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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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Calloway County, Kentucky
Calloway County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Murray
Year Organized: 1821
Square Miles: 386
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Court House: 101 South Fifth Street
County Courthouse
Murray, KY 42071-2567
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
Col. Richard Callaway (1722-1780), one of the founders of
Boonesborough; representative of Kentucky County in the Virginia General
Assembly.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick
Facts
History
Calloway county was formed in 1823. It is located in the Jackson Purchase region of the state. The elevation in the
county ranges from 359 to 640 feet above sea level. In 2000 the county population was 34,177 in a land area of 386.25
square miles, an average of 88.5 people per square mile. The county seat is Murray.
Neighboring Counties:
- North: Marshall County
- Northeast: Trigg County
- Southeast: Stewart County, Tenn.
- South: Henry County, Tenn.
- Northwest: Graves County
Cities and Towns:
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- Hazel |
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- Murray
(County Seat) |
city |
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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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