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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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Lincoln County, Kentucky
Lincoln County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Stanford
Year Organized: 1780
Square Miles: 337
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Court House: 102 East Main Street
County Courthouse
Stanford, KY 40484-1279
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
Gen. Benjamin Lincoln (1733-1810), Revolutionary War officer;
Secretary of War for the Continental Congress.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick
Facts
History
Lincoln county was formed in 1780. It is located in the Southern Knobs region of the state. The elevation in the
county ranges from 760 to 1440 feet above sea level. In 2000 the county population was 23,361 in a land area of 336.26
square miles, an average of 69.5 people per square mile. The county seat is Stanford. Lincoln was one of the original
counties in the Kentucky territory of Virginia.
Neighboring Counties:
- Northeast: Garrard County
- Southeast: Rockcastle County
- South: Pulaski County
- Southwest: Casey County
- Northwest: Boyle County
Cities and Towns:
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- Crab Orchard |
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- Hustonville |
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- Stanford
(County Seat) |
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Incorporated Area |
County Resources:
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Online High Schools
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County Resource Guide
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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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