- Name
- Mason
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- Alternate names
- Mason (Getty Vocabulary Program)
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- Type
- County
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- Coordinates
- 38.583°N 83.8°W
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- Located in
- Kentucky, United States (1789 - )
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- See also
- Bracken, Kentucky, United States (Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990))
- Campbell, Kentucky, United States (Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990))
- Fleming, 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))
- Greenup, Kentucky, United States (Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990))
- Lewis, 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))
- Robertson, Kentucky, United States (Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990))
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| Contained Places
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Larger map
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- Inhabited place
- Country Club Heights
- Dover
- Fernleaf
- Germantown
- Helena
- Lewisburg
- Mays Lick
- Maysville
- Minerva
- Moranburg
- Mount Gilead
- Murphysville
- Old Washington
- Orangeburg
- Plumville
- Rectorville
- Sardis
- Shannon
- Somo
- South Ripley
- Springdale
- Weedonia
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- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
Mason County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of 2000, the population is 16,800. Its county seat is Maysville6. The county is named for George Mason, a Virginia delegate to the U.S. Constitutional Convention, known as the "Father of the Bill of Rights". Mason County was partitioned from Bourbon County, Kentucky by an act of the Kentucky Legislature in 1788.
Timeline
| Date | Event | Source
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| 1789 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1789 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1789 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1789 | Marriage 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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| 1791 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1810 | 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 | 2,729
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| 1800 | 12,182
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| 1810 | 12,459
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| 1820 | 13,588
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| 1830 | 16,199
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| 1840 | 15,719
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| 1850 | 18,344
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| 1860 | 18,222
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| 1870 | 18,126
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| 1880 | 20,469
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| 1890 | 20,773
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| 1900 | 20,446
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| 1910 | 18,611
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| 1920 | 17,760
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| 1930 | 18,862
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| 1940 | 19,066
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| 1950 | 18,486
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| 1960 | 18,454
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| 1970 | 17,273
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| 1980 | 17,765
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| 1990 | 16,666
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Research Tips
External links
www.rootsweb.com/~kymason/mason.html
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