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Kentucky Counties
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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. |
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Breckinridge County, Kentucky
Breckinridge County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Hardinsburg
Year Organized: 1800
Square Miles: 572 |
Court House: P.O. Box 227
County Courthouse Annex
Hardinsburg, KY 40143-0227
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
John Breckinridge (1760-1806), Kentucky Attorney General,
legislator, US Senator, US Attorney General.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick
Facts
History
Breckinridge county was formed in 1800. It is located in the Pennyrile region of the state. The elevation in the
county ranges from 383 to 920 feet above sea level. In 2000 the county population was 18,648 in a land area of 572.41
square miles, an average of 32.6 people per square mile. The county seat is Hardinsburg.
Neighboring Counties:
- Northeast: Meade County
- East: Hardin County
- South: Grayson County
- Southwest: Ohio County
- Northwest: Hancock County; Perry County, Ind.
Cities and Towns:
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- Cloverport |
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- Hardinsburg
(County
Seat) |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Irvington |
city |
Incorporated Area |
County Resources:
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The history of our nation can be seen as a prolonged struggle to define the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local. And the names we've given our counties, our most locally based jurisdictions, reflects the "characteristic
features of our 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." |
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