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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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Jefferson County, Kentucky

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

 

County Seat: Louisville
Year Organized: 1780
Square Miles: 385		 Court House:

527 West Jefferson Street
Metro Hall
Louisville, KY 40202-2814
Etymology - Origin of County Name

Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), draftsman of the Declaration of Independence of the United States and the nation's first secretary of state, vice president and president, (1801–09), statesman responsible for the Louisiana Purchase.

 

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

History

Jefferson county was formed in 1780. It is located in the Outer Bluegrass region of the state. The elevation in the county ranges from 383 to 902 feet above sea level. In 2000 the county population was 693,604 in a land area of 385.09 square miles, an average of 1801.1 people per square mile. The county seat is Louisville. Jefferson was one of the original counties in the Kentucky territory of Virginia. It is the most populous county and the most densely populated county in the state.

 

 

Neighboring Counties:
  • North: Perry County
  • Northeast: Letcher County; Wise County, Va.
  • Southeast: Lee County, Va.
  • Southwest: Bell County
  • Northwest: Leslie County
Cities and Towns:
- Anchorage city Incorporated Area
- Audubon Park city Incorporated Area
- Bancroft city Incorporated Area
- Barbourmeade city Incorporated Area
- Beechwood Village city Incorporated Area
- Bellemeade city Incorporated Area
- Bellewood city Incorporated Area
- Blue Ridge Manor city Incorporated Area
- Briarwood city Incorporated Area
- Broeck Pointe city Incorporated Area
- Brownsboro Farm city Incorporated Area
- Brownsboro Village city Incorporated Area
- Cambridge city Incorporated Area
- Coldstream city Incorporated Area
- Creekside city Incorporated Area
- Crossgate city Incorporated Area
- Douglass Hills city Incorporated Area
- Druid Hills city Incorporated Area
- Fincastle city Incorporated Area
- Glenview city Incorporated Area
- Glenview Hills city Incorporated Area
- Glenview Manor city Incorporated Area
- Goose Creek city Incorporated Area
- Graymoor-Devondale city Incorporated Area
- Green Spring city Incorporated Area
- Hickory Hill city Incorporated Area
- Hills and Dales city Incorporated Area
- Hollow Creek city Incorporated Area
- Hollyvilla city Incorporated Area
- Houston Acres city Incorporated Area
- Hurstbourne city Incorporated Area
- Hurstbourne Acres city Incorporated Area
- Indian Hills city Incorporated Area
- Jeffersontown city Incorporated Area
- Kingsley city Incorporated Area
- Langdon Place city Incorporated Area
- Lincolnshire city Incorporated Area
- Louisville (County Seat) city/county Incorporated Area
- Lyndon city Incorporated Area
- Lynnview city Incorporated Area
- Manor Creek city Incorporated Area
- Maryhill Estates city Incorporated Area
- Meadow Vale city Incorporated Area
- Meadowbrook Farm city Incorporated Area
- Meadowview Estates city Incorporated Area
- Middletown city Incorporated Area
- Minor Lane Heights city Incorporated Area
- Mockingbird Valley city Incorporated Area
- Moorland city Incorporated Area
- Murray Hill city Incorporated Area
- Norbourne Estates city Incorporated Area
- Northfield city Incorporated Area
- Norwood city Incorporated Area
- Old Brownsboro Place city Incorporated Area
- Parkway Village city Incorporated Area
- Plantation city Incorporated Area
- Poplar Hills city Incorporated Area
- Prospect city Incorporated Area
- Richlawn city Incorporated Area
- Riverwood city Incorporated Area
- Rolling Fields city Incorporated Area
- Rolling Hills city Incorporated Area
- Seneca Gardens city Incorporated Area
- Shively city Incorporated Area
- South Park View city Incorporated Area
- Spring Mill city Incorporated Area
- Spring Valley city Incorporated Area
- St. Matthews city Incorporated Area
- St. Regis Park city Incorporated Area
- Strathmoor Manor city Incorporated Area
- Strathmoor Village city Incorporated Area
- Sycamore city Incorporated Area
- Ten Broeck city Incorporated Area
- Thornhill city Incorporated Area
- Watterson Park city Incorporated Area
- West Buechel city Incorporated Area
- Wildwood city Incorporated Area
- Windy Hills city Incorporated Area
- Woodland Hills city Incorporated Area
- Woodlawn Park city Incorporated Area
- Worthington Hills city Incorporated Area
County Resources:

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County Resource Guide

Counties: US Map

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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