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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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Jessamine County, Kentucky
Jessamine County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Nicholasville
Year Organized: 1799
Square Miles: 173 |
Court House: 101 N. Main Street
County Courthouse
Nicholasville, KY 40356-1270
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
Its name's origin questionable, historians attribute Jessamine
County's name to originate from the jasmine flowers that grow in the area, or
the area is named after a Jessamine Creek near Wilmore.
Demographics:
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Facts
History
Jessamine county was formed in 1799. It is located in the Inner Bluegrass region of the state. The elevation in the
county ranges from 497 to 1072 feet above sea level. In 2000 the county population was 39,041 in a land area of 173.13
square miles, an average of 225.5 people per square mile. The county seat is Nicholasville.
Neighboring Counties:
- Northeast: Fayette County
- Southeast: Madison County
- South: Garrard County
- Southwest: Mercer County
- Northwest: Woodford County
Cities and Towns:
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- Nicholasville
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- Wilmore |
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Incorporated Area |
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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