KY: Individual County Chronologies

ADAIR created from GREEN. (Ky. Acts 1801, 10th assy., ch. 43, sec. 1/pp. 68-71)

ADAIR lost to WAYNE. (Ky. Acts 1803, 12th assy., ch. 21, sec. 1/pp. 30-31)

ADAIR gained from CUMBERLAND. (Ky. Acts 1804, 13th assy., ch. 63/pp. 86-87)

ADAIR exchanged with CUMBERLAND. (Ky. Acts 1805, 14th assy., ch. 34/p. 87)

ADAIR lost to creation of RUSSELL. (Ky. Acts 1825, 34th assy., ch. 39, sec. 1/pp. 40-44)

ADAIR lost to CASEY. (Ky. Acts 1827-1828, 36th assy., ch. 7, sec. 1/pp. 12-13)

ADAIR gained small area from BARREN to accommodate local property owner [not mapped]. (Ky. Acts 1842-1843, ch. 141/p. 21)

ADAIR lost to CASEY. (Ky. Acts 1843-1844, ch. 85/p. 17; Ky. Acts 1844-1845, ch. 17/p. 11)

ADAIR lost to creation of METCALFE. (Ky. Acts 1859-1860, vol. 1, ch. 104, sec. 1/pp. 11-14, ch. 524/p. 50, ch. 617, sec. 1/p. 57, and ch. 825, sec. 3/p. 82)

ADAIR lost to METCALFE. (Ky. Acts 1861, Sep. called sess., ch. 111, sec. 1/pp. 11-12)

Boundary between ADAIR and CUMBERLAND was clarified to accommodate local property owner [no change]. (Ky. Acts 1871, Jan. adj. sess., ch. 1414, sec. 1/pp. 43-44)

ALLEN created from BARREN and WARREN. (Ky. Acts 1814-1815, 23d assy., ch. 188, sec. 1/pp. 262-264)

ALLEN lost to WARREN. (Ky. Acts 1815-1816, 24th assy., ch. 332, sec. 1/p. 545)

ALLEN gained from WARREN, lost to creation of SIMPSON. (Ky. Acts 1818-1819, 27th assy., ch. 342, sec. 1/pp. 633-637)

ALLEN lost to SIMPSON. (Ky. Acts 1820, 29th assy., ch. 90, sec. 1/pp. 110-111)

ALLEN gained from SIMPSON. (Ky. Acts 1822, 31st assy., ch. 380, sec. 1/p. 51)

ALLEN gained from MONROE. (Ky. Acts 1824-1825, 33d assy., ch. 127, sec. 1/pp. 131-132)

ALLEN gained from BARREN. (Ky. Acts 1825, 34th assy., ch. 111, sec. 1/pp. 112-113)

ALLEN gained from WARREN. (Ky. Acts 1827-1828, 36th assy., ch. 85/p. 92)

ALLEN gained from BARREN. (Ky. Acts 1861, Nov. adj. sess., ch. 236, sec. 1/pp. 30-31)

ALLEN lost small area to BARREN to accommodate local property owner [not mapped]. (Ky. Acts 1887-1888, vol. 1, ch. 306, sec. 1/p. 650)

ANDERSON created from FRANKLIN, MERCER, and WASHINGTON. (Ky. Acts 1826-1827, 35th assy., ch. 35, sec. 1/pp. 44-47, and ch. 46, sec. 1/p. 55)

ANDERSON gained small area from FRANKLIN to accommodate local property owner. (Ky. Acts 1845-1846, ch. 176/pp. 10-11)

ANDERSON gained small area from FRANKLIN to accommodate local property owner [not mapped]. (Ky. Acts 1853-1854, vol. 1, ch. 93/p. 6)

ANDERSON gained from MERCER. (Ky. Acts 1877-1878, vol. 1, ch. 239, sec. 1/pp. 245-246)

ANDERSON gained small area from MERCER to accommodate local property owners [not mapped]. (Ky. Acts 1883-1884, vol. 1, ch. 1579, sec. 1/pp. 190-191)

ANDERSON gained from WASHINGTON. (Ky. Acts 1889-1890, vol. 2, ch. 756, secs. 1-4, 7/pp. 508-510; vol. 3, ch. 1797, secs. 1-3/pp. 1471-1472)

ANDERSON lost to MERCER. (Ky. Acts 1889-1890, vol. 3, ch. 1859, sec. 1/p. 1579)

AUGUSTA (Va.) created by Virginia from ORANGE (Va.); not fully organized, attached to ORANGE. AUGUSTA (Va.) included all of present Kentucky and West Virginia, and part of present Virginia; ORANGE jurisdiction over Kentucky continued indirectly through attachment. (Hening, 5:78-80; Robinson, 43, 50)

AUGUSTA (Va.) fully organized, detached from ORANGE (Va.). (Robinson, 74)

AUGUSTA (Va.) lost to FREDERICK (Va.) and lost to creation of HAMPSHIRE (W. Va.); area within present Kentucky was unchanged. (Hening, 6:376-379)

AUGUSTA (Va.) lost to creation of BOTETOURT (Va.); AUGUSTA eliminated from present Kentucky. (Hening, 8:395-398)

BALLARD created from HICKMAN and McCRACKEN. (Ky. Acts 1841-1842, ch. 188, sec. 1/pp. 36-38)

BALLARD lost to HICKMAN. (Ky. Acts 1853-1854, vol. 1, ch. 662/p. 89)

BALLARD lost to creation of CARLISLE. (Ky. Acts 1885-1886, vol. 1, ch. 495, sec. 1/pp. 41-45)

BARREN created from GREEN and WARREN. (Ky. Acts 1798-1799, 7th assy., ch. 43, secs. 1, 4/pp. 53-55)

BARREN gained from CUMBERLAND. (Ky. Acts 1799, 8th assy., ch. 20, sec. 1/p. 45)

BARREN lost to creation of ALLEN. (Ky. Acts 1814-1815, 23d assy., ch. 188, sec. 1/pp. 262-264)

BARREN lost to creation of HART. (Ky. Acts 1818-1819, 27th assy., ch. 352, sec. 1/pp. 648-652)

BARREN lost to creation of MONROE. (Ky. Acts 1819-1820, 28th assy., ch. 474, sec. 1/pp. 834-838)

BARREN lost to ALLEN. (Ky. Acts 1825, 34th assy., ch. 111, sec. 1/pp. 112-113)

BARREN gained from WARREN. (Ky. Acts 1826-1827, 35th assy., ch. 44, secs. 1, 4/pp. 53-54)

BARREN gained small area from HART to accommodate local property owner [not mapped]. (Ky. Acts 1834-1835, 43d assy., ch. 598, secs. 1-2/p. 33)

BARREN lost small area to ADAIR to accommodate local property owner [not mapped]. (Ky. Acts 1842-1843, ch. 141/p. 21)

BARREN lost to creation of METCALFE and lost small area to GREEN along the Little Barren River. (Ky. Acts 1859-1860, vol. 1, ch. 104, sec. 1/pp. 11-14, ch. 524/p. 50, ch. 617, sec. 1/p. 57, and ch. 825, sec. 3/p. 82)

BARREN lost small area to MONROE to accommodate local property owner [not mapped]. (Ky. Acts 1861, Jan. called sess., ch. 382, sec. 1/p. 41)

BARREN gained small area from METCALFE to accommodate local property owners [act repealed 3 October 1861; not mapped]. (Ky. Acts 1861, May called sess., ch. 58, sec. 1/p. 50)

BARREN lost small area to METCALFE (repealed act of 24 May 1861 and was in turn repealed 2 March 1863) [not mapped]. (Ky. Acts 1861, Sep. called sess., ch. 164, sec. 1/p. 19)

BARREN lost to ALLEN. (Ky. Acts 1861, Nov. adj. sess., ch. 236, sec. 1/pp. 30-31)

BARREN gained small area from METCALFE (repealed act of 3 October 1861) [not mapped]. (Ky. Acts 1863, Jan. adj. sess., ch. 969, secs. 1-2/p. 364)

BARREN gained small area from METCALFE to accommodate local property owner [not mapped]. (Ky. Acts 1869-1870, vol. 2, ch. 954, sec. 1/p. 662)

BARREN lost small area to METCALFE to accommodate local property owners [not mapped]. (Ky. Acts 1875-1876, vol. 2, ch. 675, sec. 1/p. 417)

BARREN gained small area from HART to accommodate local property owner [not mapped]. (Ky. Acts 1877-1878, vol. 2, ch. 658, sec. 1/p. 190)

BARREN lost small area to METCALFE to accommodate local property owner [not mapped]. (Ky. Acts 1885-1886, vol. 2, ch. 737, sec. 1/pp. 98-99)

BARREN gained small area from ALLEN to accommodate local property owner [not mapped]. (Ky. Acts 1887-1888, vol. 1, ch. 306, sec. 1/p. 650)

BATH created from MONTGOMERY. (Ky. Acts 1810-1811, 19th assy., ch. 221, sec. 1/pp. 43-45)

BATH gained from FLOYD. (Ky. Acts 1817-1818, 26th assy., ch. 195, sec. 1/p. 371)

BATH lost to creation of MORGAN. (Ky. Acts 1822, 31st assy., ch. 460, sec. 1/pp. 145-147)

BATH exchanged with POWELL. (Ky. Acts 1853-1854, vol. 1, ch. 549/p. 77)

BATH gained small area from MONTGOMERY, lost to creation of MENIFEE. (Ky. Acts 1869, Jan. adj. sess., ch. 1872, sec. 1/pp.65-69)

BATH lost small area to MENIFEE to accommodate local property owner [change too small to display on interactive map; shapefile users see small_changes 1870_pt. for location]. (Ky. Acts 1869-1870, vol. 1, ch. 571, sec. 1/p. 39)

BATH gained small area from MENIFEE to accommodate local property owners [change too small to display on interactive map; shapefile users see small_changes 1878_pt. for location]. (Ky. Acts 1877-1878, vol. 2, ch. 1014, sec. 1/p. 586)

BECKHAM (extinct) created from CARTER, ELLIOTT, LEWIS, and ROWAN. (Ky. Acts 1904, ch. 5, sec. 1/pp. 27-30)

Creation of BECKHAM (extinct) was overturned by court decision on constitutional grounds; BECKHAM eliminated. (Correspondence, Kentucky Historical Society, October 1991)

JOSH BELL (now BELL) created from HARLAN and KNOX. (Ky. Acts 1867, Jan. adj. sess., ch. 1553, sec. 1/pp. 47-50)

JOSH BELL (now BELL) exchanged with WHITLEY. (Ky. Acts 1871, Jan. adj. sess., ch. 1118, sec. 1/pp. 5-6)

JOSH BELL (now BELL) gained small area from KNOX [change too small to display on interactive map; shapefile users see small_changes 1872_pt. for location]. (Ky. Acts 1871-1872, vol. 1, ch. 824, sec. 1/p. 74)

Boundary between JOSH BELL (now BELL) and HARLAN was redefined [no discernible change]. (Ky. Acts 1873, Jan. adj. sess., ch. 514, sec. 1/p. 63)

Boundary between JOSH BELL (now BELL) and CLAY was redefined [no change]. (Ky. Acts 1873, Jan. adj. sess., ch. 938, sec. 1/p. 443)

JOSH BELL renamed BELL. (Ky. Acts 1873, Jan. adj. sess., ch. 47, sec. 1/pp. 4-5)

BELL gained small area from KNOX [change too small to display on interactive map; shapefile users see small_changes 1876_pt. for location]. (Ky. Acts 1875-1876, vol. 1, ch. 233, sec. 1/p. 374)

BELL lost small area to WHITLEY to accommodate local property owner [not mapped]. (Ky. Acts 1887-1888, vol. 1, ch. 427, sec. 1/pp. 876-887)

BOONE created from CAMPBELL. (Ky. Acts 1798-1799, 7th assy., ch. 4, sec. 1/pp. 7-9)

BOONE gained from GALLATIN. (Ky. Acts 1820, 29th assy., ch. 162, sec. 1/pp. 208-209)

BOONE lost to GALLATIN. (Ky. Acts 1836-1837, ch. 248, sec. 12/pp. 141-143; Ky. Acts 1837-1838, ch. 480, sec. 1/pp. 9-11)

BOONE lost to GRANT. (Ky. Acts 1869-1870, vol. 1, ch. 566, sec. 1/p. 38)

BOTETOURT (Va.) created by Virginia from AUGUSTA (Va.). BOTETOURT included all of present Kentucky and parts of present Virginia and West Virginia. (Hening, 8:395-398)

BOTETOURT (Va.) lost to creation of FINCASTLE (Va.); BOTETOURT eliminated from present Kentucky. (Hening, 8:600-601)

BOURBON created by Virginia from FAYETTE. (Hening, 12:89-91)

BOURBON lost to creation of MASON. (Hening, 12:658-659)

BOURBON became a Kentucky county when the state of Kentucky was created from the Kentucky District of Virginia. (Hening, 11:85; U.S. Stat., 1:189)

BOURBON lost to creation of CLARK. (Ky. Acts 1792, 1st assy., 2d sess., ch. 12, sec. 1/pp. 19-20)

BOURBON lost to creation of HARRISON. (Ky. Acts 1793, 2d assy., ch. 24, sec. 1/pp. 29-31)

BOURBON lost to CLARK. (Ky. Acts 1798-1799, 7th assy., ch. 5, sec. 1/pp. 10-11)

BOURBON lost to creation of NICHOLAS. (Ky. Acts 1799, 8th assy., ch. 11, secs. 1, 6/pp. 31-33)

Boundary between BOURBON and HARRISON was clarified [no change]. (Ky. Acts 1808-1809, 17th assy., ch. 49, sec. 1/p. 62)

Boundary between BOURBON and HARRISON was clarified [no change]. (Ky. Acts 1808-1809, 17th assy., ch. 73/p. 97)

BOURBON boundaries were clarified [no change]. (Ky. Acts 1809-1810, 18th assy., ch. 99, secs. 1-2/p. 13)

BOURBON lost to NICHOLAS. (Ky. Acts 1816-1817, 25th assy., ch. 27, secs. 1, 5/pp. 44-45)

Boundary between BOURBON and MONTGOMERY was clarified [no change]. (Ky. Acts 1869-1870, vol. 1, ch. 31, secs. 1, 5/pp. 34-35)

Boundary between BOURBON and HARRISON was clarified [no discernible change]. (Ky. Acts 1889-1890, vol. 1, ch. 482, secs. 1-2/pp. 1075-1076)

BOYD created from CARTER, GREENUP, and LAWRENCE. (Ky. Acts 1859-1860, vol. 1, ch. 288, sec. 1/pp. 32-35)

BOYLE created from LINCOLN and MERCER. (Ky. Acts 1841-1842, ch. 189, sec. 1/pp. 39-41, and ch. 365/p. 270)

BOYLE lost small area to MERCER to accommodate local property owner [not mapped]. (Ky. Acts 1843-1844, ch. 271, sec. 3/pp. 50-51)

BOYLE gained small area from CASEY to accommodate local property owners [change too small to display on interactive map; shapefile users see small_changes 1878_pt. for location]. (Ky. Acts 1877-1878, vol. 1, ch. 35, sec. 1/pp. 21-22)

BOYLE lost small area to GARRARD (act repealed 2 May 1888) [change too small to display on interactive map; shapefile users see small_changes 1882_pt. for location]. (Ky. Acts 1881-1882, vol. 1, ch. 421, sec. 1/p. 736)

BOYLE gained small area from CASEY to accommodate local property owner [not mapped]. (Ky. Acts 1887-1888, vol. 1, ch. 219, secs. 1-2/p. 456)

BOYLE gained small area from GARRARD (repealed act of 10 March 1882) [change too small to display on interactive map; shapefile users see small_changes 1888_pt. for location]. (Ky. Acts 1887-1888, vol. 3, ch. 1424, sec. 1/p. 733)

BRACKEN created from CAMPBELL and MASON. (Ky. Acts 1796-1797, 5th assy., 1st sess., sec. 1/pp. 5-6)

BRACKEN lost to creation of PENDLETON. (Ky. Acts 1798-1799, 7th assy., ch. 47, sec. 1/pp. 59-61)

BRACKEN lost to HARRISON. (Ky. Acts 1819-1820, 28th assy., ch. 524, sec. 1/pp. 892-893)

BRACKEN lost to HARRISON. (Ky. Acts 1833-1834, 42d assy., ch. 437/p. 581)

BRACKEN gained from NICHOLAS; BRACKEN also gained small area from HARRISON to accommodate local property owners [not mapped]. (Ky. Acts 1843-1844, ch. 268/p. 49; Ky. Acts 1843-1844, ch. 271, sec. 1/pp. 50-51)

BRACKEN gained small area from NICHOLAS [not mapped]. (Ky. Acts 1845-1846, ch. 277/p. 16)

BRACKEN gained small area from MASON to accommodate local property owners [change too small to display on interactive map; shapefile users see small_changes 1854_pt. for location]. (Ky. Acts 1853-1854, vol. 1, ch. 643, sec. 1/p. 89)

BRACKEN gained small area from HARRISON to accommodate local property owner [not mapped]. (Ky. Acts 1863-1864, ch. 256, sec. 1/p.342)

BRACKEN lost to creation of ROBERTSON. (Ky. Acts 1867, Jan. adj. sess., ch. 1317, sec. 1/pp. 37-41, and ch. 1541, sec. 1/pp. 50-51)

BRACKEN lost small area to PENDLETON. (Ky. Acts 1881-1882, vol. 2, ch. 1293, sec. 1/p. 843)

BREATHITT created from CLAY, ESTILL, and PERRY. (Ky. Acts 1838-1839, ch. 1192, sec. 1/pp. 144-145)

BREATHITT gained from ESTILL, lost to creation of OWSLEY. (Ky. Acts 1842-1843, ch. 43, secs, 1, 6/pp. 11-13)

BREATHITT gained small area from OWSLEY to accommodate local property owner [change too small to display on interactive map; shapefile users see small_changes 1844_pt. for location]. (Ky. Acts 1843-1844, ch. 299, sec. 1/pp. 68-69)

BREATHITT gained from PERRY. (Ky. Acts 1845-1846, ch. 284/p. 16)

BREATHITT lost small area to PERRY to accommodate local property owner [change too small to display on interactive map; shapefile users see small_changes 1849_pt. for location]. (Ky. Acts 1848-1849, ch. 627/p. 40)

BREATHITT gained small area from PERRY to accommodate local property owners [not mapped]. (Ky. Acts 1855-1856, vol. 1, ch. 611/p. 91)

BREATHITT lost to OWSLEY. (Ky. Acts 1859-1860, vol. 2, ch. 1264, sec. 1/p. 822)

BREATHITT lost to creation of WOLFE. (Ky. Acts 1859-1860, vol. 1, ch. 1326, sec. 1/pp. 138-141)

BREATHITT lost to creation of LEE. (Ky. Acts 1869-1870, vol. 1, ch. 202, sec. 1/pp. 14-18)

Boundary between BREATHITT and LEE was clarified [no change]. (Ky. Acts 1871, Jan. adj. sess., ch. 1400, sec. 1/p. 38)

BREATHITT gained small area from PERRY to accommodate local property owner [not mapped]. (Ky. Acts 1877-1878, vol. 1, ch. 362, sec. 1/pp. 423-424)

BREATHITT lost to creation of KNOTT. (Ky. Acts 1883-1884, vol. 1, ch. 1313, sec. 1/pp. 103-108)

BREATHITT lost to WOLFE. (Ky. Acts 1885-1886, vol. 1, ch. 536, secs. 1-3/pp. 1219-1220)

BREATHITT lost small area to LEE [change too small to display on interactive map; shapefile users see small_changes 1890_pt. for location]. (Ky. Acts 1889-1890, vol. 3, ch. 1807, sec. 1/p. 1483)

BRECKINRIDGE created from HARDIN. (Ky. Acts 1799, 8th assy., ch. 72, sec. 1/pp. 148-150)

BRECKINRIDGE lost to creation of MEADE. (Ky. Acts 1823-1824, 32d assy., ch. 609, sec. 1/pp. 336-338)

BRECKINRIDGE lost to creation of HANCOCK. (Ky. Acts 1828-1829, 37th assy., ch. 32, sec. 1/pp. 30-32)

BRECKINRIDGE gained from OHIO. (Ky. Acts 1830-1831, 39th assy., ch. 471, secs. 1, 3/pp. 79-80)

BULLITT created from JEFFERSON and NELSON. (Ky. Acts 1796-1797, 5th assy., 1st sess., sec. 1/pp. 3-4)

BULLITT gained from JEFFERSON. (Ky. Acts 1810-1811, 19th assy., ch. 226, sec. 1/p. 50)

BULLITT lost to creation of SPENCER. (Ky. Acts 1823-1824, 32d assy., ch. 708, sec. 1/pp. 441-443)

BUTLER created from LOGAN and OHIO. (Ky. Acts 1809-1810, 18th assy., ch. 119, sec. 1/pp. 44-47)

BUTLER gained small area from LOGAN. (Ky. Acts 1813-1814, 22d assy., ch. 102, sec. 1/pp. 129-130)

BUTLER gained from OHIO. (Ky. Acts 1871, Jan. adj. sess., ch. 1595, sec. 1/p. 64)

BUTLER lost to MUHLENBERG. (Ky. Acts 1889-1890, vol. 3, ch. 1734, secs. 1-2/p. 1307)

CALDWELL created from LIVINGSTON. (Ky. Acts 1808-1809, 17th assy., ch. 33, sec. 1/pp. 40-42)

CALDWELL gained from CHRISTIAN. (Ky. Acts 1818-1819, 27th assy., ch. 397, sec. 1/pp. 712-713)

CALDWELL lost to creation of TRIGG. (Ky. Acts 1819-1820, 28th assy., ch. 489, sec. 1/pp. 853-856, and ch. 554/pp. 938-939)

CALDWELL lost to creation of CALLOWAY, GRAVES, and HICKMAN. (Ky. Acts 1821, 30th assy., 1st sess., ch. 312, secs. 1, 8/pp. 390-395)

CALDWELL lost to TRIGG. (Ky. Acts 1824-1825, 33d assy., ch. 96, sec. 1/p. 101)

CALDWELL lost to TRIGG. (Ky. Acts 1825, 34th assy., ch. 43, sec. 1/pp. 46-48)

CALDWELL lost to TRIGG. (Ky. Acts 1826-1827, 35th assy., ch. 26/pp. 34-35)

CALDWELL lost to TRIGG. (Ky. Acts 1827-1828, 36th assy., ch. 177, sec. 1/p. 229)

CALDWELL lost to LIVINGSTON. (Ky. Acts 1837-1838, ch. 719, sec. 1/p. 140)

Boundary between CALDWELL and HOPKINS was clarified [no discernible change]. (Ky. Acts 1846-1847, ch. 118/p. 11)

CALDWELL lost to creation of LYON. (Ky. Acts 1853-1854, vol. 1, ch. 32, sec. 1/pp. 2-5, and ch. 471, sec. 9/pp. 68-69)

CALDWELL gained from LYON. (Ky. Acts 1863, Jan. adj. sess., ch. 701, sec. 1/p. 404)

CALLOWAY created from CALDWELL and LIVINGSTON; CALLOWAY not fully organized, attached to HICKMAN. (Ky. Acts 1821, 30th assy., 1st sess., ch. 312, secs. 1, 8/pp. 390-395)

CALLOWAY fully organized, detached from HICKMAN. (Ky. Acts 1822, 31st assy., ch. 411, sec. 1/pp. 86-88)

CALLOWAY lost to creation of MARSHALL. (Ky. Acts 1841-1842, ch. 180, sec. 1/pp. 33-34)

CAMPBELL created from HARRISON, MASON, and SCOTT. (Ky. Acts 1794, 3d assy., ch. 13, sec. 1/pp, 19-21)

CAMPBELL lost to creation of BRACKEN. (Ky. Acts 1796-1797, 5th assy., 1st sess., sec. 1/pp. 5-6)

CAMPBELL lost to creation of PENDLETON. (Ky. Acts 1798-1799, 7th assy., ch. 47, sec. 1/pp. 59-61)

CAMPBELL lost to creation of BOONE. (Ky. Acts 1798-1799, 7th assy., ch. 4, sec. 1/pp. 7-9)

CAMPBELL lost small area to GRANT to accommodate local property owner [not mapped]. (Ky. Acts 1831-1832, 40th assy., ch. 637/p. 74)

CAMPBELL lost to creation of KENTON. (Ky. Acts 1839-1840, ch. 175, sec. 1/pp. 109-111)

CARLISLE created from BALLARD. (Ky. Acts 1885-1886, vol. 1, ch. 495, sec. 1/pp. 41-45)

CARROLL created from GALLATIN and TRIMBLE. (Ky. Acts 1837-1838, ch. 773, sec. 1/pp. 170-172)

Boundary between CARROLL and TRIMBLE was clarified [no change]. (Ky. Acts 1839-1840, ch. 70/p. 40)

CARROLL gained from GALLATIN. (Ky. Acts 1871-1872, vol. 1, ch. 193, sec. 1/p. 14)

CARTER created from GREENUP and LAWRENCE. (Ky. Acts 1837-1838, ch. 760, sec. 1/p. 162-164)

CARTER lost to creation of BOYD. (Ky. Acts 1859-1860, vol. 1, ch. 288, sec. 1/pp. 32-35)

CARTER lost small area to ROWAN to accommodate local property owner [not mapped]. (Ky. Acts 1861, Sep. called sess., ch. 24, sec. 1/p. 1)

CARTER gained from GREENUP. (Ky. Acts 1862, Feb. adj. sess., ch. 555, sec. 1/p. 77)

CARTER exchanged with GREENUP (act repealed 3 June 1865). (Ky. Acts 1865, Jan. adj. sess., ch. 946, sec. 1/pp. 42-43)

CARTER exchanged with GREENUP (repealed act of 22 February 1865). (Ky. Acts 1865, Jan. adj. sess., ch. 1699, sec. 1/p. 549)

CARTER lost small area to LEWIS to accommodate local property owners [not mapped; act repealed 18 March 1871]. (Ky. Acts 1867-1868, vol. 2, ch. 1195, sec. 1/p. 622)

CARTER lost to creation of ELLIOTT. (Ky. Acts 1869, Jan. adj. sess., ch. 1297, sec. 1/pp. 69-73)

CARTER gained small area from LEWIS (repealed act of 9 March 1868) [not mapped]. (Ky. Acts 1871, Jan. adj. sess., ch. 1672, sec. 1/p. 69)

CARTER gained small area from ELLIOTT to accommodate local property owner [not mapped]. (Ky. Acts 1879-1880, vol. 1, ch. 636, sec. 1/p. 652)

CARTER lost small area to ROWAN to accommodate local property owner [not mapped]. (Ky. Acts 1881-1882, vol. 2, ch. 1253, sec. 1/p. 769)

CARTER lost to creation of BECKHAM (extinct). (Ky. Acts 1904, ch. 5, sec. 1/pp. 27-30)

CARTER gained from BECKHAM (extinct) when creation of BECKHAM was overturned by court decision on constitutional grounds; BECKHAM eliminated. (Correspondence, Kentucky Historical Society, October 1991)

CASEY created from LINCOLN. (Ky. Acts 1806, 15th assy., sec. 1/pp. 78-81)

CASEY lost to LINCOLN. (Ky. Acts 1807-1808, 16th assy., ch. 74, sec. 1/pp. 117-118)

Boundary between CASEY and LINCOLN was clarified [no discernible change]. (Ky. Acts 1813-1814, 22d assy., ch. 140, secs. 6-7/pp. 176-178)

CASEY lost to MERCER. (Ky. Acts 1820, 29th assy., ch. 139, sec. 1/pp. 170-172)

CASEY gained from ADAIR. (Ky. Acts 1827-1828, 36th assy., ch. 7, sec. 1/pp. 12-13)

CASEY lost small area to LINCOLN to accommodate local property owner [not mapped]. (Ky. Acts 1842-1843, ch. 126/p. 21)

CASEY gained from ADAIR. (Ky. Acts 1843-1844, ch. 85/p. 17; Ky. Acts 1844-1845, ch. 17/p. 11)

CASEY gained small area from RUSSELL to accommodate local property owner [change too small to display on interactive map; shapefile users see small_changes 1864_pt. for location]. (Ky. Acts 1863-1864, ch. 332, sec. 1/p. 383)

CASEY lost small area to BOYLE to accommodate local property owners [change too small to display on interactive map; shapefile users see small_changes 1878_pt. for location]. (Ky. Acts 1877-1878, vol. 1, ch. 35, sec. 1/pp. 21-22)

Boundary between CASEY and LINCOLN was redefined to accommodate local property owners [no change]. (Ky. Acts 1879-1880, vol. 2, ch. 955, sec. 1/p. 385)

CASEY lost small area to BOYLE to accommodate local property owner [not mapped]. (Ky. Acts 1887-1888, vol. 1, ch. 219, secs. 1-2/p. 456)

CHRISTIAN created from LOGAN. (Ky. Acts 1796-1797, 5th assy., 1st sess., sec. 1/pp. 13-14, and sec. 1/pp. 9-10)

CHRISTIAN lost to creation of HENDERSON and MUHLENBERG. (Ky. Acts 1798-1799, 7th assy., ch. 57, sec. 1/pp. 76-78, and ch. 65, sec. 1/pp. 128-130)

CHRISTIAN lost to creation of LIVINGSTON. (Ky. Acts 1798-1799, 7th assy., ch. 61, sec. 1/pp. 119-121)

CHRISTIAN lost to MUHLENBERG. (Ky. Acts 1800, 9th assy., ch. 10, sec. 1/p. 33)

CHRISTIAN lost to CALDWELL. (Ky. Acts 1818-1819, 27th assy., ch. 397, sec. 1/pp. 712-713)

CHRISTIAN lost to HOPKINS. (Ky. Acts 1819-1820, 28th assy., ch. 477, secs. 1-2/pp. 839-841)

CHRISTIAN lost to creation of TODD and TRIGG. (Ky. Acts 1819-1820, 28th assy., ch. 460, sec. 1/pp. 817-819, ch. 489, sec. 1/pp. 853-856, and ch. 554/pp. 938-939)

CLARK created from BOURBON and FAYETTE. (Ky. Acts 1792, 1st assy., 2d sess., ch. 12, sec. 1/pp. 19-20)

CLARK lost to creation of MONTGOMERY. (Ky. Acts 1796-1797, 5th assy., 1st sess., sec. 1/pp. 4-5)

CLARK gained from BOURBON. (Ky. Acts 1798-1799, 7th assy., ch. 5, sec. 1/pp. 10-11)

CLARK lost to creation of ESTILL. (Ky. Acts 1807-1808, 16th assy., ch. 38, sec. 1/pp. 64-66, and ch. 39, sec. 1/pp. 66-67)

CLARK lost to creation of POWELL. (Ky. Acts 1851-1852, ch. 325, sec. 1/pp. 29-32)

CLAY created from FLOYD, KNOX, and MADISON. (Ky. Acts 1806, 15th assy., sec. 1/pp. 139-141)

CLAY lost to MADISON. (Ky. Acts 1811-1812, 20th assy., ch. 392, sec. 1/p. 218)

CLAY lost to ESTILL. (Ky. Acts 1814-1815, 23d assy., ch. 191, sec. 1/p. 268)

CLAY lost to creation of PERRY. (Ky. Acts 1820, 29th assy., ch. 9, sec. 1/pp. 15-18, and ch. 124, sec. 3/pp. 152-153)

CLAY lost to creation of LAUREL. (Ky. Acts 1825, 34th assy., ch. 29, sec. 1/pp. 28-30)

CLAY lost to creation of BREATHITT. (Ky. Acts 1838-1839, ch. 1192, sec. 1/pp. 144-145)

CLAY lost to PERRY. (Ky. Acts 1842-1843, ch. 4, sec. 1/pp. 9-10)

CLAY lost to creation of OWSLEY. (Ky. Acts 1842-1843, ch. 43, secs. 1, 6/pp. 11-13)

CLAY lost small area to LAUREL to accommodate local property owners [not mapped]. (Ky. Acts 1848-1849, ch. 427/p. 22)

CLAY lost to PERRY. (Ky. Acts 1850-1851, vol. 1, ch. 20/p. 3)

CLAY gained from PERRY. (Ky. Acts 1850-1851, vol. 1, ch. 57/p. 14)

Boundary between CLAY and KNOX was clarified [no discernible change]. (Ky. Acts 1851-1852, ch. 203/pp. 513-514)

CLAY lost to HARLAN. (Ky. Acts 1851-1852, ch. 421/p. 723)

CLAY lost to creation of JACKSON. (Ky. Acts 1857-1858, vol. 1, ch. 167, sec. 1/pp. 18-22, and res. 13, p. 103)

Boundary between CLAY and JACKSON was clarified to accommodate local property owner [no change]. (Ky. Acts 1873, Jan. adj. sess., ch. 385, sec. 1/p. 493)

Boundary between CLAY and JOSH BELL (now BELL) was redefined [no change]. (Ky. Acts 1873, Jan. adj. sess., ch. 938, sec. 1/p. 443)

CLAY lost to creation of LESLIE. (Ky. Acts 1877-1878, vol. 1, ch. 666, sec. 1/pp. 70-74)

CLAY lost small area to LAUREL to accommodate local property owner [not mapped]. (Ky. Acts 1885-1886, ch. 828, sec. 1/p. 225)

CLAY gained small area from LAUREL to accommodate local property owner [not mapped]. (Ky. Acts 1889-1890, vol. 1, ch. 259, sec. 1/p. 467)

CLAY lost small area to LAUREL to accommodate local property owners [not mapped]. (Ky. Acts 1889-1890, vol. 1, ch. 462, sec. 1/pp. 978-979)

Boundary between CLAY and LAUREL was adjusted [no discernible change]. (Ky. Acts 1904, ch. 99, secs. 1-2/p. 209)

CLINTON created from CUMBERLAND and WAYNE. (Ky. Acts 1835-1836, 44th assy., ch. 245, sec. 1/pp. 261-264)

CLINTON gained small area from RUSSELL to accommodate local property owner (act repealed 7 February 1868) [not mapped]. (Ky. Acts 1840-1841, reg. sess., ch. 328/p. 222)

CLINTON lost small area to RUSSELL (repealed act of 16 February 1841) [not mapped]. (Ky. Acts 1867-1868, vol. 1, ch. 353, sec. 1/p. 477)

CRITTENDEN created from LIVINGSTON. (Ky. Acts 1841-1842, ch. 97, sec. 1/pp. 22-23)

CRITTENDEN lost to LIVINGSTON. (Ky. Acts 1847-1848, ch. 169, secs. 1, 5/pp. 14-15)

CUMBERLAND created from GREEN. (Ky. Acts 1798-1799, 7th assy., ch. 54, sec. 1/pp. 69-71)

CUMBERLAND lost to BARREN. (Ky. Acts 1799, 8th assy., ch. 20, sec. 1/p. 45)

CUMBERLAND lost to creation of WAYNE and lost small areas along the Cumberland River to GREEN. (Ky. Acts 1800, 9th assy., ch. 46, sec. 1/pp. 66-68)

CUMBERLAND lost to ADAIR. (Ky. Acts 1804, 13th assy., ch. 63/pp. 86-87)

CUMBERLAND exchanged with ADAIR. (Ky. Acts 1805, 14th assy., ch. 34/p. 87)

CUMBERLAND lost to creation of MONROE. (Ky. Acts 1819-1820, 28th assy., ch. 474, sec. 1/pp. 834-838)

CUMBERLAND lost to creation of RUSSELL. (Ky. Acts 1825, 34th assy., ch. 39, sec. 1/pp. 40-44)

CUMBERLAND lost to MONROE. (Ky. Acts 1829-1830, 38th assy., ch. 256, sec. 1/p. 76)

CUMBERLAND lost to creation of CLINTON. (Ky. Acts 1835-1836, 44th assy., ch. 245, sec. 1/pp. 261-264)

CUMBERLAND lost to creation of METCALFE. (Ky. Acts 1859-1860, vol. 1, ch. 104, sec. 1/pp. 11-14, ch. 524/p. 50, ch. 617, sec. 1/p. 57, and ch. 825, sec. 3/p. 82)

CUMBERLAND lost to METCALFE. (Ky. Acts 1865-1866, ch. 726, sec. 1/pp. 625-626)

Boundary between CUMBERLAND and ADAIR was clarified to accommodate local property owner [no change]. (Ky. Acts 1871, Jan. adj. sess., ch. 1414, sec. 1/pp. 43-44)

[by 31 December 1939] CUMBERLAND gained from METCALFE. (Rand McNally Commercial Atlas, 1939, p. 157)

DAVIESS created from OHIO. (Ky. Acts 1814-1815, 23d assy., ch. 190, sec. 1/pp. 265-267)

DAVIESS lost small area to OHIO [change too small to display on interactive map; shapefile users see small_changes 1815_pt. for location]. (Ky. Acts 1815-1816, 24th assy., ch. 274, sec. 1/p. 462)

DAVIESS lost to creation of HANCOCK. (Ky. Acts 1828-1829, 37th assy., ch. 32, sec. 1/pp. 30-32)

DAVIESS gained from OHIO. (Ky. Acts 1829-1830, 38th assy., ch. 306, sec. 1/pp. 149-150)

DAVIESS lost to creation of McLEAN. (Ky. Acts 1853-1854, vol. 1, ch. 125, sec. 1/pp. 7-10)

DAVIESS gained from HENDERSON. (Ky. Acts 1859-1860, vol. 2, ch. 1105, sec. 1/p. 710, and ch. 1282/p. 828)

DAVIESS lost small area to McLEAN to accommodate local property owners [change too small to display on interactive map; shapefile users see small_changes 1862_pt. for location]. (Ky. Acts 1862, Feb. adj. sess., ch. 426, sec. 1/pp. 64-65)

Boundary between DAVIESS and HANCOCK was redefined [no change]. (Ky. Acts 1926, ch. 181, sec. 1/p. 861)

EDMONSON created from GRAYSON, HART, and WARREN. (Ky. Acts 1824-1825, 33d assy., ch. 204, sec. 1/pp. 191-193; Ky. Acts 1887-1888, ch. 1133, secs. 1, 7/pp. 278-279)

ELLIOTT created from CARTER, LAWRENCE, and MORGAN. (Ky. Acts 1869, Jan. adj. sess., ch. 1297, sec. 1/pp. 69-73)

ELLIOTT exchanged small areas with MORGAN to accommodate local property owners [change too small to display on interactive map; shapefile users see small_changes 1870_pt. for location]. (Ky. Acts 1869-1870, vol. 1, ch. 182, sec. 1/p. 14)

Boundary between ELLIOTT and ROWAN was redefined to accommodate local property owner [no change]. (Ky. Acts 1871-1872, vol. 1, ch. 689, sec. 1/p. 59)

ELLIOTT lost small area to CARTER to accommodate local property owner [not mapped]. (Ky. Acts 1879-1880, vol. 1, ch. 636, sec. 1/p. 652)

ELLIOTT lost small area to ROWAN to accommodate local property owner [not mapped]. (Ky. Acts 1881-1882, vol. 2, ch. 1049, sec. 1/p. 502)

ELLIOTT lost to creation of BECKHAM (extinct). (Ky. Acts 1904, ch. 5, sec. 1/pp. 27-30)

ELLIOTT gained from BECKHAM (extinct) when creation of BECKHAM was overturned by court decision on constitutional grounds; BECKHAM eliminated. (Correspondence, Kentucky Historical Society, October 1991)

ESTILL created from CLARK and MADISON. (Ky. Acts 1807-1808, 16th assy., ch. 38, sec. 1/pp. 64-66, and ch. 39, sec. 1/pp. 66-67)

ESTILL gained from CLAY. (Ky. Acts 1814-1815, 23d assy., ch. 191, sec. 1/p. 268)

ESTILL gained from MONTGOMERY. (Ky. Acts 1815-1816, 24th assy., ch. 306, sec. 1/p. 503)

ESTILL lost to creation of BREATHITT. (Ky. Acts 1838-1839, ch. 1192, sec. 1/pp. 144-145)

ESTILL lost to creation of OWSLEY and lost to BREATHITT. (Ky. Acts 1842-1843, ch. 43, secs. 1, 6/pp. 11-13)

ESTILL lost to creation of POWELL. (Ky. Acts 1851-1852, ch. 325, sec. 1/pp. 29-32)

ESTILL gained from OWSLEY. (Ky. Acts 1853-1854, vol. 1, ch. 394/p. 65)

ESTILL lost to creation of JACKSON. (Ky. Acts 1857-1858, vol. 1, ch. 167, sec. 1/pp. 18-22, and res. 13, p. 103)

ESTILL gained small area from OWSLEY, lost to creation of LEE. (Ky. Acts 1869-1870, vol. 1, ch. 202, sec. 1/pp. 14-18)

Boundary between ESTILL and LEE was redefined to accommodate local property owner [no change]. (Ky. Acts 1873, Jan. adj. sess., ch. 545, sec. 1/p. 26)

ESTILL lost small area to POWELL [change too small to display on interactive map; shapefile users see small_changes 1884_pt. for location]. (Ky. Acts 1883-1884, vol. 2, ch. 920, sec. 1/p. 201)

ESTILL lost small area to LEE to accommodate local property owners [not mapped]. (Ky. Acts 1889-1890, vol. 2, ch. 1126, sec. 1/p. 1597)

Boundary between ESTILL and POWELL was redefined [no discernible change]. (Ky. Acts 1889-1890, vol. 3, ch. 1355, sec. 1/p. 367)

ESTILL lost small area to POWELL to accommodate local property owners [change too small to display on interactive map; shapefile users see small_changes 1972_pt. for location]. (Ky. Acts 1972, ch. 38/pp. 128-129)

FAYETTE created by Virginia from KENTUCKY County (Va., extinct). (Hening, 10:315-317)

FAYETTE was included in Kentucky District (Va.), a special judicial district created to serve Virginians living west of the Allegheny Mountains. This district became the state of Kentucky in 1792. (Hening, 11:85)

FAYETTE lost to creation of BOURBON. (Hening, 12:89-91)

FAYETTE lost to creation of WOODFORD. (Hening, 12:663-665)

FAYETTE became a Kentucky county when the state of Kentucky was created from the Kentucky District of Virginia. (Hening, 11:85; U.S. Stat., vol. 1, ch. 4 [1791]/p 189)

FAYETTE lost to creation of CLARK. (Ky. Acts 1792, 1st assy., 2d sess., ch. 12, sec. 1/pp. 19-20)

FAYETTE lost to creation of JESSAMINE. (Ky. Acts 1798-1799, 7th assy., ch. 62, sec. 1/pp. 121-123)

Boundary between FAYETTE and JESSAMINE was clarified [no discernible change]. (Ky. Acts 1867-1868, vol. 1, ch. 464, sec. 1/p. 556)

FAYETTE lost small area to WOODFORD to accommodate local property owner [not mapped]. (Ky. Acts 1885-1886, vol. 1, ch. 551, sec. 1/p. 1239)

FINCASTLE (Va., extinct) created by Virginia from BOTETOURT (Va.); FINCASTLE included all of present Kentucky and parts of present Virginia and West Virginia. (Hening, 8:600-601)

FINCASTLE (Va., extinct) eliminated when Virginia created KENTUCKY County (Va., extinct). (Hening, 9:257-261)

FLEMING created from MASON. (Ky. Acts 1798, 6th assy., 2d sess., ch. 32, sec. 1/pp. 53-55)

FLEMING lost to creation of FLOYD. (Ky. Acts 1799, 8th assy., ch. 73, sec. 1/pp. 150-152)

FLEMING gained from NICHOLAS. (Ky. Acts 1815-1816, 24th assy., ch. 351, secs. 1, 3-4/pp. 573-574)

FLEMING lost to NICHOLAS. (Ky. Acts 1823-1824, 32d assy., ch. 603, secs. 1, 3/p. 330)

FLEMING lost to creation of ROWAN. (Ky. Acts 1855-1856, vol. 1, ch. 27, sec. 1/pp. 4-7)

FLEMING gained small area from MASON [change too small to display on interactive map; shapefile users see small_changes 1888_pt. for location]. (Ky. Acts 1887-1888, vol. 1, ch. 199, sec. 1/p. 402)

FLOYD created from FLEMING, MASON, and MONTGOMERY. (Ky. Acts 1799, 8th assy., ch. 73, sec. 1/pp. 150-152)

FLOYD gained from MADISON, lost to creation of CLAY. (Ky. Acts 1806, 15th assy., sec. 1/pp. 139-141)

FLOYD gained from MONTGOMERY. (Ky. Acts 1817-1818, 26th assy., ch. 182, sec. 1/p. 352)

FLOYD lost to BATH. (Ky. Acts 1817-1818, 26th assy., ch. 195, sec. 1/p. 371)

FLOYD lost to creation of PERRY. (Ky. Acts 1820, 29th assy., ch. 9, sec. 1/pp. 15-18, and ch. 124, sec. 3/pp. 152-153)

FLOYD lost to creation of LAWRENCE. (Ky. Acts 1821, 30th assy., 1st sess., ch. 274, sec. 1/pp. 332-335)

FLOYD lost to creation of PIKE. (Ky. Acts 1821, 30th assy., 1st sess., ch. 297, sec. 1/pp. 371-374)

FLOYD lost to creation of MORGAN. (Ky. Acts 1822, 31st assy., ch. 460, sec. 1/pp. 145-147)

FLOYD lost to MORGAN. (Ky. Acts 1823-1824, 32d assy., ch. 725, sec. 1/pp. 468-469)

Boundary between FLOYD and PIKE was redefined [no discernible change]. (Ky. Acts 1828-1829, 37th assy., ch. 95, sec. 1/pp. 85-86)

FLOYD lost to MORGAN. (Ky. Acts 1839-1840, ch. 22/p. 17)

FLOYD lost small area to PIKE to accommodate local property owner [change too small to display on interactive map; shapefile users see small_changes 1842_pt. for location]. (Ky. Acts 1841-1842, ch. 362, sec. 2/pp. 269-270)

FLOYD lost to creation of JOHNSON. (Ky. Acts 1842-1843, ch. 167, sec. 1/pp. 27-29; Ky. Acts 1843-1844, ch. 299, sec. 2/p. 68)

FLOYD gained small area from PIKE to accommodate local property owner [change too small to display on interactive map; shapefile users see small_changes 1845_pt. for location]. (Ky. Acts 1844-1845, ch. 254, sec. 3/pp. 195-196)

FLOYD boundary with LAWRENCE and PIKE was clarified [no change]. (Ky. Acts 1848-1849, ch. 211, sec. 1/p. 9)

FLOYD lost to LAWRENCE. (Ky. Acts 1849-1850, ch. 245, sec. 8/pp. 37-38)

FLOYD lost to LAWRENCE. (Ky. Acts 1851-1852, ch. 396, sec. 1/p. 699)

FLOYD lost to creation of MAGOFFIN. (Ky. Acts 1859-1860, vol. 1, ch. 437, sec. 1/pp. 44-47)

FLOYD gained from LAWRENCE (act repealed 20 September 1861). (Ky. Acts 1859-1860, vol. 2, ch. 996, secs. 1, 3/pp. 622-623)

FLOYD lost to LAWRENCE (repealed act of 1 May 1860). (Ky. Acts 1861, Sep. called sess., ch. 41, sec. 1/p. 2)

FLOYD lost to creation of MARTIN. (Ky. Acts 1869-1870, vol. 1, ch. 554, sec. 1/pp. 35-38)

FLOYD exchanged with JOHNSON. (Ky. Acts 1877-1878, vol. 2, ch. 597, secs. 1-2/p. 51)

Boundary between FLOYD and PIKE was redefined to accommodate local property owners [no discernible change]. (Ky. Acts 1879-1880, vol. 2, ch. 1082, sec. 1/p. 563)

FLOYD lost to creation of KNOTT. (Ky. Acts 1883-1884, vol. 1, ch. 1313, sec. 1/pp. 103-108)

FLOYD lost to PIKE. (Ky. Acts 1887-1888, vol. 1, ch. 6, sec. 1/pp. 3-4)

FRANKLIN created from MERCER, SHELBY, and WOODFORD. (Ky. Acts 1794, 3d assy., ch. 13, sec. 1/pp. 19-21)

FRANKLIN lost to creation of GALLATIN. (Ky. Acts 1798-1799, 7th assy., ch. 58, sec. 1/pp. 79-81)

FRANKLIN lost to creation of OWEN. (Ky. Acts 1818-1819, 27th assy., ch. 387, sec. 1/pp. 702-705)

FRANKLIN gained from SHELBY. (Ky. Acts 1819-1820, 28th assy., ch. 477, secs. 1-2/pp. 839-841)

FRANKLIN gained from OWEN. (Ky. Acts 1820, 29th assy., ch. 23/p. 31)

FRANKLIN gained from HENRY. (Ky. Acts 1826-1827, 35th assy., ch. 25/p. 34, and ch. 158/p. 187)

FRANKLIN lost to creation of ANDERSON. (Ky. Acts 1826-1827, 35th assy., ch. 35, sec. 1/pp. 44-47, and ch. 46, sec. 1/p. 55)

FRANKLIN lost small area to SCOTT to accommodate local property owner [not mapped]. (Ky. Acts 1844-1845, ch. 266, sec. 4/p. 202)

FRANKLIN lost small area to ANDERSON to accommodate local property owner. (Ky. Acts 1845-1846, ch. 176/pp. 10-11)

FRANKLIN lost small area to ANDERSON to accommodate local property owner [not mapped]. (Ky. Acts 1853-1854, vol. 1, ch. 93/p. 6)

FRANKLIN lost small area to SCOTT to accommodate local property owner [not mapped]. (Ky. Acts 1869, Jan. adj. sess., ch. 1744, sec. 1/p. 1)

FULTON created from HICKMAN. (Ky. Acts 1844-1845, ch. 44, sec. 1/pp. 11-14)

GALLATIN created from FRANKLIN and SHELBY. (Ky. Acts 1798-1799, 7th assy., ch. 58, sec. 1/pp. 79-81)

GALLATIN lost to creation of OWEN. (Ky. Acts 1818-1819, 27th assy., ch. 387, sec. 1/pp. 702-705)

GALLATIN lost to BOONE. (Ky. Acts 1820, 29th assy., ch. 162, sec. 1/pp. 208-209)

GALLATIN lost to OWEN. (Ky. Acts 1820, 29th assy., ch. 154, sec. 1/pp. 196-197)

GALLATIN lost to OWEN. (Ky. Acts 1827-1828, 36th assy., ch. 92, sec. 1/p. 97)

GALLATIN gained from BOONE. (Ky. Acts 1836-1837, ch. 248, sec. 12/pp. 141-143; Ky. Acts 1837-1838, ch. 480, sec. 1/pp. 9-11)

GALLATIN lost to creation of TRIMBLE. (Ky. Acts 1836-1837, ch. 248, sec. 1/pp. 141-143, ch. 362, sec. 1/pp. 239-240, and ch. 369, sec. 6/pp. 249-250)

GALLATIN lost to creation of CARROLL. (Ky. Acts 1837-1838, ch. 773, sec. 1/pp. 170-172)

GALLATIN gained from GRANT (act repealed 26 February 1868). (Ky. Acts 1867, Jan. adj. sess., ch. 1551, sec. 1/pp. 142-143)

GALLATIN lost to GRANT (repealed act of 27 February 1867). (Ky. Acts 1867-1868, vol. 2, ch. 569, sec. 1/p. 15)

GALLATIN lost to CARROLL. (Ky. Acts 1871-1872, vol. 1, ch. 193, sec. 1/p. 14)

GARRARD created from LINCOLN, MADISON, and MERCER. (Ky. Acts 1796-1797, 5th assy., 1st sess., sec. 1/pp. 38-39)

GARRARD gained from MADISON. (Ky. Acts 1799, 8th assy., ch. 70, sec. 1/pp. 146-147)

GARRARD gained from LINCOLN and gained small area from MADISON. (Ky. Acts 1801, 10th assy., ch. 64, sec. 1/pp. 64-65)

GARRARD gained small area from BOYLE (act repealed 2 May 1888) [change too small to display on interactive map; shapefile users see small_changes 1882_pt. for location]. (Ky. Acts 1881-1882, vol. 1, ch. 421, sec. 1/p. 736)

GARRARD lost small area to BOYLE (repealed act of 10 March 1882) [change too small to display on interactive map; shapefile users see small_changes 1888_pt. for location]. (Ky. Acts 1887-1888, vol. 3, ch. 1424, sec. 1/p. 733)

GRANT created from PENDLETON. (Ky. Acts 1819-1820, 28th assy., ch. 561, sec. 1/pp. 944-946)

GRANT gained from HARRISON. (Ky. Acts 1826-1827, 35th assy., ch. 13/p. 18)

GRANT gained small area from CAMPBELL to accommodate local property owner [not mapped]. (Ky. Acts 1831-1832, 40th assy., ch. 637/p. 74)

GRANT gained from KENTON. (Ky. Acts 1851-1852, ch. 191/p. 509)

GRANT gained small area from OWEN to accommodate local property owners [not mapped]. (Ky. Acts 1862, Aug. called sess., ch. 665, sec. 1/p. 312)

GRANT lost to GALLATIN (act repealed 26 February 1868). (Ky. Acts 1867, Jan. adj. sess., ch. 1551, sec. 1/pp. 142-143)

GRANT gained from GALLATIN (repealed act of 27 February 1867). (Ky. Acts 1867-1868, vol. 2, ch. 569, sec. 1/p. 15)

GRANT gained from BOONE. (Ky. Acts 1869-1870, vol. 1, ch. 566, sec. 1/p. 38)

GRANT gained from OWEN. (Ky. Acts 1875-1876, vol. 1, ch. 132, sec. 1/p. 268)

GRANT boundary with KENTON was redefined [no change]. (Ky. Acts 1996, ch. 161/pp. 604-605)

GRAVES created from CALDWELL and LIVINGSTON; GRAVES not fully organized, attached to HICKMAN. (Ky. Acts 1821, 30th assy., 1st sess., ch. 312, secs. 1, 8/pp. 390-395)

GRAVES fully organized, detached from HICKMAN. (Ky. Acts 1823-1824, 32d assy., ch. 610, sec. 1/pp. 338-339)

GRAVES lost small area to HICKMAN to accommodate local property owner [not mapped]. (Ky. Acts 1861, May called sess., ch. 63, sec. 1/pp. 52-53)

GRAYSON created from HARDIN and OHIO. (Ky. Acts 1809-1810, 18th assy., ch. 133, sec. 1/pp. 68-70)

GRAYSON lost to creation of EDMONSON. (Ky. Acts 1824-1825, 33d assy., ch. 204, sec. 1/pp. 191-193; Ky. Acts 1887-1888, ch. 1133, secs. 1, 7/pp. 278-279)

GREEN created from LINCOLN and NELSON. (Ky. Acts 1792, 1st assy., 1st sess., ch. 44, sec. 1/pp. 46-47)

GREEN lost to creation of BARREN. (Ky. Acts 1798-1799, 7th assy., ch. 43, secs. 1, 4/pp. 53-55)

GREEN lost to creation of PULASKI. (Ky. Acts 1798-1799, 7th assy., ch. 1, sec. 1/pp. 3-5)

GREEN lost to creation of CUMBERLAND. (Ky. Acts 1798-1799, 7th assy., ch. 54, sec. 1/pp. 69-71)

GREEN gained small areas along the Cumberland River from CUMBERLAND, lost to creation of WAYNE. (Ky. Acts 1800, 9th assy., ch. 46, sec. 1/pp. 66-68)

GREEN lost to creation of ADAIR. (Ky. Acts 1801, 10th assy., ch. 43, sec. 1/pp. 68-71)

GREEN gained from HARDIN. (Ky. Acts 1804, 13th assy., ch. 88, sec. 1/pp. 124-125)

GREEN lost to creation of TAYLOR. (Ky. Acts 1847-1848, ch. 26, sec. 1/pp. 3-5)

GREEN lost small area to TAYLOR to accommodate local property owner [not mapped]. (Ky. Acts 1857-1858, vol. 1, ch. 391/p. 44)

GREEN gained small area along the Little Barren River from BARREN, lost to creation of METCALFE. (Ky. Acts 1859-1860, vol. 1, ch. 104, sec. 1/pp. 11-14, ch. 524/p. 50, ch. 617, sec. 1/p. 57, and ch. 825, sec. 3/p. 82)

GREEN lost small area to TAYLOR to accommodate local property owner [not mapped]. (Ky. Acts 1865-1866, ch. 83, sec. 1/p. 73)

GREEN lost to TAYLOR (act repealed 12 March 1870). (Ky. Acts 1869, Jan. adj. sess., ch. 2025, sec. 1/pp. 77-78)

GREEN gained from TAYLOR (repealed act of 13 March 1869). (Ky. Acts 1869-1870, vol. 1, ch. 637, sec. 1/p. 42)

GREEN lost small area to TAYLOR to accommodate local property owner [change too small to display on interactive map; shapefile users see small_changes 1888_pt. for location]. (Ky. Acts 1887-1888, vol. 2, ch. 671, sec. 1/pp. 430-431)

GREENUP created from MASON. (Ky. Acts 1803, 12th assy., ch. 76, sec. 1/pp. 113-115)

GREENUP lost to creation of LAWRENCE. (Ky. Acts 1821, 30th assy., 1st sess., ch. 274, sec. 1/pp. 332-335)

GREENUP lost to LAWRENCE. (Ky. Acts 1829-1830, 38th assy., ch. 351/pp. 208-209)

Boundary between GREENUP and LEWIS was clarified [no change]. (Ky. Acts 1837-1838, ch. 531, sec. 1/pp. 34-35)

GREENUP lost to creation of CARTER. (Ky. Acts 1837-1838, ch. 760, sec. 1/p. 162-164)

GREENUP lost to creation of BOYD. (Ky. Acts 1859-1860, vol. 1, ch. 288, sec. 1/pp. 32-35)

GREENUP lost to CARTER. (Ky. Acts 1862, Feb. adj. sess., ch. 555, sec. 1/p. 77)

GREENUP exchanged with CARTER (act repealed 3 June 1865). (Ky. Acts 1865, Jan. adj. sess., ch. 946, sec. 1/pp. 42-43)

GREENUP exchanged with CARTER (repealed act of 22 February 1865). (Ky. Acts 1865, Jan. adj. sess., ch. 1699, sec. 1/p. 549)

HANCOCK created from BRECKINRIDGE, DAVIESS, and OHIO. (Ky. Acts 1828-1829, 37th assy., ch. 32, sec. 1/pp. 30-32)

Boundary between HANCOCK and DAVIESS was redefined [no change]. (Ky. Acts 1926, ch. 181, sec. 1/p. 861)

HARDIN created from NELSON. (Ky. Acts 1792, 1st assy., 2d sess., ch. 17, sec. 1/pp. 22-23)

HARDIN lost to creation of OHIO. (Ky. Acts 1798-1799, 7th assy., ch. 73, sec. 1/pp. 164-166; Ky. Acts 1799, 8th assy., res., pp. 211-212)

HARDIN lost to creation of BRECKINRIDGE. (Ky. Acts 1799, 8th assy., ch. 72, sec. 1/pp. 148-150)

HARDIN lost to GREEN. (Ky. Acts 1804, 13th assy., ch. 88, sec. 1/pp. 124-125)

HARDIN lost to creation of GRAYSON and lost small areas on the Rough River and on Bear Creek to OHIO. (Ky. Acts 1809-1810, 18th assy., ch. 133, sec. 1/pp. 68-70)

HARDIN lost to creation of HART. (Ky. Acts 1818-1819, 27th assy., ch. 352, sec. 1/pp. 648-652)

HARDIN lost to creation of MEADE. (Ky. Acts 1823-1824, 32d assy., ch. 609, sec. 1/pp. 336-338)

HARDIN lost to creation of LARUE. (Ky. Acts 1842-1843, ch. 210, sec. 1/pp. 31-32)

HARLAN created from KNOX. (Ky. Acts 1818-1819, 27th assy., ch. 341, sec. 1/pp. 631-633)

HARLAN gained from KNOX. (Ky. Acts 1819-1820, 28th assy., ch. 495, sec. 1/p. 861)

HARLAN exchanged with KNOX. (Ky. Acts 1820, 29th assy., ch. 50, secs. 1-2/p. 66)

HARLAN lost to KNOX. (Ky. Acts 1837-1838, ch. 663, sec. 1/p. 103)

HARLAN gained from PERRY. (Ky. Acts 1840-1841, reg. sess., ch. 160/p. 26)

HARLAN lost to creation of LETCHER. (Ky. Acts 1841-1842, ch. 394, sec. 1/pp. 88-90; Ky. Acts 1842-1843, ch. 65/p. 16; Ky. Acts 1843-1844, ch. 88/p. 17)

HARLAN gained from CLAY. (Ky. Acts 1851-1852, ch. 421/p. 723)

HARLAN lost small area to KNOX [change too small to display on interactive map; shapefile users see small_changes 1856_pt. for location]. (Ky. Acts 1855-1856, vol. 1, ch. 166/p. 36)

HARLAN gained small area from LETCHER to accommodate local property owner [not mapped; act repealed 22 March 1873]. (Ky. Acts 1863-1864, ch. 386, sec. 1/pp. 416-417)

HARLAN lost small area to KNOX to accommodate local property owners [not mapped]. (Ky. Acts 1865, Jan. adj. sess., ch. 1255, sec. 1/p.75)

HARLAN lost to creation of JOSH BELL (now BELL). (Ky. Acts 1867, Jan. adj. sess., ch. 1553, sec. 1/pp. 47-50)

HARLAN lost small area to LETCHER (repealed act of 17 February 1864) [not mapped]. Boundary between HARLAN and JOSH BELL (now BELL) was redefined [no discernible change]. (Ky. Acts 1873, Jan. adj. sess., ch. 514, sec. 1/p. 63, and ch. 527, sec. 1/p. 73)

HARRISON created from BOURBON and SCOTT. (Ky. Acts 1793, 2d assy., ch. 24, sec. 1/pp. 29-31)

HARRISON gained small area from MASON, lost to creation of CAMPBELL. (Ky. Acts 1794, 3d assy., ch. 13, sec. 1/pp, 19-21)

Boundary between HARRISON and BOURBON was clarified [no change]. (Ky. Acts 1808-1809, 17th assy., ch. 49, sec. 1/p. 62)

Boundary between HARRISON and BOURBON was clarified [no change]. (Ky. Acts 1808-1809, 17th assy., ch. 73/p. 97)

HARRISON boundaries were clarified [no change]. (Ky. Acts 1809-1810, 18th assy., ch. 99, secs. 1-2/p. 13)

HARRISON gained from NICHOLAS. (Ky. Acts 1815-1816, 24th assy., ch. 351, secs. 1, 3-4/pp. 573-574)

HARRISON gained small area from NICHOLAS [change too small to display on interactive map; shapefile users see small_changes 1817_pt. for location]. (Ky. Acts 1816-1817, 25th assy., ch. 27, secs. 1, 5/pp. 44-45)

HARRISON gained from BRACKEN. (Ky. Acts 1819-1820, 28th assy., ch. 524, sec. 1/pp. 892-893)

HARRISON lost to GRANT. (Ky. Acts 1826-1827, 35th assy., ch. 13/p. 18)

HARRISON gained from BRACKEN. (Ky. Acts 1833-1834, 42d assy., ch. 437/p. 581)

HARRISON lost small area to BRACKEN to accommodate local property owners [not mapped]. (Ky. Acts 1843-1844, ch. 268/p. 49; Ky. Acts 1843-1844, ch. 271, sec. 1/pp. 50-51)

HARRISON lost small area to BRACKEN to accommodate local property owner [not mapped]. (Ky. Acts 1863-1864, ch. 256, sec. 1/p.342)

HARRISON lost to creation of ROBERTSON. (Ky. Acts 1867, Jan. adj. sess., ch. 1317, sec. 1/pp. 37-41, and ch. 1541, sec. 1/pp. 50-51)

Boundary between HARRISON and SCOTT was redefined [no discernible change]. (Ky. Acts 1877-1878, vol. 2, ch. 907, sec. 1/pp. 460-461)

Boundary between HARRISON and BOURBON was clarified [no discernible change]. (Ky. Acts 1889-1890, vol. 1, ch. 482, secs. 1-2/pp. 1075-1076)

HART created from BARREN and HARDIN. (Ky. Acts 1818-1819, 27th assy., ch. 352, sec. 1/pp. 648-652)

HART lost to creation of EDMONSON. (Ky. Acts 1824-1825, 33d assy., ch. 204, sec. 1/pp. 191-193; Ky. Acts 1887-1888, ch. 1133, secs. 1, 7/pp. 278-279)

HART lost small area to BARREN to accommodate local property owner [not mapped]. (Ky. Acts 1834-1835, 43d assy., ch. 598, secs. 1-2/p. 33)

HART gained small area from METCALFE to accommodate local property owners [not mapped]. (Ky. Acts 1861, May called sess., ch. 58, sec. 1/p. 50)

HART lost small area to BARREN to accommodate local property owner [not mapped]. (Ky. Acts 1877-1878, vol. 2, ch. 658, sec. 1/p. 190)

HART lost small area to LARUE to accommodate local property owner [not mapped]. (Ky. Acts 1885-1886, vol. 1, ch. 262, sec. 1/p. 737)

HENDERSON created from CHRISTIAN. (Ky. Acts 1798-1799, 7th assy., ch. 57, sec. 1/pp. 76-78)

HENDERSON lost to creation of HOPKINS. (Ky. Acts 1806, 15th assy., sec. 1/pp. 143-145)

HENDERSON gained from OHIO. (Ky. Acts 1808-1809, 17th assy., ch. 15/p. 19)

HENDERSON lost to creation of UNION. (Ky. Acts 1810-1811, 19th assy., ch. 220, sec. 1/pp. 41-43)

HENDERSON lost to DAVIESS. (Ky. Acts 1859-1860, vol. 2, ch. 1105, sec. 1/p. 710, and ch. 1282/p. 828)

HENDERSON lost to creation of WEBSTER. (Ky. Acts 1859-1860, vol. 1, ch. 822, sec. 1/pp. 76-78)

Boundary between HENDERSON and WEBSTER was clarified [no discernible change]. (Ky. Acts 1861, Sep. called sess., ch. 108/p. 11)

Legislature authorized creation of HENRIETTA (proposed) from MARSHALL and TRIGG, dependent on local referendum that failed. (Ky. Acts 1867, Jan. adj. sess., ch. 1131, secs. 1, 9-10/pp. 12-15)

HENRY created from SHELBY. (Ky. Acts 1798-1799, 7th assy., ch. 49, sec. 1/pp. 62-65)

HENRY lost to creation of OLDHAM. (Ky. Acts 1823-1824, 32d assy., ch. 602, sec. 1/pp. 328-329; Ky. Acts 1877-1878, vol. 1, ch. 281, sec. 1/p. 345)

Boundary between HENRY and OLDHAM was clarified [no change]. (Ky. Acts 1824-1825, 33d assy., ch. 17/p. 19)

HENRY lost to FRANKLIN. (Ky. Acts 1826-1827, 35th assy., ch. 25/p. 34, and ch. 158/p. 187)

HENRY lost to creation of TRIMBLE. (Ky. Acts 1836-1837, ch. 248, sec. 1/pp. 141-143, ch. 362, sec. 1/pp. 239-240, and ch. 369, sec. 6/pp. 249-250)

HENRY gained from TRIMBLE. (Ky. Acts 1837-1838, ch. 773, sec. 1/pp. 170-172)

HENRY exchanged with TRIMBLE. (Ky. Acts 1842-1843, ch. 118/p. 20)

HENRY gained small area from TRIMBLE to accommodate local property owner [change too small to display on interactive map; shapefile users see small_changes 1850_pt. for location]. (Ky. Acts 1849-1850, ch. 438, sec. 2/pp. 513-514)

HENRY lost small area to OLDHAM [change too small to display on interactive map; shapefile users see small_changes 1874_pt. for location]. (Ky. Acts 1873-1874, ch. 28, sec. 1/p. 113)

HICKMAN created from CALDWELL and LIVINGSTON; CALLOWAY, GRAVES, and McCRACKEN not fully organized, attached to HICKMAN. (Ky. Acts 1821, 30th assy., 1st sess., ch. 312, secs. 1, 8/pp. 390-395)

CALLOWAY fully organized, detached from HICKMAN. (Ky. Acts 1822, 31st assy., ch. 411, sec. 1/pp. 86-88)

GRAVES fully organized, detached from HICKMAN. (Ky. Acts 1823-1824, 32d assy., ch. 610, sec. 1/pp. 338-339)

McCRACKEN fully organized, detached from HICKMAN. (Ky. Acts 1824-1825, 33d assy., ch. 48, sec. 1/pp. 40-42)

Boundary between HICKMAN and McCRACKEN was clarified [no change]. (Ky. Acts 1837-1838, ch. 848/p. 231)

HICKMAN lost to creation of BALLARD. (Ky. Acts 1841-1842, ch. 188, sec. 1/pp. 36-38)

HICKMAN lost to creation of FULTON. (Ky. Acts 1844-1845, ch. 44, sec. 1/pp. 11-14)

HICKMAN gained from BALLARD. (Ky. Acts 1853-1854, vol. 1, ch. 662/p. 89)

HICKMAN gained small area from GRAVES to accommodate local property owner [not mapped]. (Ky. Acts 1861, May called sess., ch. 63, sec. 1/pp. 52-53)

HOPKINS created from HENDERSON. (Ky. Acts 1806, 15th assy., sec. 1/pp. 143-145)

HOPKINS gained from CHRISTIAN. (Ky. Acts 1819-1820, 28th assy., ch. 477, secs. 1-2/pp. 839-841)

Boundary between HOPKINS and CALDWELL was clarified [no discernible change]. (Ky. Acts 1846-1847, ch. 118/p. 11)

HOPKINS lost to creation of WEBSTER. (Ky. Acts 1859-1860, vol. 1, ch. 822, sec. 1/pp. 76-78)

JACKSON created from CLAY, ESTILL, LAUREL, MADISON, OWSLEY, and ROCKCASTLE. (Ky. Acts 1857-1858, vol. 1, ch. 167, sec. 1/pp. 18-22, and res. 13, p. 103)

JACKSON lost to ROCKCASTLE. (Ky. Acts 1861, Jan. called sess., ch. 370, sec. 1/p. 40)

JACKSON lost small area to ROCKCASTLE to accommodate local property owner [change too small to display on interactive map; shapefile users see small_changes 1865_pt. for location]. (Ky. Acts 1865, Jan. adj. sess., ch. 1335, sec. 1/p. 223)

Boundary between JACKSON and CLAY was clarified to accommodate local property owner [no change]. (Ky. Acts 1873, Jan. adj. sess., ch. 385, sec. 1/p. 493)

JACKSON gained small area from ROCKCASTLE to accommodate local property owner [not mapped]. (Ky. Acts 1873, Jan. adj. sess., ch. 460, sec. 1/p. 11)

JACKSON lost small area to ROCKCASTLE to accommodate local property owner [not mapped]. (Ky. Acts 1881-1882, vol. 2, ch. 1239, sec. 1/p. 761)

JEFFERSON created by Virginia from KENTUCKY County (Va., extinct). (Hening, 10:315-317)

JEFFERSON was included in Kentucky District (Va.), a special judicial district, which was created to serve Virginians living west of the Allegheny Mountains. This district became the state of Kentucky in 1792. (Hening, 11:85)

JEFFERSON lost to creation of NELSON. (Hening, 11:469-470)

JEFFERSON became a Kentucky county when the state of Kentucky was created from the Kentucky District of Virginia. (Hening, 11:85; U.S. Stat., 1:189)

JEFFERSON lost to creation of SHELBY. (Ky. Acts 1792, 1st assy., 1st sess., ch. 9, sec. 1/pp. 17-18)

JEFFERSON lost to creation of BULLITT and lost small area to NELSON. (Ky. Acts 1796-1797, 5th assy., 1st sess., sec. 1/pp. 3-4)

JEFFERSON lost to BULLITT. (Ky. Acts 1810-1811, 19th assy., ch. 226, sec. 1/p. 50)

JEFFERSON lost to creation of OLDHAM. (Ky. Acts 1823-1824, 32d assy., ch. 602, sec. 1/pp. 328-329; Ky. Acts 1877-1878, vol. 1, ch. 281, sec. 1/p. 345)

JEFFERSON lost to OLDHAM. (Ky. Acts 1873-1874, ch. 42, sec. 1/p. 7)

Boundary between JEFFERSON and OLDHAM was clarified [no change]. (Ky. Acts 1877-1878, vol. 1, ch. 281, sec. 1/p. 345)

JESSAMINE created from FAYETTE. (Ky. Acts 1798-1799, 7th assy., ch. 62, sec. 1/pp. 121-123)

Boundary between JESSAMINE and FAYETTE was clarified [no discernible change]. (Ky. Acts 1867-1868, vol. 1, ch. 464, sec. 1/p. 556)

JOHNSON created from FLOYD and LAWRENCE. (Ky. Acts 1842-1843, ch. 167, sec. 1/pp. 27-29; Ky. Acts 1843-1844, ch. 299, sec. 2/p. 68)

JOHNSON lost to creation of MAGOFFIN. (Ky. Acts 1859-1860, vol. 1, ch. 437, sec. 1/pp. 44-47)

Boundary between JOHNSON and LAWRENCE was clarified [no change]. (Ky. Acts 1859-1860, vol. 2, ch. 996, secs. 2-3/pp. 622-623)

Act of 1 May 1860, clarifying the boundary between JOHNSON and LAWRENCE, was repealed [no change]. (Ky. Acts 1869, Jan. adj. sess., ch. 2010, sec. 1/pp. 284-285)

JOHNSON lost to creation of MARTIN. (Ky. Acts 1869-1870, vol. 1, ch. 554, sec. 1/pp. 35-38)

JOHNSON exchanged with FLOYD. (Ky. Acts 1877-1878, vol. 2, ch. 597, secs. 1-2/p. 51)

KENTON created from CAMPBELL. (Ky. Acts 1839-1840, ch. 175, sec. 1/pp. 109-111)

KENTON lost to GRANT. (Ky. Acts 1851-1852, ch. 191/p. 509)

KENTON gained small area from PENDLETON to accommodate local property owner [not mapped]. (Ky. Acts 1865-1866, ch. 357, secs. 1, 3/p. 294)

KENTON boundary with GRANT and PENDLETON was redefined [no change]. (Ky. Acts 1996, ch. 161/pp. 604-605)

KENTUCKY County (Va., extinct) created by Virginia from FINCASTLE (Va., extinct); KENTUCKY County included all of the present state of Kentucky. (Hening, 9:257-261)

KENTUCKY County (Va.) eliminated when Virginia created FAYETTE, JEFFERSON, and LINCOLN in present Kentucky. (Hening, 10:315-317)

KNOTT created from BREATHITT, FLOYD, LETCHER, and PERRY. (Ky. Acts 1883-1884, vol. 1, ch. 1313, sec. 1/pp. 103-108)

KNOTT gained from PERRY. (Ky. Acts 1889-1890, vol. 3, ch. 1446, sec. 1/p. 511)

KNOX created from LINCOLN. (Ky. Acts 1799, 8th assy., ch. 74, sec. 1/pp. 152-154)

KNOX gained from MADISON. (Ky. Acts 1804, 13th assy., ch. 46, sec. 1/pp. 76-77)

KNOX gained from MADISON, lost to creation of CLAY. (Ky. Acts 1806, 15th assy., sec. 1/pp. 139-141)

KNOX lost to creation of ROCKCASTLE. (Ky. Acts 1809-1810, 18th assy., ch. 102, sec. 1/pp. 16-19)

KNOX lost to creation of WHITLEY. (Ky. Acts 1817-1818, 26th assy., ch. 183, sec. 1/pp. 356-358)

KNOX lost to creation of HARLAN. (Ky. Acts 1818-1819, 27th assy., ch. 341, sec. 1/pp. 631-633)

KNOX lost to HARLAN. (Ky. Acts 1819-1820, 28th assy., ch. 495, sec. 1/p. 861)

KNOX exchanged with HARLAN. (Ky. Acts 1820, 29th assy., ch. 50, secs. 1-2/p. 66)

KNOX gained small area from WHITLEY, lost to creation of LAUREL. (Ky. Acts 1825, 34th assy., ch. 29, sec. 1/pp. 28-30)

KNOX lost to LAUREL. (Ky. Acts 1833-1834, 42d assy., ch. 271/p. 354)

KNOX gained from HARLAN. (Ky. Acts 1837-1838, ch. 663, sec. 1/p. 103)

Boundary between KNOX and CLAY was clarified [no discernible change]. (Ky. Acts 1851-1852, ch. 203/pp. 513-514)

KNOX gained small area from HARLAN [change too small to display on interactive map; shapefile users see small_changes 1856_pt. for location]. (Ky. Acts 1855-1856, vol. 1, ch. 166/p. 36)

KNOX gained small area from HARLAN to accommodate local property owners [not mapped]. (Ky. Acts 1865, Jan. adj. sess., ch. 1255, sec. 1/p.75)

KNOX lost to creation of JOSH BELL (now BELL). (Ky. Acts 1867, Jan. adj. sess., ch. 1553, sec. 1/pp. 47-50)

KNOX lost small area to JOSH BELL (now BELL) [change too small to display on interactive map; shapefile users see small_changes 1872_pt. for location]. (Ky. Acts 1871-1872, vol. 1, ch. 824, sec. 1/p. 74)

KNOX lost small area to BELL [change too small to display on interactive map; shapefile users see small_changes 1876_pt. for location]. (Ky. Acts 1875-1876, vol. 1, ch. 233, sec. 1/p. 374)

KNOX gained small area from WHITLEY to accommodate local property owner [change too small to display on interactive map; shapefile users see small_changes 1882_pt. for location]. (Ky. Acts 1881-1882, vol. 2, ch. 1151, sec. 1/p. 650)

LARUE created from HARDIN. (Ky. Acts 1842-1843, ch. 210, sec. 1/pp. 31-32)

LARUE gained small area from HART to accommodate local property owner [not mapped]. (Ky. Acts 1885-1886, vol. 1, ch. 262, sec. 1/p. 737)

LAUREL created from CLAY, KNOX, ROCKCASTLE, and WHITLEY. (Ky. Acts 1825, 34th assy., ch. 29, sec. 1/pp. 28-30)

LAUREL exchanged small areas with ROCKCASTLE. (Ky. Acts 1829-1830, 38th assy., ch. 282, sec. 1/pp. 119-120)

LAUREL gained small area from ROCKCASTLE. (Ky. Acts 1830-1831, 39th assy., ch. 478/p. 84)

LAUREL gained from KNOX. (Ky. Acts 1833-1834, 42d assy., ch. 271/p. 354)

LAUREL gained small area from CLAY to accommodate local property owners [not mapped]. (Ky. Acts 1848-1849, ch. 427/p. 22)

LAUREL lost to creation of JACKSON. (Ky. Acts 1857-1858, vol. 1, ch. 167, sec. 1/pp. 18-22, and res. 13, p. 103)

LAUREL gained small area from ROCKCASTLE to accommodate local property owner [not mapped]. (Ky. Acts 1861, May called sess., ch. 41, sec. 1/p. 36)

LAUREL gained small area from ROCKCASTLE to accommodate local property owner. (Ky. Acts 1871, Jan. adj. sess., ch. 1363, sec. 1/p. 33)

LAUREL exchanged with WHITLEY. (Ky. Acts 1875-1876, vol. 2, ch. 938, sec. 1/pp. 696-697)

LAUREL lost small area to ROCKCASTLE. (Ky. Acts 1883-1884, ch. 546, sec. 1/p. 38)

LAUREL gained small area from CLAY to accommodate local property owner [not mapped]. (Ky. Acts 1885-1886, ch. 828, sec. 1/p. 225)

LAUREL lost small area to CLAY to accommodate local property owner [not mapped]. (Ky. Acts 1889-1890, vol. 1, ch. 259, sec. 1/p. 467)

LAUREL gained small area from CLAY to accommodate local property owners [not mapped]. (Ky. Acts 1889-1890, vol. 1, ch. 462, sec. 1/pp. 978-979)

Boundary between LAUREL and CLAY was adjusted [no discernible change]. (Ky. Acts 1904, ch. 99, secs. 1-2/p. 209)

LAWRENCE created from FLOYD and GREENUP. (Ky. Acts 1821, 30th assy., 1st sess., ch. 274, sec. 1/pp. 332-335)

LAWRENCE gained from GREENUP. (Ky. Acts 1829-1830, 38th assy., ch. 351/pp. 208-209)

LAWRENCE lost to MORGAN. (Ky. Acts 1836-1837, ch. 85/p. 34)

LAWRENCE lost to creation of CARTER. (Ky. Acts 1837-1838, ch. 760, sec. 1/p. 162-164)

LAWRENCE lost to creation of JOHNSON. (Ky. Acts 1842-1843, ch. 167, sec. 1/pp. 27-29; Ky. Acts 1843-1844, ch. 299, sec. 2/p. 68)

LAWRENCE boundary with FLOYD and PIKE was clarified [no change]. (Ky. Acts 1848-1849, ch. 211, sec. 1/p. 9)

LAWRENCE gained from FLOYD and PIKE. (Ky. Acts 1849-1850, ch. 245, sec. 8/pp. 37-38)

LAWRENCE gained from FLOYD, lost to PIKE. (Ky. Acts 1851-1852, ch. 396, sec. 1/p. 699)

LAWRENCE lost to MORGAN. (Ky. Acts 1853-1854, vol. 1, ch. 7/p. 1)

LAWRENCE lost to creation of BOYD and lost to FLOYD (FLOYD loss was repealed 20 September 1861). Boundary between LAWRENCE and JOHNSON was clarified [no change]. (Ky. Acts 1859-1860, vol. 1, ch. 288, sec. 1/pp. 32-35, and ch. 996, secs. 1-3/pp. 622-623)

LAWRENCE gained from FLOYD (repealed act of 1 May 1860). (Ky. Acts 1861, Sep. called sess., ch. 41, sec. 1/p. 2)

Act of 1 May 1860, clarifying the boundary between LAWRENCE and JOHNSON, was repealed [no change]. (Ky. Acts 1869, Jan. adj. sess., ch. 2010, sec. 1/pp. 284-285)

LAWRENCE lost to creation of ELLIOTT. (Ky. Acts 1869, Jan. adj. sess., ch. 1297, sec. 1/pp. 69-73)

LAWRENCE lost to creation of MARTIN. (Ky. Acts 1869-1870, vol. 1, ch. 554, sec. 1/pp. 35-38)

LAWRENCE lost to MARTIN. (Ky. Acts 1877-1878, vol. 1, ch. 378, sec. 1/p. 437)

LEE created from BREATHITT, ESTILL, OWSLEY, and WOLFE. (Ky. Acts 1869-1870, vol. 1, ch. 202, sec. 1/pp. 14-18)

Boundary between LEE and BREATHITT was clarified [no change]. (Ky. Acts 1871, Jan. adj. sess., ch. 1400, sec. 1/p. 38)

Boundary between LEE and ESTILL was redefined to accommodate local property owner [no change]. (Ky. Acts 1873, Jan. adj. sess., ch. 545, sec. 1/p. 26)

LEE gained small area from OWSLEY to accommodate local property owners [not mapped]. (Ky. Acts 1887-1888, vol. 3, ch. 1372, sec. 1/pp. 651-652)

LEE gained small area from OWSLEY to accommodate local property owners [not mapped]. (Ky. Acts 1889-1890, vol. 1, ch. 147, sec. 1/p. 233)

LEE gained small area from ESTILL to accommodate local property owners [not mapped]. (Ky. Acts 1889-1890, vol. 2, ch. 1126, sec. 1/p. 1597)

LEE exchanged with WOLFE, gained small area from BREATHITT [for location of change with BREATHITT see 1890_pt.shp; change too small to display on interactive map]. (Ky. Acts 1889-1890, vol. 3, ch. 1807, sec. 1/p. 1483)

LESLIE created from CLAY and PERRY. (Ky. Acts 1877-1878, vol. 1, ch. 666, sec. 1/pp. 70-74)

LESLIE gained from PERRY. (Ky. Acts 1889-1890, vol. 1, ch. 371, sec. 1/p. 723)

LETCHER created from HARLAN and PERRY. (Ky. Acts 1841-1842, ch. 394, sec. 1/pp. 88-90; Ky. Acts 1842-1843, ch. 65/p. 16; Ky. Acts 1843-1844, ch. 88/p. 17)

LETCHER gained small area from PERRY to accommodate local property owners [not mapped]. (Ky. Acts 1855-1856, vol. 1, ch. 611/p. 91)

LETCHER exchanged with PERRY. (Ky. Acts 1857-1858, vol. 1, ch. 197/p. 25)

LETCHER lost small area to HARLAN to accommodate local property owner [not mapped; act repealed 22 March 1873]. (Ky. Acts 1863-1864, ch. 386, sec. 1/pp. 416-417)

LETCHER gained small area from HARLAN (repealed act of 17 February 1864) [not mapped]. (Ky. Acts 1873, Jan. adj. sess., ch. 527, sec. 1/p. 73)

LETCHER gained from PIKE. (Ky. Acts 1883-1884, vol. 2, ch. 995, sec. 1/pp. 351-352)

LETCHER lost to creation of KNOTT. (Ky. Acts 1883-1884, vol. 1, ch. 1313, sec. 1/pp. 103-108)

LEWIS created from MASON. (Ky. Acts 1806, 15th assy., sec. 1/p. 145-147)

Boundary between LEWIS and GREENUP was clarified [no change]. (Ky. Acts 1837-1838, ch. 531, sec. 1/pp. 34-35)

LEWIS gained small area from CARTER to accommodate local property owners [not mapped; act repealed 18 March 1871]. (Ky. Acts 1867-1868, vol. 2, ch. 1195, sec. 1/p. 622)

LEWIS lost small area to CARTER (repealed act of 9 March 1868) [not mapped]. (Ky. Acts 1871, Jan. adj. sess., ch. 1672, sec. 1/p. 69)

LEWIS lost small area to MASON to accommodate local property owners [change too small to display on interactive map; shapefile users see small_changes 1890_pt. for location]. (Ky. Acts 1889-1890, vol. 1, ch. 450, sec. 1/p. 960)

LEWIS lost to creation of BECKHAM (extinct). (Ky. Acts 1904, ch. 5, sec. 1/pp. 27-30)

LEWIS gained from BECKHAM when creation of BECKHAM was overturned by court decision on constitutional grounds; BECKHAM eliminated. (Correspondence, Kentucky Historical Society, October 1991)

LINCOLN created by Virginia from KENTUCKY County (Va., extinct). (Hening, 10:315-317)

LINCOLN was included in Kentucky District (Va.), a special judicial district, which was created to serve Virginians living west of the Allegheny Mountains. This district became the state of Kentucky in 1792. (Hening, 11:85)

LINCOLN lost to creation of MADISON and MERCER. (Hening, 12:118-120)

LINCOLN became a Kentucky county when the state of Kentucky was created from the Kentucky District of Virginia. (Hening, 11:85; U.S. Stat., 1:189)

LINCOLN lost to creation of LOGAN. (Ky. Acts 1792, 1st assy., 1st sess., ch. 12, sec. 1/pp. 19-20)

LINCOLN lost to creation of GREEN. (Ky. Acts 1792, 1st assy., 1st sess., ch. 44, sec. 1/pp. 46-47)

LINCOLN gained small area from MADISON, lost to creation of GARRARD. (Ky. Acts 1796-1797, 5th assy., 1st sess., sec. 1/pp. 38-39)

LINCOLN lost to creation of PULASKI. (Ky. Acts 1798-1799, 7th assy., ch. 1, sec. 1/pp. 3-5)

LINCOLN lost to creation of KNOX. (Ky. Acts 1799, 8th assy., ch. 74, sec. 1/pp. 152-154)

LINCOLN lost to GARRARD. (Ky. Acts 1801, 10th assy., ch. 64, sec. 1/pp. 64-65)

LINCOLN lost to creation of CASEY. (Ky. Acts 1806, 15th assy., sec. 1/pp. 78-81)

LINCOLN gained from CASEY. (Ky. Acts 1807-1808, 16th assy., ch. 74, sec. 1/pp. 117-118)

LINCOLN lost small area to MERCER [change too small to display on interactive map; shapefile users see small_changes 1810_pt. for location]. (Ky. Acts 1809-1810, 18th assy., ch. 95, sec. 1/p. 8)

LINCOLN lost to creation of ROCKCASTLE. (Ky. Acts 1809-1810, 18th assy., ch. 102, sec. 1/pp. 16-19)

Boundary between LINCOLN and CASEY was clarified [no discernible change]. (Ky. Acts 1813-1814, 22d assy., ch. 140, secs. 6-7/pp. 176-178)

LINCOLN lost to creation of BOYLE. (Ky. Acts 1841-1842, ch. 189, sec. 1/pp. 39-41, and ch. 365/p. 270)

LINCOLN gained small area from CASEY to accommodate local property owner [not mapped]. (Ky. Acts 1842-1843, ch. 126/p. 21)

Boundary between LINCOLN and CASEY was redefined to accommodate local property owners [no change]. (Ky. Acts 1879-1880, vol. 2, ch. 955, sec. 1/p. 385)

LIVINGSTON created from CHRISTIAN. (Ky. Acts 1798-1799, 7th assy., ch. 61, sec. 1/pp. 119-121)

LIVINGSTON lost to creation of CALDWELL. (Ky. Acts 1808-1809, 17th assy., ch. 33, sec. 1/pp. 40-42)

LIVINGSTON lost to creation of CALLOWAY, GRAVES, HICKMAN, and McCRACKEN. (Ky. Acts 1821, 30th assy., 1st sess., ch. 312, secs. 1, 8/pp. 390-395)

LIVINGSTON gained from CALDWELL. (Ky. Acts 1837-1838, ch. 719, sec. 1/p. 140)

LIVINGSTON lost to creation of CRITTENDEN. (Ky. Acts 1841-1842, ch. 97, sec. 1/pp. 22-23)

Boundary between LIVINGSTON and McCRACKEN was clarified [no change]. (Ky. Acts 1843-1844, ch. 188/p. 32)

LIVINGSTON gained from CRITTENDEN. (Ky. Acts 1847-1848, ch. 169, secs. 1, 5/pp. 14-15)

LOGAN created from LINCOLN. (Ky. Acts 1792, 1st assy., 1st sess., ch. 12, sec. 1/pp. 19-20)

LOGAN lost to creation of CHRISTIAN and WARREN. (Ky. Acts 1796-1797, 5th assy., 1st sess., sec. 1/pp. 13-14, and sec. 1/pp. 9-10)

Boundary between LOGAN and WARREN was clarified [no change]. (Ky. Acts 1798, 6th assy., 2d sess., ch. 33/pp. 55-56; Ky. Acts 1798-1799, 7th assy., ch. 5, sec. 1/p. 10)

LOGAN lost to creation of MUHLENBERG. (Ky. Acts 1798-1799, 7th assy., ch. 65, sec. 1/pp. 128-130)

LOGAN lost to creation of BUTLER. (Ky. Acts 1809-1810, 18th assy., ch. 119, sec. 1/pp. 44-47)

LOGAN lost small area to BUTLER. (Ky. Acts 1813-1814, 22d assy., ch. 102, sec. 1/pp. 129-130)

LOGAN lost to creation of SIMPSON. (Ky. Acts 1818-1819, 27th assy., ch. 342, sec. 1/pp. 633-637)

LOGAN lost to creation of TODD. (Ky. Acts 1819-1820, 28th assy., ch. 460, sec. 1/pp. 817-819)

LOGAN lost to TODD. (Ky. Acts 1821, 30th assy., 1st sess., ch. 246, sec. 1/pp. 306-307)

LOGAN exchanged with TODD. (Ky. Acts 1822, 31st assy., ch. 461, sec. 1/pp. 148-149)

LOGAN lost to SIMPSON. (Ky. Acts 1869, Jan. adj. sess., ch. 1241, sec. 1/pp. 2-3; Ky. Acts 1875-1876, vol. 1, ch. 20, sec. 1/p. 202)

LYON created from CALDWELL. (Ky. Acts 1853-1854, vol. 1, ch. 32, sec. 1/pp. 2-5, and ch. 471, sec. 9/pp. 68-69)

LYON lost to CALDWELL. (Ky. Acts 1863, Jan. adj. sess., ch. 701, sec. 1/p. 404)

MADISON created by Virginia from LINCOLN. (Hening, 12:118-120)

MADISON became a Kentucky county when the state of Kentucky was created from the Kentucky District of Virginia. (Hening, 11:85; U.S. Stat., 1:189)

MADISON lost to creation of GARRARD and lost small area to LINCOLN. (Ky. Acts 1796-1797, 5th assy., 1st sess., sec. 1/pp. 38-39)

MADISON lost to GARRARD. (Ky. Acts 1799, 8th assy., ch. 70, sec. 1/pp. 146-147)

MADISON gained from MONTGOMERY. (Ky. Acts 1799, 8th assy., ch. 73, sec. 1/pp. 150-152)

MADISON lost small area to GARRARD. (Ky. Acts 1801, 10th assy., ch. 64, sec. 1/pp. 64-65)

MADISON lost to KNOX. (Ky. Acts 1804, 13th assy., ch. 46, sec. 1/pp. 76-77)

MADISON lost to creation of CLAY, and lost to FLOYD and KNOX. (Ky. Acts 1806, 15th assy., sec. 1/pp. 139-141)

MADISON lost to creation of ESTILL. (Ky. Acts 1807-1808, 16th assy., ch. 38, sec. 1/pp. 64-66, and ch. 39, sec. 1/pp. 66-67)

MADISON lost to creation of ROCKCASTLE. (Ky. Acts 1809-1810, 18th assy., ch. 102, sec. 1/pp. 16-19)

MADISON gained from CLAY. (Ky. Acts 1811-1812, 20th assy., ch. 392, sec. 1/p. 218)

MADISON lost to ROCKCASTLE. (Ky. Acts 1821, 30th assy., 1st sess., ch. 343, sec. 1/pp. 444-445)

MADISON lost to creation of JACKSON. (Ky. Acts 1857-1858, vol. 1, ch. 167, sec. 1/pp. 18-22, and res. 13, p. 103)

MAGOFFIN created from FLOYD, JOHNSON, and MORGAN. (Ky. Acts 1859-1860, vol. 1, ch. 437, sec. 1/pp. 44-47)

MARION created from WASHINGTON. (Ky. Acts 1833-1834, 42d assy., ch. 285, sec. 1/pp. 367-369)

Boundary between MARION and WASHINGTON was clarified [no change]. (Ky. Acts 1836-1837, ch. 390/p. 261)

MARION gained small area from WASHINGTON to accommodate local property owner [not mapped]. (Ky. Acts 1844-1845, ch. 172/p. 32)

MARION gained small area from WASHINGTON to accommodate local property owners [not mapped]. (Ky. Acts 1869, Jan. adj. sess., ch. 2103, sec. 1/p. 354)

MARSHALL created from CALLOWAY. (Ky. Acts 1841-1842, ch. 180, sec. 1/pp. 33-34)

Legislature authorized creation of HENRIETTA (proposed) from MARSHALL and TRIGG, dependent on local referendum that failed [no change]. (Ky. Acts 1867, Jan. adj. sess., ch. 1131, secs. 1, 9-10/pp. 12-15)

MARTIN created from FLOYD, JOHNSON, LAWRENCE, and PIKE. (Ky. Acts 1869-1870, vol. 1, ch. 554, sec. 1/pp. 35-38)

MARTIN gained from LAWRENCE. (Ky. Acts 1877-1878, vol. 1, ch. 378, sec. 1/p. 437)

MARTIN lost small area to PIKE to accommodate local property owner [change too small to display on interactive map; shapefile users see small_changes 1880_pt. for location]. (Ky. Acts 1879-1880, vol. 1, ch. 653, sec. 1/p. 663)

MASON created by Virginia from BOURBON. (Hening, 12:658-659)

MASON became a Kentucky county when the state of Kentucky was created from the Kentucky District of Virginia. (Hening, 11:85; U.S. Stat., 1:189)

MASON lost to creation of CAMPBELL and lost small area to HARRISON. (Ky. Acts 1794, 3d assy., ch. 13, sec. 1/pp, 19-21)

MASON lost to creation of BRACKEN. (Ky. Acts 1796-1797, 5th assy., 1st sess., sec. 1/pp. 5-6)

MASON lost to creation of FLEMING. (Ky. Acts 1798, 6th assy., 2d sess., ch. 32, sec. 1/pp. 53-55)

MASON lost to creation of FLOYD and NICHOLAS. (Ky. Acts 1799, 8th assy., ch. 11, secs. 1, 6/pp. 31-33 and ch. 73, sec. 1/pp. 150-152)

MASON lost to creation of GREENUP. (Ky. Acts 1803, 12th assy., ch. 76, sec. 1/pp. 113-115)

MASON lost to creation of LEWIS. (Ky. Acts 1806, 15th assy., sec. 1/p. 145-147)

MASON lost small area to BRACKEN to accommodate local property owners [change too small to display on interactive map; shapefile users see small_changes 1854_pt. for location]. (Ky. Acts 1853-1854, vol. 1, ch. 643, sec. 1/p. 89)

MASON lost to creation of ROBERTSON. (Ky. Acts 1867, Jan. adj. sess., ch. 1317, sec. 1/pp. 37-41, and ch. 1541, sec. 1/pp. 50-51)

MASON gained small area from ROBERTSON to accommodate local property owner [not mapped]. (Ky. Acts 1867-1868, vol. 2, ch. 759, sec. 1/pp. 207-208)

MASON lost small area to FLEMING [change too small to display on interactive map; shapefile users see small_changes 1888_pt. for location]. (Ky. Acts 1887-1888, vol. 1, ch. 199, sec. 1/p. 402)

MASON gained small area from LEWIS to accommodate local property owners [change too small to display on interactive map; shapefile users see small_changes 1890_pt. for location]. (Ky. Acts 1889-1890, vol. 1, ch. 450, sec. 1/p. 960)

McCRACKEN created from LIVINGSTON; McCRACKEN not fully organized, attached to HICKMAN. (Ky. Acts 1821, 30th assy., 1st sess., ch. 312, secs. 1, 8/pp. 390-395)

McCRACKEN fully organized, detached from HICKMAN. (Ky. Acts 1824-1825, 33d assy., ch. 48, sec. 1/pp. 40-42)

Boundary between McCRACKEN and HICKMAN was clarified [no change]. (Ky. Acts 1837-1838, ch. 848/p. 231)

McCRACKEN lost to creation of BALLARD. (Ky. Acts 1841-1842, ch. 188, sec. 1/pp. 36-38)

Boundary between McCRACKEN and LIVINGSTON was clarified [no change]. (Ky. Acts 1843-1844, ch. 188/p. 32)

McCREARY created from PULASKI, WAYNE, and WHITLEY. (Ky. Acts 1912, ch. 46, sec. 1/pp. 184-192)

McLEAN created from DAVIESS, MUHLENBERG, and OHIO. (Ky. Acts 1853-1854, vol. 1, ch. 125, sec. 1/pp. 7-10)

McLEAN gained small area from DAVIESS to accommodate local property owners [change too small to display on interactive map; shapefile users see small_changes 1862_pt. for location]. (Ky. Acts 1862, Feb. adj. sess., ch. 426, sec. 1/pp. 64-65)

Boundary between McLEAN and MUHLENBERG was redefined [no change]. (Ky. Acts 1871-1872, vol. 1, ch. 258, secs. 1, 5/pp. 21-22)

MEADE created from BRECKINRIDGE and HARDIN. (Ky. Acts 1823-1824, 32d assy., ch. 609, sec. 1/pp. 336-338)

MENIFEE created from BATH, MONTGOMERY, MORGAN, POWELL, and WOLFE. (Ky. Acts 1869, Jan. adj. sess., ch. 1872, sec. 1/pp.65-69)

MENIFEE gained small area from BATH to accommodate local property owner [change too small to display on interactive map; shapefile users see small_changes 1870_pt. for location]. (Ky. Acts 1869-1870, vol. 1, ch. 571, sec. 1/p. 39)

MENIFEE lost small area to BATH to accommodate local property owners [change too small to display on interactive map; shapefile users see small_changes 1878_pt. for location]. (Ky. Acts 1877-1878, vol. 2, ch. 1014, sec. 1/p. 586)

MENIFEE gained from POWELL, exchanged with WOLFE. (Ky. Acts 1879-1880, vol. 2, ch. 1036, secs. 1-2/p. 484)

MENIFEE gained small area from MORGAN to accommodate local property owners [not mapped]. (Ky. Acts 1885-1886, vol. 1, ch. 536, secs. 1-3/pp. 1219-1220)

MENIFEE lost small area to POWELL. (Ky. Acts 1887-1888, vol. 3, ch. 1379, sec. 1/p. 657)

MERCER created by Virginia from LINCOLN. (Hening, 12:118-120)

MERCER became a Kentucky county when the state of Kentucky was created from the Kentucky District of Virginia. (Hening, 11:85; U.S. Stat., 1:189)

MERCER lost to creation of FRANKLIN. (Ky. Acts 1794, 3d assy., ch. 13, sec. 1/pp. 19-21)

MERCER lost to creation of GARRARD. (Ky. Acts 1796-1797, 5th assy., 1st sess., sec. 1/pp. 38-39)

MERCER gained small area from LINCOLN [change too small to display on interactive map; shapefile users see small_changes 1810_pt. for location]. (Ky. Acts 1809-1810, 18th assy., ch. 95, sec. 1/p. 8)

MERCER gained from CASEY. (Ky. Acts 1820, 29th assy., ch. 139, sec. 1/pp. 170-172)

MERCER lost to creation of ANDERSON. (Ky. Acts 1826-1827, 35th assy., ch. 35, sec. 1/pp. 44-47, and ch. 46, sec. 1/p. 55)

MERCER lost to creation of BOYLE. (Ky. Acts 1841-1842, ch. 189, sec. 1/pp. 39-41, and ch. 365/p. 270)

MERCER gained small area from BOYLE to accommodate local property owner [not mapped]. (Ky. Acts 1843-1844, ch. 271, sec. 3/pp. 50-51)

MERCER gained small area from WASHINGTON. (Ky. Acts 1859-1860, vol. 2, ch. 660, sec. 1/p. 311)

MERCER lost to ANDERSON. (Ky. Acts 1877-1878, vol. 1, ch. 239, sec. 1/pp. 245-246)

MERCER lost small area to ANDERSON to accommodate local property owners [not mapped]. (Ky. Acts 1883-1884, vol. 1, ch. 1579, sec. 1/pp. 190-191)

MERCER gained from WASHINGTON. (Ky. Acts 1889-1890, vol. 2, ch. 756, secs. 1-4, 7/pp. 508-510; vol. 3, ch. 1797, secs. 1-3/pp. 1471-1472)

MERCER gained from ANDERSON. (Ky. Acts 1889-1890, vol. 3, ch. 1859, sec. 1/p. 1579)

METCALFE created from ADAIR, BARREN, CUMBERLAND, GREEN, and MONROE. (Ky. Acts 1859-1860, vol. 1, ch. 104, sec. 1/pp. 11-14, ch. 524/p. 50, ch. 617, sec. 1/p. 57, and ch. 825, sec. 3/p. 82)

METCALFE lost small areas to BARREN and HART to accommodate local property owners [loss to BARREN was repealed 3 October 1861; not mapped]. (Ky. Acts 1861, May called sess., ch. 58, sec. 1/p. 50)

METCALFE gained from ADAIR. (Ky. Acts 1861, Sep. called sess., ch. 111, sec. 1/pp. 11-12)

METCALFE gained small area from BARREN (repealed act of 24 May 1861 and was in turn repealed 2 March 1863) [not mapped]. (Ky. Acts 1861, Sep. called sess., ch. 164, sec. 1/p. 19)

METCALFE lost small area to BARREN (repealed act of 3 October 1861) [not mapped]. (Ky. Acts 1863, Jan. adj. sess., ch. 969, secs. 1-2/p. 364)

METCALFE gained from CUMBERLAND. (Ky. Acts 1865-1866, ch. 726, sec. 1/pp. 625-626)

METCALFE lost small area to BARREN to accommodate local property owner [not mapped]. (Ky. Acts 1869-1870, vol. 2, ch. 954, sec. 1/p. 662)

METCALFE gained small area from BARREN to accommodate local property owners [not mapped]. (Ky. Acts 1875-1876, vol. 2, ch. 675, sec. 1/p. 417)

METCALFE gained small area from BARREN to accommodate local property owner [not mapped]. (Ky. Acts 1885-1886, vol. 2, ch. 737, sec. 1/pp. 98-99)

[by 31 December 1939] METCALFE lost to CUMBERLAND. (Rand McNally Commercial Atlas, 1939, p. 157)

MONROE created from BARREN and CUMBERLAND. (Ky. Acts 1819-1820, 28th assy., ch. 474, sec. 1/pp. 834-838)

MONROE lost to ALLEN. (Ky. Acts 1824-1825, 33d assy., ch. 127, sec. 1/pp. 131-132)

MONROE gained from CUMBERLAND. (Ky. Acts 1829-1830, 38th assy., ch. 256, sec. 1/p. 76)

MONROE lost to creation of METCALFE. (Ky. Acts 1859-1860, vol. 1, ch. 104, sec. 1/pp. 11-14, ch. 524/p. 50, ch. 617, sec. 1/p. 57, and ch. 825, sec. 3/p. 82)

MONROE gained small area from BARREN to accommodate local property owner [not mapped]. (Ky. Acts 1861, Jan. called sess., ch. 382, sec. 1/p. 41)

MONTGOMERY created from CLARK. (Ky. Acts 1796-1797, 5th assy., 1st sess., sec. 1/pp. 4-5)

MONTGOMERY lost to creation of FLOYD and lost to MADISON. (Ky. Acts 1799, 8th assy., ch. 73, sec. 1/pp. 150-152)

MONTGOMERY lost to creation of BATH. (Ky. Acts 1810-1811, 19th assy., ch. 221, sec. 1/pp. 43-45)

MONTGOMERY lost to ESTILL. (Ky. Acts 1815-1816, 24th assy., ch. 306, sec. 1/p. 503)

MONTGOMERY lost to FLOYD. (Ky. Acts 1817-1818, 26th assy., ch. 182, sec. 1/p. 352)

MONTGOMERY lost to creation of POWELL. (Ky. Acts 1851-1852, ch. 325, sec. 1/pp. 29-32)

MONTGOMERY lost to creation of MENIFEE and lost small area to BATH. (Ky. Acts 1869, Jan. adj. sess., ch. 1872, sec. 1/pp.65-69)

Boundary between MONTGOMERY and BOURBON was clarified [no change]. (Ky. Acts 1869-1870, vol. 1, ch. 31, secs. 1, 5/pp. 34-35)

MORGAN created from BATH and FLOYD. (Ky. Acts 1822, 31st assy., ch. 460, sec. 1/pp. 145-147)

MORGAN gained from FLOYD. (Ky. Acts 1823-1824, 32d assy., ch. 725, sec. 1/pp. 468-469)

MORGAN gained from LAWRENCE. (Ky. Acts 1836-1837, ch. 85/p. 34)

MORGAN gained from FLOYD. (Ky. Acts 1839-1840, ch. 22/p. 17)

MORGAN gained from LAWRENCE. (Ky. Acts 1853-1854, vol. 1, ch. 7/p. 1)

MORGAN gained from POWELL. (Ky. Acts 1853-1854, vol. 1, ch. 554/pp. 77-78)

MORGAN lost to creation of ROWAN. (Ky. Acts 1855-1856, vol. 1, ch. 27, sec. 1/pp. 4-7)

MORGAN lost to creation of MAGOFFIN. (Ky. Acts 1859-1860, vol. 1, ch. 437, sec. 1/pp. 44-47)

MORGAN lost to creation of WOLFE. (Ky. Acts 1859-1860, vol. 1, ch. 1326, sec. 1/pp. 138-141)

MORGAN lost to WOLFE (act partially repealed 17 February 1866, and fully repealed 20 February 1868). (Ky. Acts 1865-1866, ch. 45, sec. 1/pp. 29-30)

MORGAN exchanged with WOLFE (partially repealed act of 18 December 1865 and was in turn repealed 20 February 1868). (Ky. Acts 1865-1866, ch. 705, secs. 1-2/pp. 617-618)

MORGAN gained from WOLFE (repealed acts of 18 December 1865 and 17 February 1866). (Ky. Acts 1867-1868, vol. 1, ch. 524, sec. 1/p. 610)

MORGAN lost to creation of ELLIOTT. (Ky. Acts 1869, Jan. adj. sess., ch. 1297, sec. 1/pp. 69-73)

MORGAN lost to creation of MENIFEE. (Ky. Acts 1869, Jan. adj. sess., ch. 1872, sec. 1/pp.65-69)

MORGAN exchanged small areas with ELLIOTT to accommodate local property owners [change too small to display on interactive map; shapefile users see small_changes 1870_pt. for location]. (Ky. Acts 1869-1870, vol. 1, ch. 182, sec. 1/p. 14)

MORGAN lost to WOLFE. (Ky. Acts 1877-1878, vol. 2, ch. 770, secs. 1-2/pp. 308-309)

Boundary between MORGAN and WOLFE was redefined to accommodate local property owner [no change]. (Ky. Acts 1881-1882, vol. 1, ch. 367, sec. 1/p. 37)

MORGAN lost small areas to MENIFEE and WOLFE to accommodate local property owners [not mapped]. (Ky. Acts 1885-1886, vol. 1, ch. 536, secs. 1-3/pp. 1219-1220)

MUHLENBERG created from CHRISTIAN and LOGAN. (Ky. Acts 1798-1799, 7th assy., ch. 65, sec. 1/pp. 128-130)

MUHLENBERG gained from CHRISTIAN. (Ky. Acts 1800, 9th assy., ch. 10, sec. 1/p. 33)

MUHLENBERG lost to creation of McLEAN. (Ky. Acts 1853-1854, vol. 1, ch. 125, sec. 1/pp. 7-10)

Boundary between MUHLENBERG and McLEAN was redefined [no change]. (Ky. Acts 1871-1872, vol. 1, ch. 258, secs. 1, 5/pp. 21-22)

MUHLENBERG gained from BUTLER. (Ky. Acts 1889-1890, vol. 3, ch. 1734, secs. 1-2/p. 1307)

NELSON created by Virginia from JEFFERSON. (Hening, 11:469-470)

NELSON became a Kentucky county when the state of Kentucky was created from the Kentucky District of Virginia. (Hening, 11:85; U.S. Stat., 1:189)

NELSON lost to creation of WASHINGTON. (Ky. Acts 1792, 1st assy., 1st sess., ch. 2, sec. 1/p. 4)

NELSON lost to creation of GREEN. (Ky. Acts 1792, 1st assy., 1st sess., ch. 44, sec.1/pp. 46-47)

NELSON lost to creation of HARDIN. (Ky. Acts 1792, 1st assy., 2d sess., ch. 17, sec. 1/pp. 22-23)

NELSON gained small area from JEFFERSON, lost to creation of BULLITT. (Ky. Acts 1796-1797, 5th assy., 1st sess., sec. 1/pp. 3-4)

NELSON gained small area along Salt River meander from SHELBY, lost to creation of SPENCER. (Ky. Acts 1823-1824, 32d assy., ch. 708, sec. 1/pp. 441-443)

NICHOLAS created from BOURBON and MASON. (Ky. Acts 1799, 8th assy., ch. 11, secs. 1, 6/pp. 31-33)

NICHOLAS boundaries were clarified [no change]. (Ky. Acts 1809-1810, 18th assy., ch. 99, secs. 1-2/p. 13)

NICHOLAS lost to FLEMING and HARRISON. (Ky. Acts 1815-1816, 24th assy., ch. 351, secs. 1, 3-4/pp. 573-574)

NICHOLAS gained from BOURBON, lost small area to HARRISON [area lost by NICHOLAS too small to display on interactive map; shapefile users see small_changes 1817_pt. for location]. (Ky. Acts 1816-1817, 25th assy., ch. 27, secs. 1, 5/pp. 44-45)

NICHOLAS gained from FLEMING. (Ky. Acts 1823-1824, 32d assy., ch. 603, secs. 1, 3/p. 330)

NICHOLAS lost to BRACKEN. (Ky. Acts 1843-1844, ch. 268/p. 49; Ky. Acts 1843-1844, ch. 271, sec. 1/pp. 50-51)

NICHOLAS lost small area to BRACKEN [not mapped]. (Ky. Acts 1845-1846, ch. 277/p. 16)

NICHOLAS lost to creation of ROBERTSON. (Ky. Acts 1867, Jan. adj. sess., ch. 1317, sec. 1/pp. 37-41, and ch. 1541, sec. 1/pp. 50-51)

OHIO created from HARDIN. (Ky. Acts 1798-1799, 7th assy., ch. 73, sec. 1/pp. 164-166; Ky. Acts 1799, 8th assy., res., pp. 211-212)

OHIO lost to HENDERSON. (Ky. Acts 1808-1809, 17th assy., ch. 15/p. 19)

OHIO gained small areas on the Rough River and on Bear Creek from HARDIN, lost to creation of GRAYSON. (Ky. Acts 1809-1810, 18th assy., ch. 133, sec. 1/pp. 68-70)

OHIO lost to creation of BUTLER. (Ky. Acts 1809-1810, 18th assy., ch. 119, sec. 1/pp. 44-47)

OHIO lost to creation of DAVIESS. (Ky. Acts 1814-1815, 23d assy., ch. 190, sec. 1/pp. 265-267)

OHIO gained small area from DAVIESS [change too small to display on interactive map; shapefile users see small_changes 1815_pt. for location]. (Ky. Acts 1815-1816, 24th assy., ch. 274, sec. 1/p. 462)

OHIO boundaries were clarified [no change]. (Ky. Acts 1818-1819, 27th assy., ch. 319/p. 607)

OHIO lost to creation of HANCOCK. (Ky. Acts 1828-1829, 37th assy., ch. 32, sec. 1/pp. 30-32)

OHIO lost to DAVIESS. (Ky. Acts 1829-1830, 38th assy., ch. 306, sec. 1/pp. 149-150)

OHIO lost to BRECKINRIDGE. (Ky. Acts 1830-1831, 39th assy., ch. 471, secs. 1, 3/pp. 79-80)

OHIO lost to creation of McLEAN. (Ky. Acts 1853-1854, vol. 1, ch. 125, sec. 1/pp. 7-10)

OHIO lost to BUTLER. (Ky. Acts 1871, Jan. adj. sess., ch. 1595, sec. 1/p. 64)

OLDHAM created from HENRY, JEFFERSON, and SHELBY. (Ky. Acts 1823-1824, 32d assy., ch. 602, sec. 1/pp. 328-329; Ky. Acts 1877-1878, vol. 1, ch. 281, sec. 1/p. 345)

Boundary between OLDHAM and HENRY was clarified [no change]. (Ky. Acts 1824-1825, 33d assy., ch. 17/p. 19)

OLDHAM lost to SHELBY. (Ky. Acts 1832-1833, 41st assy., ch. 74/p. 72)

OLDHAM lost to creation of TRIMBLE. (Ky. Acts 1836-1837, ch. 248, sec. 1/pp. 141-143, ch. 362, sec. 1/pp. 239-240, and ch. 369, sec. 6/pp. 249-250)

OLDHAM lost small area to TRIMBLE [change too small to display on interactive map; shapefile users see small_changes 1842_pt. for location]. (Ky. Acts 1841-1842, ch. 362, sec. 1/pp. 269-270)

OLDHAM gained small area from SHELBY [change too small to display on interactive map; shapefile users see small_changes 1852_pt. for location]. (Ky. Acts 1851-1852, ch. 193/p. 510)

OLDHAM gained small area from SHELBY to accommodate local property owners [change too small to display on interactive map; shapefile users see small_changes 1856_pt. for location]. (Ky. Acts 1855-1856, vol. 1, ch. 273, sec. 1/p. 49)

OLDHAM gained small area from HENRY [change too small to display on interactive map; shapefile users see small_changes 1874_pt. for location]. (Ky. Acts 1873-1874, ch. 28, sec. 1/p. 113)

OLDHAM gained from JEFFERSON. (Ky. Acts 1873-1874, ch. 42, sec. 1/p. 7)

Boundary between OLDHAM and JEFFERSON was clarified [no change]. (Ky. Acts 1877-1878, vol. 1, ch. 281, sec. 1/p. 345)

[1 January 1734/1735] ORANGE (Va.) created by Virginia from SPOTSYLVANIA (Va.); ORANGE extended westward to "the utmost limits of Virginia," including all of present Kentucky and West Virginia, and part of present Virginia. (Hening, 4:450-451)

ORANGE (Va.) lost to creation of AUGUSTA (Va.) and FREDERICK (Va.); ORANGE (Va.) eliminated from present Kentucky. AUGUSTA (Va.) not fully organized, attached to ORANGE (Va.); ORANGE jurisdiction over Kentucky continued indirectly through the attachment of AUGUSTA (Va.). (Hening, 5:78-80; Robinson, 43, 50)

OWEN created from FRANKLIN, GALLATIN, PENDLETON, and SCOTT. (Ky. Acts 1818-1819, 27th assy., ch. 387, sec. 1/pp. 702-705)

OWEN lost to FRANKLIN. (Ky. Acts 1820, 29th assy., ch. 23/p. 31)

OWEN gained from GALLATIN. (Ky. Acts 1820, 29th assy., ch. 154, sec. 1/pp. 196-197)

OWEN gained from GALLATIN. (Ky. Acts 1827-1828, 36th assy., ch. 92, sec. 1/p. 97)

OWEN lost small area to GRANT to accommodate local property owners [not mapped]. (Ky. Acts 1862, Aug. called sess., ch. 665, sec. 1/p. 312)

OWEN lost to GRANT. (Ky. Acts 1875-1876, vol. 1, ch. 132, sec. 1/p. 268)

OWSLEY created from BREATHITT, CLAY, and ESTILL. (Ky. Acts 1842-1843, ch. 43, secs. 1, 6/pp. 11-13)

OWSLEY lost small area to BREATHITT to accommodate local property owner [change too small to display on interactive map; shapefile users see small_changes 1844_pt. for location]. (Ky. Acts 1843-1844, ch. 299, sec. 1/pp. 68-69)

OWSLEY lost to ESTILL. (Ky. Acts 1853-1854, vol. 1, ch. 394/p. 65)

OWSLEY lost to creation of JACKSON. (Ky. Acts 1857-1858, vol. 1, ch. 167, sec. 1/pp. 18-22, and res. 13, p. 103)

OWSLEY gained from BREATHITT. (Ky. Acts 1859-1860, vol. 2, ch. 1264, sec. 1/p. 822)

OWSLEY lost to creation of WOLFE. (Ky. Acts 1859-1860, vol. 1, ch. 1326, sec. 1/pp. 138-141)

OWSLEY lost to creation of LEE and lost small area to ESTILL. (Ky. Acts 1869-1870, vol. 1, ch. 202, sec. 1/pp. 14-18)

OWSLEY lost small area to LEE to accommodate local property owners [not mapped]. (Ky. Acts 1887-1888, vol. 3, ch. 1372, sec. 1/pp. 651-652)

OWSLEY lost small area to LEE to accommodate local property owners [not mapped]. (Ky. Acts 1889-1890, vol. 1, ch. 147, sec. 1/p. 233)

PENDLETON created from BRACKEN and CAMPBELL. (Ky. Acts 1798-1799, 7th assy., ch. 47, sec. 1/pp. 59-61)

PENDLETON boundaries were clarified [no change]. (Ky. Acts 1809-1810, 18th assy., ch. 99, secs. 1-2/p. 13)

PENDLETON lost to creation of OWEN. (Ky. Acts 1818-1819, 27th assy., ch. 387, sec. 1/pp. 702-705)

PENDLETON lost to creation of GRANT. (Ky. Acts 1819-1820, 28th assy., ch. 561, sec. 1/pp. 944-946)

PENDLETON lost small area to KENTON to accommodate local property owner [not mapped]. (Ky. Acts 1865-1866, ch. 357, secs. 1, 3/p. 294)

PENDLETON gained small area from BRACKEN. (Ky. Acts 1881-1882, vol. 2, ch. 1293, sec. 1/p. 843)

PENDLETON boundary with KENTON was redefined [no change]. (Ky. Acts 1996, ch. 161/pp. 604-605)

PERRY created from CLAY and FLOYD. (Ky. Acts 1820, 29th assy., ch. 9, sec. 1/pp. 15-18, and ch. 124, sec. 3/pp. 152-153)

PERRY lost to creation of BREATHITT. (Ky. Acts 1838-1839, ch. 1192, sec. 1/pp. 144-145)

PERRY lost to HARLAN. (Ky. Acts 1840-1841, reg. sess., ch. 160/p. 26)

PERRY lost to creation of LETCHER. (Ky. Acts 1841-1842, ch. 394, sec. 1/pp. 88-90; Ky. Acts 1842-1843, ch. 65/p. 16; Ky. Acts 1843-1844, ch. 88/p. 17)

PERRY gained from CLAY. (Ky. Acts 1842-1843, ch. 4, sec. 1/pp. 9-10)

PERRY lost to BREATHITT. (Ky. Acts 1845-1846, ch. 284/p. 16)

PERRY gained small area from BREATHITT to accommodate local property owner [change too small to display on interactive map; shapefile users see small_changes 1849_pt. for location]. (Ky. Acts 1848-1849, ch. 627/p. 40)

PERRY gained from CLAY. (Ky. Acts 1850-1851, vol. 1, ch. 20/p. 3)

PERRY lost to CLAY. (Ky. Acts 1850-1851, vol. 1, ch. 57/p. 14)

PERRY lost small areas to BREATHITT and LETCHER to accommodate local property owners [not mapped]. (Ky. Acts 1855-1856, vol. 1, ch. 611/p. 91)

PERRY exchanged with LETCHER. (Ky. Acts 1857-1858, vol. 1, ch. 197/p. 25)

PERRY lost small area to BREATHITT to accommodate local property owner [not mapped]. (Ky. Acts 1877-1878, vol. 1, ch. 362, sec. 1/pp. 423-424)

PERRY lost to creation of LESLIE. (Ky. Acts 1877-1878, vol. 1, ch. 666, sec. 1/pp. 70-74)

PERRY lost to creation of KNOTT. (Ky. Acts 1883-1884, vol. 1, ch. 1313, sec. 1/pp. 103-108)

PERRY lost to LESLIE. (Ky. Acts 1889-1890, vol. 1, ch. 371, sec. 1/p. 723)

PERRY lost to KNOTT. (Ky. Acts 1889-1890, vol. 3, ch. 1446, sec. 1/p. 511)

PIKE created from FLOYD. (Ky. Acts 1821, 30th assy., 1st sess., ch. 297, sec. 1/pp. 371-374)

Boundary between PIKE and FLOYD was redefined [no discernible change]. (Ky. Acts 1828-1829, 37th assy., ch. 95, sec. 1/pp. 85-86)

PIKE gained small area from FLOYD to accommodate local property owner [change too small to display on interactive map; shapefile users see small_changes 1842_pt. for location]. (Ky. Acts 1841-1842, ch. 362, sec. 2/pp. 269-270)

PIKE lost small area to FLOYD to accommodate local property owner [change too small to display on interactive map; shapefile users see small_changes 1845_pt. for location]. (Ky. Acts 1844-1845, ch. 254, sec. 3/pp. 195-196)

PIKE boundary with FLOYD and LAWRENCE was clarified [no change]. (Ky. Acts 1848-1849, ch. 211, sec. 1/p. 9)

PIKE lost to LAWRENCE. (Ky. Acts 1849-1850, ch. 245, sec. 8/pp. 37-38)

PIKE gained from LAWRENCE. (Ky. Acts 1851-1852, ch. 396, sec. 1/p. 699)

PIKE lost to creation of MARTIN. (Ky. Acts 1869-1870, vol. 1, ch. 554, sec. 1/pp. 35-38)

PIKE gained small area from MARTIN to accommodate local property owner [change too small to display on interactive map; shapefile users see small_changes 1880_pt. for location]. (Ky. Acts 1879-1880, vol. 1, ch. 653, sec. 1/p. 663)

Boundary between PIKE and FLOYD was redefined to accommodate local property owners [no discernible change]. (Ky. Acts 1879-1880, vol. 2, ch. 1082, sec. 1/p. 563)

PIKE lost to LETCHER. (Ky. Acts 1883-1884, vol. 2, ch. 995, sec. 1/pp. 351-352)

PIKE gained from FLOYD. (Ky. Acts 1887-1888, vol. 1, ch. 6, sec. 1/pp. 3-4)

POWELL created from CLARK, ESTILL, and MONTGOMERY. (Ky. Acts 1851-1852, ch. 325, sec. 1/pp. 29-32)

POWELL lost to MORGAN, exchanged with BATH. (Ky. Acts 1853-1854, vol. 1, ch. 549/p. 77 and ch. 554/pp. 77-78)

POWELL lost to creation of WOLFE. (Ky. Acts 1859-1860, vol. 1, ch. 1326, sec. 1/pp. 138-141)

POWELL lost to creation of MENIFEE. (Ky. Acts 1869, Jan. adj. sess., ch. 1872, sec. 1/pp.65-69)

POWELL lost to MENIFEE. (Ky. Acts 1879-1880, vol. 2, ch. 1036, secs. 1-2/p. 484)

POWELL gained small area from ESTILL [change too small to display on interactive map; shapefile users see small_changes 1884_pt. for location]. (Ky. Acts 1883-1884, vol. 2, ch. 920, sec. 1/p. 201)

POWELL gained small area from MENIFEE. (Ky. Acts 1887-1888, vol. 3, ch. 1379, sec. 1/p. 657)

Boundary between POWELL and ESTILL was redefined [no discernible change]. (Ky. Acts 1889-1890, vol. 3, ch. 1355, sec. 1/p. 367)

POWELL gained small area from ESTILL to accommodate local property owners [change too small to display on interactive map; shapefile users see small_changes 1972_pt. for location]. (Ky. Acts 1972, ch. 38/pp. 128-129)

PULASKI created from GREEN and LINCOLN. (Ky. Acts 1798-1799, 7th assy., ch. 1, sec. 1/pp. 3-5)

PULASKI lost to creation of WAYNE. (Ky. Acts 1800, 9th assy., ch. 46, sec. 1/pp. 66-68)

PULASKI lost to creation of ROCKCASTLE. (Ky. Acts 1809-1810, 18th assy., ch. 102, sec. 1/pp. 16-19)

PULASKI exchanged with WAYNE. (Ky. Acts 1816-1817, 25th assy., ch. 125, sec. 1/pp. 234-235)

PULASKI lost to WHITLEY. (Ky. Acts 1825, 34th assy., ch. 97, sec. 1/pp. 91-93)

PULASKI lost to WAYNE. (Ky. Acts 1830-1831, 39th assy., ch. 433, sec. 1/p. 47)

PULASKI lost to RUSSELL. (Ky. Acts 1838-1839, ch. 1376/pp. 334-335)

PULASKI lost to creation of McCREARY. (Ky. Acts 1912, ch. 46, sec. 1/pp. 184-192)

ROBERTSON created from BRACKEN, HARRISON, MASON, and NICHOLAS. (Ky. Acts 1867, Jan. adj. sess., ch. 1317, sec. 1/pp. 37-41, and ch. 1541, sec. 1/pp. 50-51)

ROBERTSON lost small area to MASON to accommodate local property owner [not mapped]. (Ky. Acts 1867-1868, vol. 2, ch. 759, sec. 1/pp. 207-208)

ROCKCASTLE created from KNOX, LINCOLN, MADISON, and PULASKI. (Ky. Acts 1809-1810, 18th assy., ch. 102, sec. 1/pp. 16-19)

ROCKCASTLE gained from MADISON. (Ky. Acts 1821, 30th assy., 1st sess., ch. 343, sec. 1/pp. 444-445)

ROCKCASTLE lost to creation of LAUREL. (Ky. Acts 1825, 34th assy., ch. 29, sec. 1/pp. 28-30)

ROCKCASTLE exchanged small areas with LAUREL. (Ky. Acts 1829-1830, 38th assy., ch. 282, sec. 1/pp. 119-120)

ROCKCASTLE lost small area to LAUREL. (Ky. Acts 1830-1831, 39th assy., ch. 478/p. 84)

ROCKCASTLE lost to creation of JACKSON. (Ky. Acts 1857-1858, vol. 1, ch. 167, sec. 1/pp. 18-22, and res. 13, p. 103)

ROCKCASTLE gained from JACKSON. (Ky. Acts 1861, Jan. called sess., ch. 370, sec. 1/p. 40)

ROCKCASTLE lost small area to LAUREL to accommodate local property owner [not mapped]. (Ky. Acts 1861, May called sess., ch. 41, sec. 1/p. 36)

ROCKCASTLE gained small area from JACKSON to accommodate local property owner [change too small to display on interactive map; shapefile users see small_changes 1865_pt. for location]. (Ky. Acts 1865, Jan. adj. sess., ch. 1335, sec. 1/p. 223)

ROCKCASTLE lost small area to LAUREL to accommodate local property owner. (Ky. Acts 1871, Jan. adj. sess., ch. 1363, sec. 1/p. 33)

ROCKCASTLE lost small area to JACKSON to accommodate local property owner [not mapped]. (Ky. Acts 1873, Jan. adj. sess., ch. 460, sec. 1/p. 11)

ROCKCASTLE gained small area from JACKSON to accommodate local property owner [not mapped]. (Ky. Acts 1881-1882, vol. 2, ch. 1239, sec. 1/p. 761)

ROCKCASTLE gained small area from LAUREL. (Ky. Acts 1883-1884, ch. 546, sec. 1/p. 38)

ROWAN created from FLEMING and MORGAN. (Ky. Acts 1855-1856, vol. 1, ch. 27, sec. 1/pp. 4-7)

ROWAN gained small area from CARTER to accommodate local property owner [not mapped]. (Ky. Acts 1861, Sep. called sess., ch. 24, sec. 1/p. 1)

Boundary between ROWAN and ELLIOTT was redefined to accommodate local property owner [no change]. (Ky. Acts 1871-1872, vol. 1, ch. 689, sec. 1/p. 59)

ROWAN gained small area from ELLIOTT to accommodate local property owner [not mapped]. (Ky. Acts 1881-1882, vol. 2, ch. 1049, sec. 1/p. 502)

ROWAN gained small area from CARTER to accommodate local property owner [not mapped]. (Ky. Acts 1881-1882, vol. 2, ch. 1253, sec. 1/p. 769)

ROWAN lost to creation of BECKHAM (extinct). (Ky. Acts 1904, ch. 5, sec. 1/pp. 27-30)

ROWAN gained from BECKHAM when creation of BECKHAM was overturned by court decision on constitutional grounds; BECKHAM eliminated. (Correspondence, Kentucky Historical Society, October 1991)

RUSSELL created from ADAIR, CUMBERLAND, and WAYNE. (Ky. Acts 1825, 34th assy., ch. 39, sec. 1/pp. 40-44)

RUSSELL gained from PULASKI. (Ky. Acts 1838-1839, ch. 1376/pp. 334-335)

RUSSELL lost small area to CLINTON to accommodate local property owner (act repealed 7 February 1868) [not mapped]. (Ky. Acts 1840-1841, reg. sess., ch. 328/p. 222)

RUSSELL lost small area to CASEY to accommodate local property owner [change too small to display on interactive map; shapefile users see small_changes 1864_pt. for location]. (Ky. Acts 1863-1864, ch. 332, sec. 1/p. 383)

RUSSELL gained small area from CLINTON (repealed act of 16 February 1841) [not mapped]. (Ky. Acts 1867-1868, vol. 1, ch. 353, sec. 1/p. 477)

SCOTT created from WOODFORD. (Ky. Acts 1792, 1st assy., 1st sess., ch. 3, sec. 1/pp. 4-5)

SCOTT lost to creation of HARRISON. (Ky. Acts 1793, 2d assy., ch. 24, sec. 1/pp. 29-31)

SCOTT lost to creation of CAMPBELL. (Ky. Acts 1794, 3d assy., ch. 13, sec. 1/pp, 19-21)

SCOTT lost to creation of OWEN. (Ky. Acts 1818-1819, 27th assy., ch. 387, sec. 1/pp. 702-705)

SCOTT gained small area from FRANKLIN to accommodate local property owner [not mapped]. (Ky. Acts 1844-1845, ch. 266, sec. 4/p. 202)

SCOTT gained small area from FRANKLIN to accommodate local property owner [not mapped]. (Ky. Acts 1869, Jan. adj. sess., ch. 1744, sec. 1/p. 1)

Boundary between SCOTT and HARRISON was redefined [no discernible change]. (Ky. Acts 1877-1878, vol. 2, ch. 907, sec. 1/pp. 460-461)

SHELBY created from JEFFERSON. (Ky. Acts 1792, 1st assy., 1st sess., ch. 9, sec. 1/pp. 17-18)

SHELBY lost to creation of FRANKLIN. (Ky. Acts 1794, 3d assy., ch. 13, sec. 1/pp. 19-21)

SHELBY lost to creation of GALLATIN. (Ky. Acts 1798-1799, 7th assy., ch. 58, sec. 1/pp. 79-81)

SHELBY lost to creation of HENRY. (Ky. Acts 1798-1799, 7th assy., ch. 49, sec. 1/pp. 62-65)

SHELBY lost to FRANKLIN. (Ky. Acts 1819-1820, 28th assy., ch. 477, secs. 1-2/pp. 839-841)

SHELBY lost to creation of SPENCER and lost small area along Salt River meander to NELSON. (Ky. Acts 1823-1824, 32d assy., ch. 708, sec. 1/pp. 441-443)

SHELBY lost to creation of OLDHAM. (Ky. Acts 1823-1824, 32d assy., ch. 602, sec. 1/pp. 328-329; Ky. Acts 1877-1878, vol. 1, ch. 281, sec. 1/p. 345)

SHELBY gained from OLDHAM. (Ky. Acts 1832-1833, 41st assy., ch. 74/p. 72)

SHELBY lost small area to OLDHAM [change too small to display on interactive map; shapefile users see small_changes 1852_pt. for location]. (Ky. Acts 1851-1852, ch. 193/p. 510)

SHELBY lost small area to OLDHAM to accommodate local property owners [change too small to display on interactive map; shapefile users see small_changes 1856_pt. for location]. (Ky. Acts 1855-1856, vol. 1, ch. 273, sec. 1/p. 49)

SIMPSON created from ALLEN, LOGAN, and WARREN. (Ky. Acts 1818-1819, 27th assy., ch. 342, sec. 1/pp. 633-637)

SIMPSON gained from ALLEN. (Ky. Acts 1820, 29th assy., ch. 90, sec. 1/pp. 110-111)

SIMPSON lost to ALLEN. (Ky. Acts 1822, 31st assy., ch. 380, sec. 1/p. 51)

SIMPSON lost to ROBERTSON (Tenn.) and SUMNER (Tenn.) when surveyors re-marking the Kentucky-Tennessee boundary acted without authority and shifted the line around two small parcels. (Sames, 107, 114)

SIMPSON gained from LOGAN. (Ky. Acts 1869, Jan. adj. sess., ch. 1241, sec. 1/pp. 2-3; Ky. Acts 1875-1876, vol. 1, ch. 20, sec. 1/p. 202)

SPENCER created from BULLITT, NELSON, and SHELBY. (Ky. Acts 1823-1824, 32d assy., ch. 708, sec. 1/pp. 441-443)

TAYLOR created from GREEN. (Ky. Acts 1847-1848, ch. 26, sec. 1/pp. 3-5)

TAYLOR gained small area from GREEN to accommodate local property owner [not mapped]. (Ky. Acts 1857-1858, vol. 1, ch. 391/p. 44)

TAYLOR gained small area from GREEN to accommodate local property owner [not mapped]. (Ky. Acts 1865-1866, ch. 83, sec. 1/p. 73)

TAYLOR gained from GREEN (act repealed 12 March 1870). (Ky. Acts 1869, Jan. adj. sess., ch. 2025, sec. 1/pp. 77-78)

TAYLOR lost to GREEN (repealed act of 13 March 1869). (Ky. Acts 1869-1870, vol. 1, ch. 637, sec. 1/p. 42)

TAYLOR gained small area from GREEN to accommodate local property owner [change too small to display on interactive map; shapefile users see small_changes 1888_pt. for location]. (Ky. Acts 1887-1888, vol. 2, ch. 671, sec. 1/pp. 430-431)

TODD created from CHRISTIAN and LOGAN. (Ky. Acts 1819-1820, 28th assy., ch. 460, sec. 1/pp. 817-819)

TODD gained from LOGAN. (Ky. Acts 1821, 30th assy., 1st sess., ch. 246, sec. 1/pp. 306-307)

TODD exchanged with LOGAN. (Ky. Acts 1822, 31st assy., ch. 461, sec. 1/pp. 148-149)

TRIGG created from CALDWELL and CHRISTIAN. (Ky. Acts 1819-1820, 28th assy., ch. 489, sec. 1/pp. 853-856, and ch. 554/pp. 938-939)

TRIGG gained from CALDWELL. (Ky. Acts 1824-1825, 33d assy., ch. 96, sec. 1/p. 101)

TRIGG gained from CALDWELL. (Ky. Acts 1825, 34th assy., ch. 43, sec. 1/pp. 46-48)

TRIGG gained from CALDWELL. (Ky. Acts 1826-1827, 35th assy., ch. 26/pp. 34-35)

TRIGG gained from CALDWELL. (Ky. Acts 1827-1828, 36th assy., ch. 177, sec. 1/p. 229)

Legislature authorized creation of HENRIETTA (proposed) from TRIGG and MARSHALL, dependent on local referendum that failed [no change]. (Ky. Acts 1867, Jan. adj. sess., ch. 1131, secs. 1, 9-10/pp. 12-15)

TRIMBLE created from GALLATIN, HENRY, and OLDHAM. (Ky. Acts 1836-1837, ch. 248, sec. 1/pp. 141-143, ch. 362, sec. 1/pp. 239-240, and ch. 369, sec. 6/pp. 249-250)

TRIMBLE lost to creation of CARROLL and lost to HENRY. (Ky. Acts 1837-1838, ch. 773, sec. 1/pp. 170-172)

Boundary between TRIMBLE and CARROLL was clarified [no change]. (Ky. Acts 1839-1840, ch. 70/p. 40)

TRIMBLE gained small area from OLDHAM [change too small to display on interactive map; shapefile users see small_changes 1842_pt. for location]. (Ky. Acts 1841-1842, ch. 362, sec. 1/pp. 269-270)

TRIMBLE exchanged with HENRY. (Ky. Acts 1842-1843, ch. 118/p. 20)

TRIMBLE lost small area to HENRY to accommodate local property owner [change too small to display on interactive map; shapefile users see small_changes 1850_pt. for location]. (Ky. Acts 1849-1850, ch. 438, sec. 2/pp. 513-514)

UNION created from HENDERSON. (Ky. Acts 1810-1811, 19th assy., ch. 220, sec. 1/pp. 41-43)

UNION lost to creation of WEBSTER. (Ky. Acts 1859-1860, vol. 1, ch. 822, sec. 1/pp. 76-78)

UNION lost to WEBSTER. (Ky. Acts 1861, Nov. called sess., ch. 279, secs. 1, 3/p. 37)

WARREN created from LOGAN. (Ky. Acts 1796-1797, 5th assy., 1st sess., sec. 1/pp. 13-14, and sec. 1/pp. 9-10)

Boundary between WARREN and LOGAN was clarified [no change]. (Ky. Acts 1798, 6th assy., 2d sess., ch. 33/pp. 55-56; Ky. Acts 1798-1799, 7th assy., ch. 5, sec. 1/p. 10)

WARREN lost to creation of BARREN. (Ky. Acts 1798-1799, 7th assy., ch. 43, secs. 1, 4/pp. 53-55)

WARREN lost to creation of ALLEN. (Ky. Acts 1814-1815, 23d assy., ch. 188, sec. 1/pp. 262-264)

WARREN gained from ALLEN. (Ky. Acts 1815-1816, 24th assy., ch. 332, sec. 1/p. 545)

WARREN lost to creation of SIMPSON and lost to ALLEN. (Ky. Acts 1818-1819, 27th assy., ch. 342, sec. 1/pp. 633-637)

WARREN lost to creation of EDMONSON. (Ky. Acts 1824-1825, 33d assy., ch. 204, sec. 1/pp. 191-193; Ky. Acts 1887-1888, ch. 1133, secs. 1, 7/pp. 278-279)

WARREN lost to BARREN. (Ky. Acts 1826-1827, 35th assy., ch. 44, secs. 1, 4/pp. 53-54)

WARREN lost to ALLEN. (Ky. Acts 1827-1828, 36th assy., ch. 85/p. 92)

WASHINGTON created from NELSON. (Ky. Acts 1792, 1st assy., 1st sess., ch. 2, sec. 1/p. 4)

WASHINGTON lost to creation of ANDERSON. (Ky. Acts 1826-1827, 35th assy., ch. 35, sec. 1/pp. 44-47, and ch. 46, sec. 1/p. 55)

WASHINGTON lost to creation of MARION. (Ky. Acts 1833-1834, 42d assy., ch. 285, sec. 1/pp. 367-369)

Boundary between WASHINGTON and MARION was clarified [no change]. (Ky. Acts 1836-1837, ch. 390/p. 261)

WASHINGTON lost small area to MARION to accommodate local property owner [not mapped]. (Ky. Acts 1844-1845, ch. 172/p. 32)

WASHINGTON lost small area to MERCER. (Ky. Acts 1859-1860, vol. 2, ch. 660, sec. 1/p. 311)

WASHINGTON lost small area to MARION to accommodate local property owners [not mapped]. (Ky. Acts 1869, Jan. adj. sess., ch. 2103, sec. 1/p. 354)

WASHINGTON lost to ANDERSON and MERCER. (Ky. Acts 1889-1890, vol. 2, ch. 756, secs. 1-4, 7/pp. 508-510; vol. 3, ch. 1797, secs. 1-3/pp. 1471-1472)

WAYNE created from CUMBERLAND, GREEN, and PULASKI. (Ky. Acts 1800, 9th assy., ch. 46, sec. 1/pp. 66-68)

WAYNE gained from ADAIR. (Ky. Acts 1803, 12th assy., ch. 21, sec. 1/pp. 30-31)

WAYNE exchanged with PULASKI. (Ky. Acts 1816-1817, 25th assy., ch. 125, sec. 1/pp. 234-235)

WAYNE lost to creation of RUSSELL. (Ky. Acts 1825, 34th assy., ch. 39, sec. 1/pp. 40-44)

WAYNE gained from PULASKI. (Ky. Acts 1830-1831, 39th assy., ch. 433, sec. 1/p. 47)

WAYNE lost to creation of CLINTON. (Ky. Acts 1835-1836, 44th assy., ch. 245, sec. 1/pp. 261-264)

Boundary between WAYNE and WHITLEY was redefined [no change]. (Ky. Acts 1881-1882, vol. 2, ch. 1098, secs. 1-2/p. 562)

Boundary between WAYNE and WHITLEY was clarified [no change]. (Ky. Acts 1881-1882, vol. 2, ch. 1275, sec. 1/pp. 815-816)

WAYNE lost to creation of McCREARY. (Ky. Acts 1912, ch. 46, sec. 1/pp. 184-192)

WEBSTER created from HENDERSON, HOPKINS, and UNION. (Ky. Acts 1859-1860, vol. 1, ch. 822, sec. 1/pp. 76-78)

WEBSTER gained from UNION; boundary between WEBSTER and HENDERSON was clarified [no change]. (Ky. Acts 1861, Sep. called sess., ch. 108/p. 11, and Nov. called sess., ch. 279, secs. 1, 3/p. 37)

WHITLEY created from KNOX. (Ky. Acts 1817-1818, 26th assy., ch. 183, sec. 1/pp. 356-358)

WHITLEY gained from PULASKI. (Ky. Acts 1825, 34th assy., ch. 97, sec. 1/pp. 91-93)

WHITLEY lost small area to KNOX, and lost to creation of LAUREL. (Ky. Acts 1825, 34th assy., ch. 29, sec. 1/pp. 28-30)

WHITLEY exchanged with JOSH BELL (now BELL). (Ky. Acts 1871, Jan. adj. sess., ch. 1118, sec. 1/pp. 5-6)

WHITLEY exchanged with LAUREL. (Ky. Acts 1875-1876, vol. 2, ch. 938, sec. 1/pp. 696-697)

Boundary between WHITLEY and WAYNE was redefined [no change]. (Ky. Acts 1881-1882, vol. 2, ch. 1098, secs. 1-2/p. 562)

WHITLEY lost small area to KNOX to accommodate local property owner [change too small to display on interactive map; shapefile users see small_changes 1882_pt. for location]. (Ky. Acts 1881-1882, vol. 2, ch. 1151, sec. 1/p. 650)

Boundary between WHITLEY and WAYNE was clarified [no change]. (Ky. Acts 1881-1882, vol. 2, ch. 1275, sec. 1/pp. 815-816)

WHITLEY gained small area from BELL to accommodate local property owner [not mapped]. (Ky. Acts 1887-1888, vol. 1, ch. 427, sec. 1/pp. 876-887)

WHITLEY lost to creation of McCREARY. (Ky. Acts 1912, ch. 46, sec. 1/pp. 184-192)

WOLFE created from BREATHITT, MORGAN, OWSLEY, and POWELL. (Ky. Acts 1859-1860, vol. 1, ch. 1326, sec. 1/pp. 138-141)

WOLFE gained from MORGAN (act partially repealed 17 February 1866 and fully repealed 20 February 1868). (Ky. Acts 1865-1866, ch. 45, sec. 1/pp. 29-30)

WOLFE exchanged with MORGAN (partially repealed act of 18 December 1865 and was in turn repealed 20 February 1868). WOLFE was divided into two parts by this act. (Ky. Acts 1865-1866, ch. 705, secs. 1-2/pp. 617-618)

WOLFE lost to MORGAN (repealed acts of 18 December 1865 and 17 February 1866). (Ky. Acts 1867-1868, vol. 1, ch. 524, sec. 1/p. 610)

WOLFE lost to creation of MENIFEE. (Ky. Acts 1869, Jan. adj. sess., ch. 1872, sec. 1/pp.65-69)

WOLFE lost to creation of LEE. (Ky. Acts 1869-1870, vol. 1, ch. 202, sec. 1/pp. 14-18)

WOLFE gained from MORGAN. (Ky. Acts 1877-1878, vol. 2, ch. 770, secs. 1-2/pp. 308-309)

WOLFE exchanged with MENIFEE. (Ky. Acts 1879-1880, vol. 2, ch. 1036, secs. 1-2/p. 484)

Boundary between WOLFE and MORGAN was redefined to accommodate local property owner [no change]. (Ky. Acts 1881-1882, vol. 1, ch. 367, sec. 1/p. 37)

WOLFE gained from BREATHITT; WOLFE also gained small area from MORGAN to accommodate local property owners [not mapped]. (Ky. Acts 1885-1886, vol. 1, ch. 536, secs. 1-3/pp. 1219-1220)

WOLFE exchanged with LEE. (Ky. Acts 1889-1890, vol. 3, ch. 1807, sec. 1/p. 1483)

WOODFORD created by Virginia from FAYETTE. (Hening, 12:663-665)

WOODFORD became a Kentucky county when the state of Kentucky was created from the Kentucky District of Virginia. (Hening, 11:85; U.S. Stat., 1:189)

WOODFORD lost to creation of SCOTT. (Ky. Acts 1792, 1st assy., 1st sess., ch. 3, sec. 1/pp. 4-5)

WOODFORD lost to creation of FRANKLIN. (Ky. Acts 1794, 3d assy., ch. 13, sec. 1/pp. 19-21)

WOODFORD gained small area from FAYETTE to accommodate local property owner [not mapped]. (Ky. Acts 1885-1886, vol. 1, ch. 551, sec. 1/p. 1239)

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