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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.

Grayson County, Kentucky

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

County Seat: Leitchfield
Year Organized: 1810
Square Miles: 504

Court House:

10 Public Square
County Courthouse
Leitchfield, KY 42754-1127

Etymology - Origin of County Name

Col. William Grayson, Revolutionary War aide to Gen. George Washington; delegate to the Virginia General Assembly and the Continental Congress.

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

County History

Grayson county was formed in 1810. It is located in the Western Coal Field region of the state. The elevation in the county ranges from 395 to 963 feet above sea level. In 2000 the county population was 24,053 in a land area of 503.68 square miles, an average of 47.8 people per square mile. The county seat is Leitchfield.

Neighboring Counties:

North: Breckinridge County
Northeast: Hardin County
Southeast: Hart County; Edmonson County
Southwest: Butler County
West: Ohio County

Cities and Towns:

- Caneyville	city	Incorporated Area
- Clarkson	city	Incorporated Area
- Leitchfield (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."