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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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Knox County, Kentucky
Knox County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Barbourville
Year Organized: 1800
Square Miles: 388 |
Court House: P.O. Box 173
County Courthouse
Barbourville, KY 40906-0173
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
Gen. Henry Knox (1750-1806), officer in the Continental Army;
1st US Secretary of War.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick
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History
Knox county was formed in 1800. It is located in the Eastern Coal Field region of the state. The elevation in the
county ranges from 890 to 2322 feet above sea level. In 2000 the county population was 31,795 in a land area of 387.66
square miles, an average of 82.0 people per square mile. The county seat is Barbourville.
Neighboring Counties:
- Northeast: Clay County
- Southeast: Bell County
- Southwest: Whitley County
- Northwest: Laurel County
Cities and Towns:
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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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