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County Courthouse
101 W Main St,
Richmond, KY 40475
Phone: (859)
624-4703
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HISTORY
MADISON COUNTY:
Indian trader John Findley, Daniel Boone, and four others first came
into the area that is now Madison County in 1769 on a hunting and
exploring expedition. In 1774, the Transylvania Company, led by
Judge Richard Henderson of North Carolina, purchased 20,000,000
acres (8,100,000 ha) of land west of the Appalachians (including
present-day Madison County) from the Cherokee Nation. Daniel Boone
was hired to cut a trail through the Cumberland Gap and establish a
settlement on the Kentucky River. The settlement at Fort
Boonesborough began in April 1775.
In 1785, Madison County was established from a portion
of Lincoln County, Virginia
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COMMUNITIES: |
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Richmond |
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UNINCORPORATED COMMUNITIES: |
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Baldwin
* Bighill
* Bobtown
* Boonesborough
* Buggytown
* Bybee
* College Hill
* Dreyfus
* Kingston
* Kirksville |
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Million
* Moberly
* Newby
* Redhouse
* Round Hill
* Ruthton
* Speedwell
* Union City
* Valley View
* Waco |
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Adjacent counties:
1. Fayette County
(north)
2. Clark County, northeast)
3. Estill County (east)
4. Jackson County (southeast)
5. Rockcastle County (south)
6. Gerrard County (southwest)
7. Jessamine County (northwest) |
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County Seat: Richmond
Year Organized: Dec. 15, 1785
Square Miles: 443 sq. mi.
Named after James Madison
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