Place:Owsley, Kentucky, United States

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NameOwsley
Alt namesOwsleysource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeCounty
Coordinates37.433°N 83.667°W
Located inKentucky, United States     (1843 - )
See alsoBreathitt, Kentucky, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Clay, Kentucky, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Estill, Kentucky, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Jackson, Kentucky, United StatesChild county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Lee, Kentucky, United StatesChild county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Wolfe, Kentucky, United StatesChild county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Contained Places
Cemetery
Esau-Gabbard Cemetery
Inhabited place
Arnett
Blake
Booneville
Chestnut Gap
Conkling
Cow Creek
Endee
Eversole
Island City
Lerose
Levi
Lucky Fork
Major
Mistletoe
Pebworth
Ricetown
Scoville
Sebastian
Southfork
Stay
Sturgeon
Taft
Travellers Rest
Vincent
Whoopflarea
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Owsley County is a county located in the Eastern Coalfield region of the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 4,051, making it the second-least populous county in Kentucky. The county seat is Booneville. The county was organized on January 23, 1843, from Clay, Estill, and Breathitt counties and named for William Owsley (1782–1862), the judge of the Kentucky Court of Appeals and Governor of Kentucky (1844–48). According to the 2010 census reports, Owsley County has the second-highest level of child poverty of any county in the United States. In terms of income per household, the county is the poorest in the nation. Between 1980 and 2014, the rate of death from cancer in the county increased by 45.6 percent, the largest such increase of any county in the United States.

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Timeline

Date Event Source
1843 Birth records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1843 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1844 Land records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1850 First census Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1852 Marriage records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1870 No significant boundary changes after this year Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1923 Court records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1930 Probate 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
1850 3,774
1860 5,335
1870 3,889
1880 4,942
1890 5,975
1900 6,874
1910 7,979
1920 7,820
1930 7,223
1940 8,957
1950 7,324
1960 5,369
1970 5,023
1980 5,709
1990 5,036
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Cemeteries

Cemeteries of Owsley County, Kentucky, United States

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External links

www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ky/owsley/

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