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- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
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Breckinridge County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Its county seat is Hardinsburg, Kentucky. The county was named for John Breckinridge (1760–1806), a Kentucky Attorney General, state legislator, United States Senator, and United States Attorney General. It was the 38th Kentucky county in order of formation. Breckinridge County is now a wet county, following a local option election on January 29, 2013, but it had been a dry county for the previous 105 years.
Timeline
Date | Event | Source
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1800 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1800 | First census | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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1800 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1800 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1803 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1840 | 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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1860 | 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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1800 | 807
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1810 | 3,430
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1820 | 7,485
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1830 | 7,345
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1840 | 8,944
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1850 | 10,593
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1860 | 13,236
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1870 | 13,440
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1880 | 17,486
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1890 | 18,976
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1900 | 20,534
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1910 | 21,034
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1920 | 19,652
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1930 | 17,368
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1940 | 17,744
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1950 | 15,528
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1960 | 14,734
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1970 | 14,789
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1980 | 16,861
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1990 | 16,312
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Cemeteries
Cemeteries of Breckinridge County, Kentucky, United States
Research Tips
External links
www.geocities.com/dabugman.geo/breck.html
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