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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.

Bullitt County, Kentucky

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

County Seat: Shepherdsville
Year Organized: 1797
Square Miles: 299

Court House:

P.O. Box 397
County Courthouse
Shepherdsville, KY 40165-0397

Etymology - Origin of County Name

Alexander Scott Bullitt (1762-1816), helped draft Kentucky's first constitution; first president of the Kentucky Senate; first Lt. Governor.

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

County History

Bullitt county was formed in 1797. It is located in the Western Knobs region of the state. The elevation in the county ranges from 385 to 998 feet above sea level. In 2000 the county population was 61,236 in a land area of 299.08 square miles, an average of 204.7 people per square mile. The county seat is Shepherdsville.

Neighboring Counties:

North: Jefferson County
East: Spencer County
Southeast: Nelson County
Southwest: Hardin County

Cities and Towns:

- Fox Chase	city	Incorporated Area
- Hebron Estates	city	Incorporated Area
- Hillview	city	Incorporated Area
- Hunters Hollow	city	Incorporated Area
- Lebanon Junction	city	Incorporated Area
- Mount Washington	city	Incorporated Area
- Pioneer Village	city	Incorporated Area
- Shepherdsville (County Seat)	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."