Jefferson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It is the most populous county in Kentucky and is more than twice as populous as the second most populous, Fayette. It was formed in 1780. As of 2008, the population estimate recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau is 713,887. In November 2008 the city of Louisville challenged the U.S. census stating that they had miscounted Jefferson County population figures. If this ends up being c...
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Jefferson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It is the most populous county in Kentucky and is more than twice as populous as the second most populous, Fayette. It was formed in 1780. As of 2008, the population estimate recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau is 713,887. In November 2008 the city of Louisville challenged the U.S. census stating that they had miscounted Jefferson County population figures. If this ends up being correct Jefferson County could actually be well over 750,000 people.
Jefferson County is the most populous county in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY–IN Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Jefferson County was organized in 1780 and one of the first three counties formed out of the original Kentucky County, which was still part of Virginia at the time (the other two being Fayette and Lincoln). The county is named for Thomas Jefferson, who was governor of Virginia at the time.
The last major American Indian raid in present day Jefferson County was...
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