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Despite ranking 37th in size by area, Kentucky has 120 counties, third in the U.S. behind Texas's 254 and Georgia's 159.

Harlan County, Kentucky

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

County Seat: Harlan
Year Organized: 1819
Square Miles: 467

Court House:

PO Box 670
County Courthouse
Harlan, KY 40831-0670

Etymology - Origin of County Name

Maj. Silas Harlan (1752-1782), pioneer and Salt River settler; served with George Rogers Clark.

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

County History

Harlan county was formed in 1819. It is located in the Eastern Coal Field region of the state. The elevation in the county ranges from 1070 to 4145 feet above sea level, the highest in the state. In 2000 the county population was 33,202 in a land area of 467.20 square miles, an average of 71.1 people per square mile. The county seat is Harlan. The highest point is on Black Mountain.

Neighboring Counties:

North: Perry County
Northeast: Letcher County; Wise County, Va.
Southeast: Lee County, Va.
Southwest: Bell County
Northwest: Leslie County

Cities and Towns:

- Benham	city	Incorporated Area
- Cumberland	city	Incorporated Area
- Evarts	city	Incorporated Area
- Harlan (County Seat)	city	Incorporated Area
- Loyall	city	Incorporated Area
- Lynch	city	Incorporated Area
- Wallins Creek	city	Incorporated Area

County Resources:

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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!"

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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."