There are 120 Counties in Kentucky – “The Bluegrass State“
Also be sure to see my United States County Counting Page for the rest of the states.
I have visited 87 Counties = 72.5% of Counties in Kentucky
Counties visited are colored-in; counties still needing to be visited are blank. Map created using Mob Rule.
Twelve Mile Circle Articles Featuring Places in Kentucky
Markers designate the Kentucky locations featured in Twelve Mile Circle articles.
Counties in Kentucky
Below are the 120 counties in Kentucky. Although infrequent, counties sometimes do change so please let me know if any of this information is out of date and I will update it. Those counties that I have visited are highlighted in Red. Readers can also link to any articles manually in this section if the map isn’t working.
- Adair: Kentucky Time Zone Anomaly; Kentucky Adventure
- Allen
- Anderson
- Ballard: Wickliffe Mounds; Ohio/Mississippi River Confluence
- Barren
- Bath: Salt Lick
- Bell: Saddle of the Gap; Hensley Settlement
- Boone: Big Bone Lick
- Bourbon: Colville Covered Bridge
- Boyd
- Boyle
- Bracken: Augusta Ferry
- Breathitt
- Breckinridge
- Bullitt
- Butler
- Caldwell
- Calloway
- Campbell: Named for Captain Newport
- Carlisle
- Carroll
- Carter
- Casey: Alien Encounters
- Christian: Jefferson Davis Monument
- Clark
- Clay
- Clinton
- Crittenden
- Cumberland
- Daviess
- Edmonson: Green River Ferry; Mammoth Cave
- Elliott
- Estill
- Fayette
- Flemming
- Floyd
- Franklin
- Fulton: Dorena-Hickman Ferry; Kentucky Bend
- Gallatin: That Other Warsaw
- Garrard
- Grant: Ark Encounter
- Graves
- Grayson
- Green
- Greenup
- Hancock
- Hardin
- Harlan
- Harrison
- Hart
- Henderson: Green River Island
- Henry
- Hickman: Wolf Island; Columbus-Belmont Park
- Hopkins
- Jackson
- Jefferson: Largest county population in Kentucky (693,604 people in 2000 Census): NuLu; Idlewild Butterfly Farm; Louisville Zoo Cemetery; Louisville Mega Cavern; Cave Hill Cemetery; The Big Four Bridge
- Jessamine
- Johnson
- Kenton
- Knott
- Knox
- Larue
- Laurel: Hundred Dollar Hamburger
- Lawrence
- Lee
- Leslie: Breckinridge Memorial Park
- Letcher
- Lewis
- Lincoln
- Livingston
- Logan
- Lyon
- Madison
- Magoffin
- Marion: Turtleman Exhibit; Maker’s Mark Distillery
- Marshall
- Martin
- Mason
- McCracken
- McCreary: Blue Heron Mine
- McLean
- Meade
- Menifee
- Mercer
- Metcalfe
- Monroe
- Montgomery: No more rest?; Kentucky Adventure
- Morgan
- Muhlenberg
- Nelson
- Nicholas: Daniel Boone Cabin
- Ohio: County with (Another) State’s Name
- Oldham
- Owen
- Owsley
- Pendleton
- Perry
- Pike: Largest county in Kentucky (788 square miles); Unknown Confederate Soldier; Pikeville Cut-Through Overlook; Nolan Toll Bridge; Appalachian Loop; The Oddity of U.S. Route 52/119
- Powell
- Pulaski: Mill Springs Battlefield; Cumberland Parkway Time Zone Crossing
- Robertson: Smallest county in Kentucky (100 square miles) and Smallest county population in Kentucky (2,266 people in 2000 Census); Blue Licks Battlefield Resort Park
- Rockcastle: Orlando (not that one)
- Rowan
- Russel: Wolf Creek Fish Hatchery; Cumberland Parkway Time Zone Crossing
- Scott
- Shelby
- Simpson: Simpson County Offset
- Spencer
- Taylor: Kentucky Time Zone Anomaly
- Todd
- Trigg
- Trimble
- Union
- Warren: Bowling Greener
- Washington: Lincoln Homestead
- Wayne: Mill Springs Mill
- Webster
- Whitley: Cumberland Falls
- Wolfe
- Woodford: Woodford Reserve Distillery
Quick Facts About Kentucky
- Location: East South Central United States. See map above.
- Size(1): 39,486 square miles. Kentucky is the 37th largest state. The next larger state is Virginia and the next smaller state is Indiana.
- Population(2): 4,468,402 people. Kentucky is the 26th most populous state. The next more populous state is Louisiana and the next less populous state is Oregon.
- Population Density: 113.2 people per square mile. Kentucky is the 23rd most densely populated state. The next more densely populated state is Washington and the next less densely populated state is Texas.
- Bordering States: Kentucky shares a border with 7 states: Ohio; Indiana; Illinois; Missouri; Tennessee; Virginia and West Virginia.
- Admission to the Union: June 1, 1792. Kentucky was the 15th state admitted to the Union, after Vermont and before Ohio.
- Capital: Frankfort.
- Highest Point: 4,139 feet at Black Mountain. See SummitPost’s Black Mountain page.
- Lowest Point: 279 Feet at the Mississippi River in Fulton County.
- Government website: Kentucky.gov.
- Official Tourism website: Kentucky Tourism.
- Still not enough? See Wikipedia’s Kentucky
Sources:
(1) Wikipedia: List of U.S. states and territories by area. Land area only.
(2) Wikipedia: List of states and territories of the United States by population. Estimated population on July 1, 2019.
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