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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.

Livingston County, Kentucky

Livingston County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education

County Seat: Smithland
Year Organized: 1799
Square Miles: 316

Court House:

P.O. Box 70
County Courthouse
Smithland, KY 42081-0070

Etymology - Origin of County Name

Robert R. Livingston (1746-1813), member of the Continental Congress and Secretary of Foreign Affairs; minister to France; one of the drafters of the Declaration of Independence.

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

County History

Livingston county was formed in 1799. It is located in the Pennyrile region of the state. The elevation in the county ranges from 302 to 754 feet above sea level. In 2000 the county population was 9,804 in a land area of 316.08 square miles, an average of 31.0 people per square mile. The county seat is Smithland.

Neighboring Counties:

North: Hardin County, Ill.
Northeast: Crittenden County
Southeast: Lyon County
South: Marshall County
Southwest: McCracken County
West: Massac County, Ill.
Northwest: Pope County, Ill.

Cities and Towns:

- Carrsville	city	Incorporated Area
- Grand Rivers	city	Incorporated Area
- Salem	city	Incorporated Area
- Smithland (County Seat)	city	Incorporated Area

County Resources:

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The history of our nation was a prolonged struggle to define the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local. And the names given the counties, our most locally based jurisdictions, reflects the "characteristic features of this 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."