{"id":22888,"date":"2020-02-06T18:52:42","date_gmt":"2020-02-06T23:52:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/?p=22888"},"modified":"2023-12-24T15:42:30","modified_gmt":"2023-12-24T20:42:30","slug":"kentucky-counties-visited","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/kentucky-counties-visited\/","title":{"rendered":"Counties in Kentucky that I have Visited"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">There are 120 Counties in Kentucky &#8211; &#8220;<em>The Bluegrass State<\/em>&#8220;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Also be sure to see my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/travel\/counties\/united-states-county-map.html\">United States County Counting Page<\/a> for the rest of the states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/travel\/counties\/united-states-county-map.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/graphics\/counties\/kentucky.png\" alt=\"Kentucky Counties Visited\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">I have visited <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">87 Counties<\/span> = 72.5% of Counties in Kentucky<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Counties visited are colored-in; counties still needing to be visited are blank. Map created using <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mob-rule.com\/home\">Mob Rule<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><a name=\"articles\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Twelve Mile Circle Articles Featuring Places in Kentucky<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/embed?mid=100G6HlI6WLkUVD4lE374aK-nt5MTd3g8\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Markers designate the Kentucky locations featured in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.twelvemilecircle.com\">Twelve Mile Circle<\/a> articles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Counties in Kentucky<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/96225726@N08\/9329082593\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/3711\/9329082593_32f0665f87_3k.jpg\" alt=\"The Hensley Settlement\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Hensley Settlement in Cumberland Gap National Historical Park<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Below are the 120 counties in Kentucky. Although infrequent, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/travel\/counties\/united-states-county-map.html\">counties sometimes do change<\/a> 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 <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Red<\/b><\/span>. Readers can also link to any articles manually in this section if the map isn&#8217;t working.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Adair<\/b><\/span>: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=787\">Kentucky Time Zone Anomaly<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=13836\">Kentucky Adventure<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Allen<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Anderson<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Ballard<\/b><\/span>: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=14905\">Wickliffe Mounds<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=14903\">Ohio\/Mississippi River Confluence<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Barren<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Bath<\/b><\/span>: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=17495\">Salt Lick<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Bell<\/b><\/span>: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=13774\">Saddle of the Gap<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=13789\">Hensley Settlement<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Boone<\/b><\/span>: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=17495\">Big Bone Lick<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#ff0000\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><strong>Bourbon<\/strong><\/span>: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=26571\">Colville Covered Bridge<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Boyd<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Boyle<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#ff0000\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><strong>Bracken<\/strong><\/span>: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=26784\">Augusta Ferry<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Breathitt<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#ff0000\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><strong>Breckinridge<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Bullitt<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Butler<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Caldwell<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Calloway<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Campbell<\/b><\/span>: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=14566\">Named for Captain Newport<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Carlisle<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Carroll<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Carter<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Casey: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=8811\">Alien Encounters<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Christian<\/b><\/span>: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=15351\">Jefferson Davis Monument<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Clark<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Clay<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Clinton<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Crittenden<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Cumberland<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#ff0000\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><strong>Daviess<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Edmonson<\/b><\/span>: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=21776\">Green River Ferry<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=13802\">Mammoth Cave<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Elliott<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Estill<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Fayette<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#ff0000\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><strong>Flemming<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Floyd<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Franklin<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Fulton<\/b><\/span>: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=21756\">Dorena-Hickman Ferry<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=14896\">Kentucky Bend<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Gallatin<\/b><\/span>: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=15618\">That Other Warsaw<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Garrard<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Grant<\/b><\/span>: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=26734\">Ark Encounter<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Graves<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Grayson<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Green<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Greenup<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#ff0000\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><strong>Hancock<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Hardin<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Harlan<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#ff0000\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><strong>Harrison<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Hart<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#ff0000\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><strong>Henderson<\/strong><\/span>: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=11465\">Green River Island<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Henry<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Hickman<\/b><\/span>: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=14896\">Wolf Island<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=14903\">Columbus-Belmont Park<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Hopkins<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jackson<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Jefferson<\/b><\/span>: Largest county population in Kentucky (693,604 people in 2000 Census): <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=26600\">NuLu<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=26600\">Idlewild Butterfly Farm<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=26600\">Louisville Zoo Cemetery<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=26600\">Louisville Mega Cavern<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=26600\">Cave Hill Cemetery<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=26675\">The Big Four Bridge<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jessamine<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Johnson<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Kenton<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Knott<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Knox<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Larue<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Laurel<\/b><\/span>: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=13284\">Hundred Dollar Hamburger<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lawrence<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lee<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Leslie: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=14718\">Breckinridge Memorial Park<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Letcher<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#ff0000\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><strong>Lewis<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lincoln<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Livingston<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Logan<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Lyon<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Madison<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Magoffin<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Marion<\/b><\/span>: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=13819\">Turtleman Exhibit<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=13819\">Maker&#8217;s Mark Distillery<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Marshall<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Martin<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#ff0000\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><strong>Mason<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>McCracken<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>McCreary<\/b><\/span>: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=13789\">Blue Heron Mine<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>McLean<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#ff0000\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><strong>Meade<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Menifee<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Mercer<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Metcalfe<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Monroe<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Montgomery<\/b><\/span>: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=2682\">No more rest?<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=13836\">Kentucky Adventure<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Morgan<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Muhlenberg<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Nelson<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#ff0000\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><strong>Nicholas<\/strong><\/span>: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=26571\">Daniel Boone Cabin<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Ohio<\/b><\/span>: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=6306\">County with (Another) State&#8217;s Name<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Oldham<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Owen<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Owsley<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#ff0000\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><strong>Pendleton<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Perry<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Pike<\/b><\/span>: Largest county in Kentucky (788 square miles); <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=16721\">Unknown Confederate Soldier<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=16720\">Pikeville Cut-Through Overlook<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=16723\">Nolan Toll Bridge<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=16724\">Appalachian Loop<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=2618\">The Oddity of U.S. Route 52\/119<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Powell<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Pulaski<\/b><\/span>: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=13802\">Mill Springs Battlefield<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=31472\">Cumberland Parkway Time Zone Crossing<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#ff0000\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><strong>Robertson<\/strong><\/span>: Smallest county in Kentucky (100 square miles) and Smallest county population in Kentucky (2,266 people in 2000 Census); <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=26571\">Blue Licks Battlefield Resort Park<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Rockcastle<\/b><\/span>: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=4036\">Orlando (not <i>that<\/i> one)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Rowan<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Russel<\/b><\/span>: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=13802\">Wolf Creek Fish Hatchery<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=31472\">Cumberland Parkway Time Zone Crossing<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Scott<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Shelby<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Simpson<\/b><\/span>: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=15421\">Simpson County Offset<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Spencer<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Taylor<\/b><\/span>: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=787\">Kentucky Time Zone Anomaly<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Todd<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Trigg<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Trimble<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Union<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Warren<\/b><\/span>: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=14607\">Bowling Greener<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Was<span style=\"color:#ff0000\" class=\"has-inline-color\">h<\/span>ington<\/b><\/span>: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=13819\">Lincoln Homestead<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Wayne<\/b><\/span>: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=13802\">Mill Springs Mill<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Webster<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Whitley<\/b><\/span>: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=13789\">Cumberland Falls<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wolfe<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Woodford<\/b><\/span>: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=26571\">Woodford Reserve Distillery<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Quick Facts About Kentucky<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><b>Location:<\/b> East South Central United States. See map above.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><b>Size<sup>(<a href=\"#Footnote-1\">1<\/a>)<\/sup>:<\/b> 39,486 square miles. Kentucky is the 37th largest state. The next larger state is Virginia and the next smaller state is Indiana.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><b>Population<sup>(<a href=\"#Footnote-2\">2<\/a>)<\/sup>:<\/b> 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.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><b>Population Density:<\/b> 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.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><b>Bordering States:<\/b> Kentucky shares a border with 7 states: Ohio; Indiana; Illinois; Missouri; Tennessee; Virginia and West Virginia.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><b>Admission to the Union:<\/b> June 1, 1792. Kentucky was the 15th state admitted to the Union, after Vermont and before Ohio.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><b>Capital:<\/b> Frankfort.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><b>Highest Point:<\/b> 4,139 feet at Black Mountain. See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitpost.org\/black-mountain-ky\/153383\">SummitPost&#8217;s Black Mountain page<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><b>Lowest Point:<\/b> 279 Feet at the Mississippi River in Fulton County.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><b>Government website:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kentucky.gov\/\">Kentucky.gov<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><b>Official Tourism website:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kentuckytourism.com\/\">Kentucky Tourism<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><b>Still not enough?<\/b> See <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kentucky\">Wikipedia&#8217;s Kentucky <\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Sources:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a name=\"Footnote-1\"><\/a>(1) Wikipedia: <span data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;List of U.S. states and territories by area&quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:1055233,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:0},&quot;12&quot;:0,&quot;14&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0},&quot;15&quot;:&quot;\\&quot;Linux Libertine\\&quot;, Georgia, Times, serif&quot;,&quot;23&quot;:1}\" data-sheets-formula=\"=HYPERLINK(&quot;https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_area&quot;,&quot;List of U.S. states and territories by area&quot;)\" data-sheets-hyperlink=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_area\"><a class=\"in-cell-link\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_area\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">List of U.S. states and territories by area<\/a><\/span>. Land area only.<br><a name=\"Footnote-2\"><\/a>(2) Wikipedia: <span data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;List of states and territories of the United States by population&quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:1055233,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:0},&quot;12&quot;:0,&quot;14&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0},&quot;15&quot;:&quot;\\&quot;Linux Libertine\\&quot;, Georgia, Times, serif&quot;,&quot;23&quot;:1}\" data-sheets-formula=\"=HYPERLINK(&quot;https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_states_and_territories_of_the_United_States_by_population&quot;,&quot;List of states and territories of the United States by population&quot;)\" data-sheets-hyperlink=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_states_and_territories_of_the_United_States_by_population\"><a class=\"in-cell-link\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_states_and_territories_of_the_United_States_by_population\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">List of states and territories of the United States by population<\/a><\/span>. Estimated population on July 1, 2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are 120 Counties in Kentucky &#8211; &#8220;The Bluegrass State&#8220; 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. 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