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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
Rowan County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of 2010, the population was 23,333. Its county seat is Morehead. The county was created in 1856 from adjacent counties originally part of Mason county, and named for John Rowan, who represented Kentucky in the U.S. House and Senate.
With regard to the sale of alcohol, it is classified as a moist county—a county in which alcohol sales are prohibited (a dry county), but containing a "wet" city, in this case Morehead, where package alcohol sales are allowed.
Timeline
| Date | Event | Source
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| 1853 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1856 | Birth records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1856 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1860 | First census | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1860 | No significant boundary changes after this year | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1866 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1880 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1880 | Marriage 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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| 1860 | 2,282
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| 1870 | 2,991
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| 1880 | 4,420
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| 1890 | 6,129
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| 1900 | 8,277
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| 1910 | 9,438
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| 1920 | 9,467
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| 1930 | 10,893
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| 1940 | 12,734
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| 1950 | 12,708
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| 1960 | 12,808
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| 1970 | 17,010
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| 1980 | 19,049
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| 1990 | 20,353
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Research Tips
External links
www.rootsweb.com/~kyrowan/
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