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| Name | Bourbon |
| Alt names | Bourbon | source: Getty Vocabulary Program |
| Type | County |
| Coordinates | 38.2°N 84.217°W |
| Located in | Kentucky, United States (1786 - ) |
| See also | Clark, Kentucky, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Floyd, Kentucky, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Harrison, Kentucky, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Montgomery, Kentucky, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Nicholas, Kentucky, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Pendleton, Kentucky, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) |
- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
Bourbon County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It is the remnant of what was previously a much larger Bourbon County, established as part of Virginia in 1785, and comprising what are now thirty-four modern Kentucky counties. It was originally part of the French province of Louisiana, then after 1763 became part of Virginia, but was to the newly formed Commonwealth of Kentucky in 1792.
The population of Bourbon County was recorded as 19,985 in the 2010 United States Census. Its county seat is Paris, Kentucky. It is best known for its historical association with bourbon whiskey, although no bourbon whiskey is currently made within Bourbon County.
Bourbon County is part of the Lexington–Fayette Metropolitan Statistical Area.
History
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Bourbon County was formed on October 17, 1785 from sections of Fayette County, Virginia, and named after the French House of Bourbon, in gratitude for Louis XVI of France's assistance during the American Revolutionary War. Bourbon became part of the new state of Kentucky when it was created in 1792.
Timeline
| Date | Event | Source
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| 1780 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1786 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1786 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1786 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1786 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1790 | First census | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1820 | No significant boundary changes after this year | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1852 | Birth records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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Population History
- source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
| Census Year | Population
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| 1790 | 7,837
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| 1800 | 12,825
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| 1810 | 18,009
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| 1820 | 17,664
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| 1830 | 18,436
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| 1840 | 14,478
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| 1850 | 14,466
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| 1860 | 14,860
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| 1870 | 14,863
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| 1880 | 15,956
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| 1890 | 16,976
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| 1900 | 18,069
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| 1910 | 17,462
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| 1920 | 18,418
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| 1930 | 18,060
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| 1940 | 17,932
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| 1950 | 17,752
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| 1960 | 18,178
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| 1970 | 18,476
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| 1980 | 19,405
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| 1990 | 19,236
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Research Tips
External links
www.parisky.com/
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