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County	NACo Member	2000 Population	Square Miles	County Seat	Founded
Adair County		17,244	407	Columbia	1802
Allen County		17,800	346	Scottsville	1815
Anderson County		19,111	203	Lawrenceburg	1827
Ballard County		8,286	251	Wickliffe	1842
Barren County		38,033	491	Glasgow	1799
Bath County		11,085	279	Owingsville	1811
Bell County		30,060	361	Pineville	1867
Boone County		85,991	246	Burlington	1799
Bourbon County		19,360	291	Paris	1786
Boyd County		49,752	160	Catlettsburg	1860
Boyle County		27,697	182	Danville	1842
Bracken County		8,279	203	Brooksville	1797
Breathitt County		16,100	495	Jackson	1839
Breckinridge County		18,648	572	Hardinsburg	1800
Bullitt County		61,236	299	Shepherdsville	1797
Butler County		13,010	428	Morgantown	1810
Caldwell County		13,060	347	Princeton	1809
Calloway County		34,177	386	Murray	1821
Campbell County		88,616	152	Newport	1795
Carlisle County		5,351	192	Bardwell	1886
Carroll County		10,155	130	Carrollton	1838
Carter County		26,889	411	Grayson	1838
Casey County		15,447	446	Liberty	1807
Christian County		72,265	721	Hopkinsville	1797
Clark County		33,144	254	Winchester	1793
Clay County		24,556	471	Manchester	1807
Clinton County		9,634	198	Albany	1836
Crittenden County		9,384	362	Marion	1842
Cumberland County		7,147	306	Burkesville	1799
Daviess County		91,545	462	Owensboro	1815
Edmonson County		11,644	303	Brownsville	1825
Elliott County		6,748	234	Sandy Hook	1869
Estill County		15,307	254	Irvine	1808
Fayette County *		260,512	284	Lexington	1780
Fleming County		13,792	351	Flemingsburg	1798
Floyd County		42,441	394	Prestonsburg	1800
Franklin County		47,687	210	Frankfort	1795
Fulton County		7,752	209	Hickman	1845
Gallatin County		7,870	99	Warsaw	1799
Garrard County		14,792	231	Lancaster	1797
Grant County		22,384	260	Williamstown	1820
Graves County		37,028	556	Mayfield	1824
Grayson County		24,053	504	Leitchfield	1810
Green County		11,518	289	Greensburg	1793
Greenup County		36,891	346	Greenup	1804
Hancock County		8,392	189	Hawesville	1829
Hardin County		94,174	628	Elizabethtown	1793
Harlan County		33,202	467	Harlan	1819
Harrison County		17,983	310	Cynthiana	1794
Hart County		17,445	416	Munfordville	1819
Henderson County		44,829	440	Henderson	1799
Henry County		15,060	289	New Castle	1799
Hickman County		5,262	244	Clinton	1822
Hopkins County		46,519	551	Madisonville	1807
Jackson County		13,495	346	McKee	1858
Jefferson County *		693,604	385	Louisville	1780
Jessamine County		39,041	173	Nicholasville	1799
Johnson County		23,445	262	Paintsville	1843
Kenton County		151,464	163	Independence	1840
Knott County		17,649	352	Hindman	1884
Knox County		31,795	388	Barbourville	1800
LaRue County		13,373	263	Hodgenville	1843
Laurel County		52,715	436	London	1826
Lawrence County		15,569	419	Louisa	1822
Lee County		7,916	210	Beattyville	1870
Leslie County		12,401	404	Hyden	1878
Letcher County		25,277	339	Whitesburg	1842
Lewis County		14,092	484	Vanceburg	1807
Lincoln County		23,361	337	Stanford	1780
Livingston County		9,804	316	Smithland	1799
Logan County		26,573	556	Russellville	1792
Lyon County		8,080	216	Eddyville	1854
Madison County		70,872	441	Richmond	1786
Magoffin County		13,332	310	Salyersville	1860
Marion County		18,212	347	Lebanon	1834
Marshall County		30,125	305	Benton	1842
Martin County		12,578	231	Inez	1870
Mason County		16,800	241	Maysville	1789
McCracken County		65,514	251	Paducah	1825
McCreary County		17,080	428	Whitley City	1912
McLean County		9,938	254	Calhoun	1854
Meade County		26,349	308	Brandenburg	1824
Menifee County		6,556	204	Frenchburg	1869
Mercer County		20,817	251	Harrodsburg	1786
Metcalfe County		10,037	291	Edmonton	1860
Monroe County		11,756	331	Tompkinsville	1820
Montgomery County		22,554	199	Mount Sterling	1797
Morgan County		13,948	381	West Liberty	1823
Muhlenberg County		31,839	475	Greenville	1799
Nelson County		37,477	423	Bardstown	1785
Nicholas County		6,813	197	Carlisle	1800
Ohio County		22,916	594	Hartford	1799
Oldham County		46,178	189	La Grange	1824
Owen County		10,547	352	Owenton	1819
Owsley County		4,858	198	Booneville	1843
Pendleton County		14,390	280	Falmouth	1799
Perry County		29,390	342	Hazard	1821
Pike County		68,736	788	Pikeville	1822
Powell County		13,237	180	Stanton	1852
Pulaski County		56,217	662	Somerset	1799
Robertson County		2,266	100	Mount Olivet	1867
Rockcastle County		16,582	318	Mount Vernon	1810
Rowan County		22,094	281	Morehead	1856
Russell County		16,315	254	Jamestown	1826
Scott County		33,061	285	Georgetown	1792
Shelby County		33,337	384	Shelbyville	1792
Simpson County		16,405	236	Franklin	1819
Spencer County		11,766	186	Taylorsville	1824
Taylor County		22,927	270	Campbellsville	1848
Todd County		11,971	376	Elkton	1820
Trigg County		12,597	443	Cadiz	1820
Trimble County		8,125	149	Bedford	1837
Union County		15,637	345	Morganfield	1811
Warren County		92,522	545	Bowling Green	1797
Washington County		10,916	301	Springfield	1792
Wayne County		19,923	459	Monticello	1801
Webster County		14,120	335	Dixon	1860
Whitley County		35,865	440	Williamsburg	1818
Wolfe County		7,065	223	Campton	1860
Woodford County		23,208	191	Versailles	1789

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