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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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Leslie County, Kentucky
Leslie County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Hyden
Year Organized: 1878
Square Miles: 404
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Court House: P.O. Box 619
County Courthouse
Hyden, KY 41749-0619
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
Preston H. Leslie (1819-1907), Kentucky governor; territorial
governor of Montana.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick
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History
Leslie county was formed in 1878. It is located in the Eastern Coal Field region of the state. The elevation in the
county ranges from 757 to 2600 feet above sea level. In 2000 the county population was 12,401 in a land area of 404.03
square miles, an average of 30.7 people per square mile. The county seat is Hyden. The Frontier Nursing Service has its
headquarters in Wendover, just south of Hyden
Neighboring Counties:
- Northeast: Perry County
- Southeast: Harlan County
- Southwest: Bell County
- West: Clay County
Cities and Towns:
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- Harlan |
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- Hyden
(County Seat) |
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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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