Place:Grant, Kentucky, United States

Watchers
  • no watchers
Larger map
NameGrant
Alt namesGrantsource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeCounty
Coordinates38.65°N 84.65°W
Located inKentucky, United States     (1820 - )
See alsoPendleton, Kentucky, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Contained Places
Cemetery
White Chapel Cemetery
Inhabited place
Blanchet
Cherry Grove
Cordova
Corinth
Crittenden
Delia
Downingsville
Dry Ridge
Elliston
Flingsville
Folsom
Four Corners
Heekin
Hilltop
Holbrook
Jericho
Jonesville
Keefer
Lawrenceville
Mason
Mount Zion
Northcutt
Sherman
Stewartsville
Stringtown
Williamstown
Zion Station
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia

Grant County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It was formed in 1820. As of 2010, the population was 24,682. Its county seat is Williamstown. The county is named for Colonel John Grant.

Grant County is a limited dry county, meaning that sale of alcohol in the county is prohibited, except in Crittenden, Corinth, Dry Ridge and Williamstown, where it is legal by the drink in restaurants seating at least 100 diners and deriving at least 70% of total sales from food.

The Grant County News, established in 1906 and published in Williamstown, is preserved on microfilm by the University of Kentucky Libraries. The microfilm holdings are listed in a master negative database on the UK Libraries Preservation and Digital Programs website.

Contents

[edit]

Timeline

Date Event Source
1820 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1820 Court records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1820 First census Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1820 Land records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1820 Marriage records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1820 Probate records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1852 Birth records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1880 No significant boundary changes after this year Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
[edit]

Population History

source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
Census Year Population
1820 1,805
1830 2,986
1840 4,192
1850 6,531
1860 8,356
1870 9,529
1880 13,083
1890 12,671
1900 13,239
1910 10,581
1920 10,435
1930 9,876
1940 9,876
1950 9,809
1960 9,489
1970 9,999
1980 13,308
1990 15,737
[edit]

Research Tips

[edit]

External links

www.kycourts.net/Counties/Grant.asp?County=Grant

This place has no commentary yet. It is only a stub. You can help by editing it and sharing what you know: research tips, history, relationships with other places, etc.


This page uses content from the English Wikipedia. The original content was at Grant County, Kentucky. The list of authors can be seen in the page history. As with WeRelate, the content of Wikipedia is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
Retrieved from "http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Place:Grant%2C_Kentucky%2C_United_States"