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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
Grayson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. Its county seat is Leitchfield. The county was formed in 1810 and named for William Grayson (1740-1790), a Revolutionary War colonel and a prominent Virginia political figure. Grayson County was formerly a prohibition or dry county, but Leitchfield allowed limited alcohol sales in restaurants in 2010 and voted "wet" in 2016.
Timeline
| Date | Event | Source
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| 1810 | County formed | 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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| 1830 | 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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| 1852 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1856 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1896 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1906 | Court 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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| 1810 | 2,301
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| 1820 | 4,055
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| 1830 | 3,880
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| 1840 | 4,461
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| 1850 | 6,837
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| 1860 | 7,982
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| 1870 | 11,580
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| 1880 | 15,784
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| 1890 | 18,688
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| 1900 | 19,878
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| 1910 | 19,958
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| 1920 | 19,927
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| 1930 | 17,055
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| 1940 | 17,562
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| 1950 | 17,063
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| 1960 | 15,834
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| 1970 | 16,445
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| 1980 | 20,854
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| 1990 | 21,050
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Cemeteries
Cemeteries of Grayson County, Kentucky, United States
Research Tips
External links
www.rootsweb.com/~kygrayson3.htm
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