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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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Franklin County, Kentucky
Franklin County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Frankfort
Year Organized: 1795
Square Miles: 210 |
Court House: 313 West Main Street
County Courthouse
Frankfort, KY 40601-1807
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), printer, publisher, inventor,
statesman, diplomat and scientist.
Demographics:
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History
Franklin county was formed in 1795. It is located in the Inner Bluegrass region of the state. The elevation in the
county ranges from 455 to 930 feet above sea level. In 2000 the county population was 47,687 in a land area of 210.46
square miles, an average of 226.6 people per square mile. The county seat is Frankfort. Frankfort is the capital of
Kentucky.
Neighboring Counties:
- North: Owen County
- Northeast: Scott County
- Southeast: Woodford County
- Southwest: Anderson County
- West: Shelby County
- Northwest: Henry County
Cities and Towns:
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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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