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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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Lee County, Kentucky
Lee County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Beattyville
Year Organized: 1870
Square Miles: 210
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Court House: P.O. Box G
County Courthouse
Beattyville, KY 41311-2007
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
Gen. Robert E. Lee (1807-1870), Confederate general, commander
of the Army of Northern Virginia, who eventually commanded the entire Southern
army.
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Gen. Lighthorse Harry Lee (1756-1818), Revolutionary War officer; Virginia
governor.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick
Facts
History
Lee county was formed in 1870. It is located in the Eastern Coal Field region of the state. The elevation in the
county ranges from 610 to 1367 feet above sea level. In 2000 the county population was 7,916 in a land area of 209.86
square miles, an average of 37.7 people per square mile. The county seat is Beattyville.
Neighboring Counties:
- Northeast: Wolfe County
- East: Breathitt County
- South: Owsley County
- Southwest: Jackson County
- Northwest: Estill County; Powell County
Cities and Towns:
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- Beattyville
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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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