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The names of one-fourth of the Kentucky counties are the answer words in the puzzle below. Find and circle the names of the counties that run diagonally, horizontally, and vertically throughout the puzzle grid.
by Vicki A Benge
Published by MotesBooks, Inc., Louisville, KY; December 2009; Paperback; ISBN: 9781934894248
Description: 300 pages, containing 123 Kentucky Crossword puzzles with answer grids, solving lists, and a Kentucky glossary.
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Louisville, Kentucky
Kentucky has 120 counties. Only three states in the United States have more. However, prior to Kentucky statehood, (1792), the unique boundaries we now know as the Commonwealth of Kentucky was one rather large county of Virginia, specifically Kentucky County, Virginia.
In 1789, the Virginia Assembly divided Kentucky County into three portions -- Fayette County, Jefferson County, and Lincoln County. The government of Virginia went on to subdivide the aforementioned three counties into a total of nine before Kentucky broke away from the mother state. Those nine counties created prior to (Kentucky) statehood are: Fayette, Jefferson, Lincoln, Nelson, Bourbon, Mercer, Madison, Mason, and Woodford, respectively.
After becoming a state, Kentucky would subdivide those nine counties again and again, over the years, until 1912 when McCreary County was formed as the 120th, and last Kentucky county.
For more information on Kentucky counties, see the County Tables (A-D, E-K, L-N, and O-W), which provides links to the historical markers found in each county, the origin of each county's name, each county's demographics, and links to each county's local newspaper where available.
See also: County Word Search Two, Three, and Four.
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