Kentucky is surrounded by the following states: Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Ohio, and Tennessee.
Kentucky Counties
Kentucky is the land of 120 counties, shaped over time from its beginnings as part of Virginia. If you’d like background on how the state’s borders evolved, visit Kentucky Formation History. For details on individual county creations and courthouse disasters, see County Formation & Record Loss.
County List
Click a county name to visit its KYGenWeb site. Counties without a coordinator are marked Adopt Me.
| County | Formed | Parent County | County Coordinators |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adair | 1801 | Green | Randy Cummings |
| Allen | 1815 | Barren, and Warren | Adopt Me |
| Anderson | 1827 | Franklin, Mercer, and Washington | Sundee Anderson |
| Ballard | 1842 | Hickman and McCracken | Adopt Me |
| Barren | 1798 | Green and Warren | Adopt Me |
| Bath | 1811 | Montgomery | Adopt Me |
| Bell | 1867 | Knox and Harlan | Adopt Me |
| Boone | 1798 | Campbell | Adopt Me |
| Bourbon | 1785 | Fayette | Adopt Me |
| Boyd | 1860 | Carter, Lawrence, and Greenup | Adopt Me |
| Boyle | 1842 | Mercer and Lincoln | Adopt Me |
| Bracken | 1796 | Campbell, and Mason | Marla McCullough |
| Breathitt | 1839 | Clay, Estill, and Perry | Scott Hampton |
| Breckinridge | 1799 | Hardin | Dee Pavey |
| Bullitt | 1796 | Jefferson and Nelson | Charles Hartley |
| Butler | 1810 | Logan, and Ohio | Adopt Me |
| Caldwell | 1809 | Livingston | Adopt Me |
| Calloway | 1822 | Hickman | Jeff Kemp |
| Campbell | 1795 | Harrison, Mason, and Scott | Adopt Me |
| Carlisle | 1886 | Graves and Ballard | Adopt Me |
| Carroll | 1838 | Gallatin, Henry, and Trimble | Adopt Me |
| Carter | 1838 | Greenup and Lawrence | John W. Grace |
| Casey | 1806 | Lincoln | Adopt Me |
| Christian | 1797 | Logan | Jeff Kemp |
| Clark | 1792 | Bourbon and Fayette | Adopt Me |
| Clay | 1806 | Madison, Floyd and Knox | Adopt Me |
| Clinton | 1835 | Wayne and Cumberland | Adopt Me |
| Crittenden | 1842 | Livingston | Adopt Me |
| Cumberland | 1796 | Green | Adopt Me |
| Daviess | 1815 | Ohio | Adopt Me |
| Edmonson | 1825 | Grayson, Hart, and Warren | Adopt Me |
| Elliott | 1869 | Carter, Lawrence, and Morgan | Adopt Me |
| Estill | 1808 | Clark and Madison | Harlan Sloan |
| Fayette | 1780 | Kentucky Co., VA | Jonathan P. Johnson |
| Fleming | 1798 | Mason | Adopt Me |
| Floyd | 1799 | Fleming, Mason, and Montgomery | Tricia Aanderud |
| Franklin | 1794 | Woodford, Mercer, and Shelby | Adopt Me |
| Fulton | 1845 | Hickman | Adopt Me |
| Gallatin | 1798 | Franklin and Shelby | Adopt Me |
| Garrard | 1796 | Madison, Lincoln, and Mercer | Adopt Me |
| Grant | 1820 | Pendleton | Adopt Me |
| Graves | 1823 | Hickman | Jeff Kemp |
| Grayson | 1810 | Hardin and Ohio | Norma Hass |
| Green | 1792 | Lincoln and Nelson | Adopt Me |
| Greenup | 1803 | Mason | Adopt Me |
| Hancock | 1828 | Daviess, Ohio, and Breckinridge | Adopt Me |
| Hardin | 1792 | Nelson | Jeff Kemp |
| Harlan | 1819 | Knox | Adopt Me |
| Harrison | 1793 | Bourbon and Scott | Adopt Me |
| Hart | 1819 | Hardin, Barren, and possibly Green | Adopt Me |
| Henderson | 1798 | Christian | Tina Hall |
| Henry | 1798 | Shelby | Adopt Me |
| Hickman | 1821 | Caldwell and Livingston | Adopt Me |
| Hopkins | 1806 | Henderson | Adopt Me |
| Jackson | 1858 | Rockcastle, Owsley, Madison, Clay, Estill, andLaurell | Adopt Me |
| Jefferson | 1780 | Kentucky Co., VA | Taneya Koonce |
| Jessamine | 1798 | Fayette | Adopt Me |
| Johnson | 1843 | Floyd, Morgan, and Lawrence | Adopt Me |
| Kenton | 1840 | Campbell | Adopt Me |
| Knott | 1884 | Perry, Breathitt, Floyd, and Letcher | Adopt Me |
| Knox | 1799 | Lincoln | Adopt Me |
| LaRue | 1843 | Hardin | Adopt Me |
| Laurel | 1825 | Whitley, Clay, Knox, and Rockcastle | Adopt Me |
| Lawrence | 1821 | Floyd and Greenup | Adopt Me |
| Lee | 1870 | Owsley, Breathitt, Wolfe, and Estill | Harlan Sloan |
| Leslie | 1878 | Clay, Harlan, and Perry | Adopt Me |
| Letcher | 1842 | Perry, Harlan | Brian K. Caudill |
| Lewis | 1806 | Mason | Adopt Me |
| Lincoln | 1780 | Kentucky Co., VA | Les Jones |
| Livingston | 1798 | Christian | Jeff Kemp |
| Logan | 1792 | Lincoln | Adopt Me |
| Lyon | 1854 | Caldwell | Adopt Me |
| Madison | 1785 | Lincoln | Adopt Me |
| Magoffin | 1860 | Floyd, Johnson, and Morgan | Tricia Aanderud |
| Marion | 1834 | Washington | Adopt Me |
| Marshall | 1842 | Calloway | Carl Greenfield |
| Martin | 1870 | Lawrence, Floyd, Pike, and Johnson | Adopt Me |
| Mason | 1788 | Bourbon | Marla McCullough |
| McCracken | 1824 | Hickman | Jeff Kemp |
| McCreary | 1912 | Wayne, Pulaski, and Whitley | Adopt Me |
| McLean | 1854 | Muhlenberg, Daviess, and Ohio | Adopt Me |
| Meade | 1824 | Brandenburg | Dee Pavey |
| Menifee | 1869 | Powell, Wolfe, Barren,Cumberland, and Green | Adopt Me |
| Mercer | 1785 | Lincoln | Adopt Me |
| Metcalfe | 1860 | Monroe, Adair, Barren, Cumberland, and Green | Charles Hartley |
| Monroe | 1820 | Barren, and Cumberland | Adopt Me |
| Montgomery | 1796 | Clark | Adopt Me |
| Morgan | 1822 | Floyd, and Bath | Adopt Me |
| Muhlenberg | 1798 | Christian, and Logan | Jonathan P. Johnson |
| Nelson | 1784 | Jefferson | Pat Asher |
| Nicholas | 1799 | Bourbon, and Mason | Adopt Me |
| Ohio | 1799 | Hardin | Adopt Me |
| Oldham | 1823 | Henry, Shelby, and Jefferson | Dee Pavey |
| Owen | 1819 | Scott, Franklin, Gallatin, and Pendleton | Adopt Me |
| Owsley | 1843 | Clay, Estill, and Breathitt | Adopt Me |
| Pendleton | 1798 | Bracken, and Campbell | Adopt Me |
| Perry | 1820 | Clay, and Floyd | Adopt Me |
| Pike | 1821 | Floyd | Letha Berry |
| Powell | 1852 | Clark, Estill, and Montgomery | Andrew Edwards |
| Pulaski | 1798 | Green and Lincoln | Adopt Me |
| Robertson | 1867 | Nicholas, Bracken, Mason, Fleming, and Harrison | Adopt Me |
| Rockcastle | 1810 | Pulaski, Lincoln, Madison, and Knox | Tricia Aanderud |
| Rowan | 1856 | Fleming, and Morgan | Adopt Me |
| Russell | 1825 | Cumberland, Adair, and Wayne | Adopt Me |
| Scott | 1792 | Woodford | Adopt Me |
| Shelby | 1792 | Jefferson | Adopt Me |
| Simpson | 1819 | Allen, Logan, and Warren | Adopt Me |
| Spencer | 1824 | Shelby, Bullitt, and Nelson | Kelly Stum |
| Taylor | 1848 | Green | Adopt Me |
| Todd | 1819 | Christian, and Logan | Adopt Me |
| Trigg | 1820 | Christian, and Caldwell | Adopt Me |
| Trimble | 1836 | Henry, Oldham, and Gallatin | Margaret Fallone |
| Union | 1811 | Henderson | Adopt Me |
| Warren | 1796 | Logan | Adopt Me |
| Washington | 1792 | Nelson | Adopt Me |
| Wayne | 1800 | Pulaski, and Cumberland | Jordyn Porter-Meche |
| Webster | 1860 | Hopkins, Union, and Henderson | Amy Dunn |
| Whitley | 1818 | Knox | Adopt Me |
| Wolfe | 1860 | Owsley, Breathitt, Powell, and Morgan | Adopt Me |
| Woodford | 1788 | Fayette | Sundee Anderson |
| Unknown County | You know it's Kentucky, but not what county! | Dee Pavey | |