfield |
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Grayson
| Hardin, Ohio | 04-01-1810 | Leitchfield |
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Green
| Lincoln, Nelson | 01-01-1793 | Greensburg |
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Greenup
| Mason | 02-01-1804 | Greenup |
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Hancock
| Breckinridge, Daviess, Ohio | 03-23-1829 | Hawesville |
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Hardin
| Nelson | 02-20-1793 | Elizabethtown |
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Harlan
| Knox | 04-01-1819 | Harlan |
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Harrison
| Bourbon, Scott | 02-01-1794 | Cynthiana |
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Hart
| Hardin, Barren | 04-01-1819 | Munfordville |
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Henderson
| Christian | 05-15-1799 | Henderson |
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Henry
| Shelby | 06-01-1799 | New Castle |
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Hickman
| Caldwell, Livingston | 01-15-1822 | Clinton |
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Hopkins
| Henderson | 05-01-1807 | Madisonville |
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Jackson
| Clay, Estill, Laurel, Owsley, Madison, Rockcastle | 04-25-1858 | McKee |
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Jefferson
| Kentucky | 11-01-1780 | Louisville |
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Jessamine
| Fayette | 02-01-1799 | Nicholasville |
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Johnson
| Floyd, Lawrence, Morgan | 04-01-1843 | Paintsville |
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Kenton
| Campbell | 04-30-1840 | Independence Covington |
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Knott
| Breathitt, Floyd, Letcher, Perry | 05-15-1884 | Hindman |
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Knox
| Lincoln | 06-02-1800 | Barbourville |
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Larue
| Hardin | 03-01-1843 | Hodgenville |
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Laurel
| Clay, Knox, Rockcastle, Whitley | 02-13-1826 | London |
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Lawrence
| Floyd, Greenup | 02-11-1822 | Louisa |
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Lee
| Breathitt, Estill, Owsley, Wolfe | 03-01-1870 | Beattyville |
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Leslie
| Clay, Harlan, Perry | 04-15-1878 | Hyden |
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Letcher
| Perry, Harlan | 04-01-1842 | Whitesburg |
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Lewis
| Mason | 04-01-1807 | Vanceburg |
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Lincoln
| Kentucky | 11-01-1780 | Stanford |
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Livingston
| Christian | 05-21-1799 | Smithland |
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Logan
| Lincoln | 09-01-1792 | Russellville |
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Lyon
| Caldwell | 04-01-1854 | Eddyville |
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Madison
| Lincoln | 08-01-1786 | Richmond |
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Magoffin
| Floyd, Johnson, Morgan | 04-25-1860 | Salyersville |
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Marion
| Washington | 03-01-1834 | Lebanon |
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Marshall
| Calloway | 06-01-1842 | Benton |
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Martin
| Floyd, Johnson, Lawrence, Pike | 09-01-1870 | Inez |
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Mason
| Bourbon | 05-01-1789 | Maysville |
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McCracken
| Hickman | 01-15-1825 | Paducah |
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McCreary
| Pulaski, Wayne, Whitley | 03-12-1912 | Whitley City |
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McLean
| Daviess, Muhlenberg, Ohio | 05-08-1854 | Calhoun |
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Meade
| Breckinridge, Hardin | 03-22-1824 | Brandenburg |
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Menifee
| Bath, Montgomery, Morgan, Powell, Wolfe | 05-01-1869 | Frenchburg |
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Mercer
| Lincoln | 08-01-1786 | Harrodsburg |
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Metcalfe
| Adair, Barren, Cumberland, Green, Monroe | 05-07-1860 | Edmonton |
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Monroe
| Barren, Cumberland | 04-01-1820 | Tompkinsville |
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Montgomery
| Clark | 03-01-1797 | Mount Sterling |
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Morgan
| Bath, Floyd | 03-10-1823 | West Liberty |
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Muhlenberg
| Christian, Logan | 05-15-1799 | Greenville |
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Nelson
| Jefferson | 01-01-1785 | Bardstown |
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Nicholas
| Bourbon, Mason | 06-01-1800 | Carlisle |
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Ohio
| Hardin | 07-01-1799 | Hartford |
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Oldham
| Henry, Jefferson, Shelby | 02-01-1824 | LaGrange |
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Owen
| Franklin, Gallatin, Scott, Pendleton | 04-01-1819 | Owenton |
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Owsley
| Breathitt, Clay, Estill | 06-01-1843 | Booneville |
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Pendleton
| Bracken, Campbell | 05-10-1799 | Falmouth |
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Perry
| Clay, Floyd | 02-26-1821 | Hazard |
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Pike
| Floyd | 03-01-1822 | Pikeville |
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Powell
| Clark, Estill, Montgomery | 05-10-1852 | Stanton |
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Pulaski
| Green, Lincoln | 06-01-1799 | Somerset |
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Robertson
| Bracken, Harrison, Mason, Nicholas | 08-01-1867 | Mount Olivet |
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Rockcastle
| Knox, Lincoln, Madison, Pulaski | 04-01-1810 | Mount Vernon |
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Rowan
| Fleming, Morgan | 05-01-1856 | Morehead |
|
Russell
| Adair, Cumberland, Wayne | 04-01-1826 | Jamestown |
|
Scott
| Woodford | 09-01-1792 | Georgetown |
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Shelby
| Jefferson | 09-01-1792 | Shelbyville |
|
Simpson
| Allen, Logan, Warren | 04-01-1819 | Franklin |
|
Spencer
| Bullitt, Nelson, Shelby | 01-15-1824 | Taylorsville |
|
Taylor
| Green | 03-01-1848 | Campbellsville |
|
Todd
| Christian, Logan | 04-01-1820 | Elkton |
|
Trigg
| Caldwell, Christian | 04-01-1820 | Cadiz |
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Trimble
| Gallatin, Henry, Oldham | 04-01-1837 | Bedford |
|
Union
| Henderson | 05-01-1811 | Morganfield |
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Warren
| Logan | 03-01-1797 | Bowling Green |
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Washington
| Nelson | 09-01-1792 | Springfield |
|
Wayne
| Cumberland, Pulaski | 03-01-1801 | Monticello |
|
Webster
| Henderson, Hopkins, Union | 07-01-1860 | Dixon |
|
Whitley
| Knox | 04-01-1818 | Williamsburg |
|
Wolfe
| Breathitt, Morgan, Owsley, Powell | 07-01-1860 | Campton |
|
Woodford
| Fayette | 05-01-1789 | Versailles |
