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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.

Grant County, Kentucky

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

County Seat: Williamstown
Year Organized: 1820
Square Miles: 260

Court House:

101 N. Main Street
County Courthouse
Williamstown, KY 41097-1188

Etymology - Origin of County Name

Col. John Grant (1754-1826), pioneer; salt producer in the Licking Valley.

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

County History

Grant county was formed in 1820. It is located in the Outer Bluegrass region of the state. The elevation in the county ranges from 530 to 1000 feet above sea level. In 2000 the county population was 22,384 in a land area of 259.93 square miles, an average of 86.1 people per square mile. The county seat is Williamstown.

Neighboring Counties:

North: Kenton County
Northeast: Pendleton County
Southeast: Harrison County
South: Scott County
Southwest: Owen County
Northwest: Gallatin County; Boone County

Cities and Towns:

- Corinth	city	Incorporated Area
- Crittenden	city	Incorporated Area
- Dry Ridge	city	Incorporated Area
- Williamstown (County Seat)	city	Incorporated Area

County Resources:

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County Resources

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."