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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.

Campbell County, Kentucky

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

County Seat: Newport
Year Organized: 1795
Square Miles: 152

Court House:

24 W. 4th Street
County Courthouse
Newport, KY 41071-4152

Etymology - Origin of County Name

Col. John Campbell (1735-1799), Revolutionary War officer; founder of Louisville; state senator.

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

County History

Campbell county was formed in 1795. It is located in the Outer Bluegrass region of the state. The elevation in the county ranges from 455 to 920 feet above sea level. In 2000 the county population was 88,616 in a land area of 151.55 square miles, an average of 584.7 people per square mile. The county seats are Alexandria and Newport. Campbell county is in the northern Kentucky area.

Neighboring Counties:

Northeast: Clermont County, Ohio
South: Pendleton County
West: Kenton County
Northwest: Hamilton County, Ohio

Cities and Towns:

- Alexandria	city	Incorporated Area
- Bellevue	city	Incorporated Area
- California	city	Incorporated Area
- Cold Spring	city	Incorporated Area
- Crestview	city	Incorporated Area
- Dayton	city	Incorporated Area
- Fort Thomas	city	Incorporated Area
- Highland Heights	city	Incorporated Area
- Melbourne	city	Incorporated Area
- Mentor	city	Incorporated Area
- Newport (County Seat)	city	Incorporated Area
- Silver Grove	city	Incorporated Area
- Southgate	city	Incorporated Area
- Wilder	city	Incorporated Area
- Woodlawn	city	Incorporated Area

County Resources:

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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."