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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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Hancock County, Kentucky
Hancock County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Hawesville
Year Organized: 1829
Square Miles: 189 |
Court House: P.O. Box 580
Administration Bldg
Hawesville, KY 42348-0580
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
John Hancock (1737-1793), President of the Continental
Congress; signer of the Declaration of Independence.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick
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History
Hancock county was formed in 1829. It is located in the Western Coal Field region of the state. The elevation in the
county ranges from 358 to 840 feet above sea level. In 2000 the county population was 8,392 in a land area of 188.80
square miles, an average of 44.4 people per square mile. The county seat is Hawesville.
Neighboring Counties:
- Northeast: Perry County, Ind.
- Southeast: Breckinridge County
- South: Ohio County
- Southwest: Daviess County
- Northwest: Spencer County, Ind.
Cities and Towns:
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- Hawesville
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- Lewisport |
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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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