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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.

Scott County, Kentucky

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

County Seat: Georgetown
Year Organized: 1792
Square Miles: 285

Court House:

PO Box 973
County Courthouse
Georgetown, KY 40324-0973

Etymology - Origin of County Name

Gen. Charles Scott (1739-1813), Revolutionary War officer and Kentucky governor.

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

County History

Scott county was formed in 1792. It is located in the Inner Bluegrass region of the state. The elevation in the county ranges from 690 to 1060 feet above sea level. In 2000 the county population was 33,061 in a land area of 284.72 square miles, an average of 116.1 people per square mile. The county seat is Georgetown.

Neighboring Counties:

North: Grant County
Northeast: Harrison County
Southeast: Bourbon County; Fayette County
Southwest: Woodford County; Franklin County
Northwest: Owen County

Cities and Towns:

- Georgetown (County Seat)	city	Incorporated Area
- Sadieville	city	Incorporated Area
- Stamping Ground	city	Incorporated Area

County Resources:

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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."