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History
The area now encompassed by Kentucky's Breathitt County was first bounded in 1772, when all of what is now the state of Kentucky was in the frontier county of Fincastle County, Virginia. Fincastle was divided in 1776, with the western portion named Kentucky County, Virginia. In 1780, Virginia set aside all land in Kentucky County for soldiers who had served in the Revolutionary War. In 1780, Kentucky County was divided into 3 counties, Jefferson, Fayette, and Lincoln. Lincoln County was divided in 1799, with part becoming Knox County. In 1807, the Legislature partitioned the upper part of Knox to create Clay County. On February 6, 1839, a portion of Clay (along with portions of Estill and Perry Counties) was partitioned off to create Breathitt County. It was named after Governor John Breathitt.
Adjacent Counties
Communities
Altro | Bays | Cane Creek | Caney | Canoe | Chenowee | Clayhole | Cockrell Fork | Crockettsville | Elkatawa | Evanston | Fishtrap | Flintville | Frozen | Frozen Creek | Fugate's Fork | Gauge | Haddix | Hardshell Caney | Hayes Branch | Jackson (County Seat) | Leatherwood | Lost Creek | Morris Fork | Ned | Nix Branch | Noble | Noctor | Oakdale | Portsmouth | Quicksand | River Caney | Riverside | Rose Branch | Rousseau | Rowdy | Saldee | Sebastian's Branch | Shoulder Blade | Smith Branch | South Fork | Troublesome Creek | Turner's Creek | Vancleve | War Creek | Watts | Whick | Wilstacy | Wolfcoal
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