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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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Carlisle County, Kentucky
Carlisle County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Bardwell
Year Organized: 1886
Square Miles: 192 |
Court House: P.O. Box 176
County Courthouse
Bardwell, KY 42023-0279
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
John Griggin Carlisle (1835-1910), US congressman; Speaker of
the House; Secretary of the Treasury.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick
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History
Carlisle county was formed in 1886. It is located in the Jackson Purchase region of the state. The elevation in the
county ranges from 283 to 550 feet above sea level. In 2000 the county population was 5,351 in a land area of 192.49
square miles, an average of 27.8 people per square mile. The county seat is Bardwell.
Neighboring Counties:
- North: Ballard County
- Northeast: McCracken County
- Southeast: Graves County
- South: Hickman County
- West: Mississippi County, Mo.
Cities and Towns:
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- Arlington |
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- Bardwell
(County Seat) |
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Incorporated Area |
County Resources:
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County Resource Guide
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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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