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| Name | Caldwell |
| Alt names | Caldwell | source: Getty Vocabulary Program |
| Type | County |
| Coordinates | 37.15°N 87.85°W |
| Located in | Kentucky, United States (1809 - ) |
| See also | Calloway, Kentucky, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Christian, Kentucky, United States | Parent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Graves, Kentucky, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Hickman, Kentucky, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Livingston, Kentucky, United States | Parent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Lyon, Kentucky, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Trigg, 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
Caldwell County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 12,649. Its county seat is Princeton. The county was formed in 1809 from Livingston County, Kentucky and named for John Caldwell, who participated in the George Rogers Clark Indian Campaign of 1786 and was the second lieutenant governor of Kentucky. Caldwell was a prohibition or dry county until 2013, when the citizens voted to lift the ban.
Timeline
| Date | Event | Source
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| 1808 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1809 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1809 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1809 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1809 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1810 | First census | 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 | No significant boundary changes after this year | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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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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| 1810 | 4,268
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| 1820 | 9,022
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| 1830 | 8,324
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| 1840 | 10,365
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| 1850 | 13,048
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| 1860 | 9,318
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| 1870 | 10,826
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| 1880 | 11,282
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| 1890 | 13,186
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| 1900 | 14,510
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| 1910 | 14,063
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| 1920 | 13,975
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| 1930 | 13,781
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| 1940 | 14,499
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| 1950 | 13,199
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| 1960 | 13,073
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| 1970 | 13,179
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| 1980 | 13,473
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| 1990 | 13,232
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Cemeteries
Cemeteries of Caldwell County, Kentucky, United States
Research Tips
External links
http://home.hiwaay.net/~woliver/caldwell.html
Pages with county history/information [1][2]
Caldwell County Off-Site Research:[3][4]
List of Historical Markers [5]
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