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Kentucky Counties

Despite ranking 37th in size by area, Kentucky has 120 counties, third in the U.S. behind Texas's 254 and Georgia's 159.

Boyle County, Kentucky

Boyle County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education

County Seat: Danville
Year Organized: 1842
Square Miles: 182

Court House:

321 W Main Street
County Courthouse
Danville, KY 40422-9048

Etymology - Origin of County Name

John Boyle (1774-1834), congressman, Chief Justice of the Kentucky Court of Appeals, US District Judge.

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

County History

Boyle county was formed in 1842. It is located in the Bluegrass region of the state. The elevation in the county ranges from 740 to 1364 feet above sea level. In 2000 the county population was 27,697 in a land area of 181.90 square miles, an average of 152.3 people per square mile. The county seat is Danville.

Neighboring Counties:

North: Mercer County
East: Garrard County
Southeast: Lincoln County
South: Casey County
West: Marion County
Northwest: Washington County

Cities and Towns:

- Danville (County Seat)	city	Incorporated Area
- Junction City	city	Incorporated Area
- Perryville	city	Incorporated Area

County Resources:

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County Resources

The history of our nation was a prolonged struggle to define the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local. And the names given the counties, our most locally based jurisdictions, reflects the "characteristic features of this country!"

But age, size and colorful names of our counties isn't the only reason to explore counties' role in American history, or the history of county government itself. In fact, the story of county government reflects the larger meanings of American history.

Today's counties are the most flexible, locally responsive and creative governments in the US. They are the most diverse, varying in size, population, geography, and governmental structure. In their politics and policies, they express a 1990's political slogan "Think globally, act locally."