Esatern Kentucky, County Timeline
1772Fincastle County, Virginia was formed from Botetourt County Virginia.
1776 Kentucky County, Virginia was formed from Fincastle County, Virginia which was abolished.
1780Kentucky County, Virginia was abolished.
1792Kentucky was admitted from Virginia as the 15th state of the United States
1800 Floyd County, Kentucky was formed from Fleming, Mason and Montgomery Counties.It was created on 13 Dec 1799
1807 Clay County, Kentucky was formed from Madison and Floyd Counties. It was created in 1806
1819Harlan County, Kentucky was formed from Knox County
1821Perry County, Kentucky was formed from Clay and Floyd Counties. It was created on 2 Nov 1820
1822Lawrence County, Kentucky was formed from Floyd and Greenup Counties. It was created on 14 Dec 1821
1822Pike County, Kentucky was formed from Floyd County. It was created on 19 Dec 1821
1823Morgan County, Kentucky was formed from Floyd and Bath Counties. It was created in 1822
1842Letcher County, Kentucky was formed from Harlan and Perry Counties
1843Johnson County, Kentucky was formed from Floyd, Lawrence, and Morgan Counties
1860Magoffin County, Kentucky was formed from Floyd, Johnson, and Morgan Counties. It was created on 22 Feb 1860.