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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
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Casey County, Kentucky
Casey County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Liberty
Year Organized: 1807
Square Miles: 446
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Court House: P.O. Box 306
County Courthouse
Liberty, KY 42539-0306
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
Col. William Casey (1754-1816), Virginia pioneer and settler in
the Kentucky Green River area.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick
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History
Casey county was formed in 1807. It is located in the Pennyrile and Outer Bluegrass regions of the state. The
elevation in the county ranges from 710 to 1789 feet above sea level. In 2000 the county population was 15,447 in a land
area of 445.61 square miles, an average of 34.7 people per square mile. The county seat is Liberty.
Neighboring Counties:
- North: Boyle County
- Northeast: Lincoln County
- Southeast: Pulaski County
- Southwest: Russell County; Adair County
- West: Taylor County
- Northwest: Marion County
Cities and Towns:
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- Liberty
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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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