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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.

Henry County, Kentucky

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

County Seat: New Castle
Year Organized: 1799
Square Miles: 289

Court House:

P.O. Box 202
County Courthouse
New Castle, KY 40050-0202

Etymology - Origin of County Name

Patrick Henry (1736-1799), Revolutionary War statesman and patriot; member of the Continental Congress; governor of Virginia.

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

County History

Henry county was formed in 1799. It is located in the Outer Bluegrass region of the state. The elevation in the county ranges from 425 to 950 feet above sea level. In 2000 the county population was 15,060 in a land area of 289.32 square miles, an average of 52.1 people per square mile. The county seat is New Castle.

Neighboring Counties:

North: Carroll County
Northeast: Owen County
Southeast: Franklin County
South: Shelby County
West: Oldham County
Northwest: Trimble County

Cities and Towns:

- Campbellsburg	city	Incorporated Area
- Eminence	city	Incorporated Area
- New Castle (County Seat)	city	Incorporated Area
- Pleasureville	city	Incorporated Area
- Smithfield	city	Incorporated Area

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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."