The County Histories of Kentucky consist of photocopies of historical surveys of Kentucky counties written by the Federal Writers’ Project of the Works Progress Administration from 1936 to 1939.The collection includes typescripts, manuscripts, rare publications and oral histories on county and community histories written by regional and local authors. The surveys contain brief county histories, field reports, notes, preliminary and corrected drafts of essays, oral testimony, folklore and other miscellaneous materials. Added to the collection are county histories collected by researchers Stuart Sprague and Robert Rennick, special edition newspapers and other publications on county and community histories.

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Johnson County - White House, Willard Roger Murray

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Kenton County - Fort Mitchell, John R. Blakely and Christopher Gist Historical Society

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Kenton County - General Description & Covington, Works Progress Administration

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Kenton County - General History, Works Progress Administration and Historical Records Survey

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Kenton County - Post Offices, Robert M. Rennick

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Kentucky - Caves & Ferries, Works Progress Administration

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Kentucky - Constitutional History, Works Progress Administration and Writer's Project

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Kentucky - County Survey, Works Progress Administration and Historical Records Survey

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Kentucky - Cumberland National Forest, Works Progress Administration and Federal Writers' Project

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Kentucky - Folklore, Works Progress Administration and Federal Writers' Project

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Kentucky - Folk Songs, Works Progress Administration and Federal Writers' Project

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Kentucky - Geographical Features, Works Progress Administration

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Kentucky - Highways, Roads, Trails, Traces and Paths, Works Progress Administration and Federal Writers' Project

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Kentucky - History of the Boundaries of the Counties of Kentucky, Works Progress Administration, Federal Writers' Project, and Ruth Adele Preston

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Kentucky - Lakes, Wlliam A. Withington

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Kentucky - Lickskillets, Robert M. Rennick

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Kentucky - Name Origin, Works Progress Administration

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Kentucky - Rivers & Creeks, Works Progress Administration

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Kentucky - State & National Forests, Works Progress Administration and Historical Records Survey

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Kentucky - Stations & Early Settlements, Works Progress Administration

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Kentucky - Tidbits of Kentucky Folklore, Alexander Gordon Wilson and Works Progress Administration

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Kentucky - Traditional Accounts of Kentucky Place Names, Robert M. Rennick

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Kentucky - U.S. Route 68, Works Progress Administration and Federal Writers' Project

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Kentucky - Waterways & Ponds, Herbert Halpert

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Knott County - Centennial Edition, Troublesome Creek Times

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Knott County - Decoy, Gretchen Engle and Michael Smukler

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Knott County - General History, Appalachian Heritage Magazine

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Knott County - General History, Works Progress Administration and Historical Records Survey

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Knott County - Miscellaneous, Works Progress Administration

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Knott County - Post Offices, Robert M. Rennick

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Knott County - Raven, Estelean Hall

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Knox County, Works Progress Administration and Historical Records Survey

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Knox County - 75th Anniversary and Progress Edition, Corbin Daily Tribune

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Knox County - Folklore, Works Progress Administration

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Knox County - Post Offices, Robert M. Rennick

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La Rue County - Bicentennial Edition, Herald News

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LaRue County - General History, Works Progress Administration

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LaRue County - Post Offices, Robert M. Rennick

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Laurel County - Place Names, Works Progress Administration and Robert M. Rennick

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Laurel County - Post Offices, Robert M. Rennick

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Lawrence County - Brief History, Works Progress Administration

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Lawrence County - General History, Works Progress Administration and Historical Records Survey

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Lawrence County - Post Offices & Place Names, Robert M. Rennick

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Lee County, Works Progress Administration and Historical Records Survey

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Lee County - Post Offices & Place Names, Robert M. Rennick

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Leslie County, Works Progress Administration and Historical Records Survey

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Leslie County - Folklore, Works Progress Administration

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Leslie County - General History, Works Progress Administration and Historical Records Survey

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Leslie County - Post Offices & Place Names, Robert M. Rennick

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Leslie County - Resettlement Project, 1967, Council of the Southern Mountains

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Letcher County, Works Progress Administration and Historical Records Survey

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Letcher County - General History, Works Progress Administration

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Letcher County - Post Offices, Robert M. Rennick

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Lewis County - General History, Works Progress Administration and Historical Records Survey

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Lewis County - Planning Problems, Works Progress Administration

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Lewis County - Post Offices, Robert M. Rennick

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Lewis County - Souvenir Edition, City of Vanceburg Today

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Lewis County - Vanceburg, Helen Lowder

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Lincoln County - Bicentennial Edition, Interior Journal

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Lincoln County - Post Offices & Place Names, Robert M. Rennick

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Livingston County - Place Names, Robert M. Rennick

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Logan County - General History, Works Progress Administration and Robert M. Rennick

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Louisa County - 150 Anniversary Edition, The Big Sandy News

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Madison County - Berea Centennial, Berea Citizen

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Madison County - Post Offices & Place Names, Robert M. Rennick

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Magoffin County, Works Progress Administration and Historical Records Survey

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Magoffin County - Founder's Day, Pioneer

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Magoffin County - Place Names, Works Progress Administration and Robert M. Rennick

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Magoffin County - Salyersville, Helen Jo Conley

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Marion County - Folklore, Works Progress Administration and Federal Writers' Project

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Marion County - General History, Works Progress Administration

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Marshall Counties - Post Offices, Robert M. Rennick

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Martin County, Works Progress Administration and Historical Records Survey

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Martin County - Miscellaneous, Works Progress Administration and Rufus Reed

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Martin County - Place Names, Robert M. Rennick

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Martin County - Political Traditions, Rick Cornett

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Mason County, Works Progress Administration and Historical Records Survey

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Mason County - Bicentennial Edition, Ledger Inependent

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Mason County - Capture of Maysville, Louisville Daily Democrat

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Mason County - Everett's Raid, Maysville Bulletin

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Mason County - Law Suits against Rebels, Louisville Daily Journal

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Mason County - Place Names, Various authors

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Mason County - Post Offices, Robert M. Rennick

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Mason County - Raid on Maysville, Louisville Daily Journal

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Mason County - Rebel Raid on Maysville, Maysville Bulletin

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Mason County - Rebels rob Maysville Stores, Louisville Daily Democrat

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McCracken County - Paducah, John P. Dyson

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McCracken County - Place Names & Post Offices, Robert M. Rennick and Works Progress Administration

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McCreary County - Folklore, Works Progress Administration

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McCreary County - Post Offices & Place Names, Robert M. Rennick and Works Progress Administration

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McLean County - Bicentennial Edition, McLean County News

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McLean County - Post Offices, Robert M. Rennick

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Meade County - Bicentennial Edition, Meade County Messenger

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Meade County - Post Offices & Place Names, Robert M. Rennick and Works Progress Administration

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Menifee County - Place Names, George Boswell

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Menifee County - Post Offices & Place Names, Robert M. Rennick

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Mercer County - General History, Works Progress Administration

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Metcalf County - General History, Works Progress Administration and Historical Records Survey

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Metcalfe County - Bicentennial Edition, Edmonton Herald News

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Mingo County (West Virginia) - Special Edition, Williamson Daily News