e-ReferenceDesk's College and 50 State Learning Resource Guide

Find Online Colleges

Find Campus Colleges

Kentucky State...

Kentucky

Choose a County

Adair, Allen, Anderson, Ballard, Barren, Bath, Bell, Boone, Bourbon, Boyd, Boyle, Bracken, Breathitt, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Butler, Caldwell, Calloway, Campbell, Carlisle, Carroll, Carter, Casey, Christian, Clark, Clay, Clinton, Crittenden, Cumberland, Daviess, Edmonson, Elliott, Estill, Fayette, Fleming, Floyd, Franklin, Fulton, Gallatin, Garrard, Grant, Graves, Grayson, Green, Greenup, Hancock, Hardin, Harlan, Harrison, Hart, Henderson, Henry, Hickman, Hopkins, Jackson, Jessamine, Johnson, Kenton, Knott, Knox, LaRue, Laurel, Lawrence, Lee, Leslie, Letcher, Lewis, Lincoln, Livingston, Logan, Lyon, Madison, Magoffin, Marion, Marshall, Martin, Mason, McCracken, McCreary, McLean, Meade, Menifee, Mercer, Metcalfe, Monroe, Montgomery, Morgan, Muhlenberg, Nelson, Nicholas, Ohio, Oldham, Owen, Owsley, Pendleton, Perry, Pike, Powell, Pulaski, Robertson, Rockcastle, Rowan, Russell, Scott, Shelby, Simpson, Spencer, Taylor, Todd, Trigg, Trimble, Union, Warren, Washington, Wayne, Webster, Whitley, Wolfe, Woodford

Kentucky Counties

Click Image to Enlarge

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.

Marshall County, Kentucky

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

County Seat: Benton
Year Organized: 1842
Square Miles: 305

Court House:

1101 Main Street
County Courthouse
Benton, KY 42025-1449

Etymology - Origin of County Name

John Marshall (1755-1835), founder of the US system of constitutional law, including the doctrine of judicial review, defendant in the famous case, Marbury v. Madison (1803), which established the Supreme Court's right to state and expound constitutional law.

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

County History

Marshall county was formed in 1842. It is located in the Jackson Purchase region of the state. The elevation in the county ranges from 302 to 550 feet above sea level. In 2000 the county population was 30,125 in a land area of 304.89 square miles, an average of 98.8 people per square mile. The county seat is Benton.

Neighboring Counties:

North: Livingston County
Northeast: Lyon County
East: Trigg County
South: Calloway County
Southwest: Graves County
Northwest: McCracken County

Cities and Towns:

- Benton (County Seat)	city	Incorporated Area
- Calvert City	city	Incorporated Area
- Hardin	city	Incorporated Area

County Resources:

Enter County Resources and Information Here

County Resources

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."