County Histories of Kentucky
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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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