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Located within the Inner Blue Grass region, long a center of farming and blooded stock raising, Jessamine County was established in 1798 and was named for Jessamine Douglass, the daughter of a pioneer settler. Most of the early pioneers were from Virginia, who came through the mountains after the American Revolutionary War.
In the late 18th century, the Kentucky General Assembly passed a bill to establish a commercial vineyard and winery, based in Nicholasville and the first in the United States, known as First Vineyard.
Adjacent Counties
Cities & Communities
- Brannon Woods
- High Bridge
- Keene
- Nicholasville (County Seat)
- Wilmore
Links
National Register of Historic Places
Jessamine County Historical Society
The Cleveland Family of Jessamine County
