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Carter County, Kentucky

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4historic places

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1838formed

26,627pop. 2020

89cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 4 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1974. Most listings are in or near Olive Hill, Grayson.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

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National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

2 of 4 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

4 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Carter Caves Pictograph (15CR60)	Olive Hill	Site	1989
Kitchen, Van, House	Grayson	Building	1974
Olive Hill C & O Depot	Olive Hill	Building	1992
Saltpeter Cave	Olive Hill	Site	2001

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Carter was formed in 1838 (1838-05-01) from Greenup, Lawrence.

CARTER created from GREENUP and LAWRENCE.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Carter County population from 1840 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1840	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
2,905	8,516	12,345	20,228	22,474	25,545	22,559	20,817	25,060	26,889	26,627

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

89 cemeteries and 11 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 80 of 89 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Amy McGlone Cemetery	38.40369	-83.21837
Anglin Cemetery	38.3836	-82.93302
Anglin Cemetery	38.39623	-82.90281
Ash Cemetery	38.32993	-83.22326
Bailey Cemetery	38.27891	-83.07614
Barker Cemetery	38.22058	-83.24668
Barney Fultz Cemetery	38.29003	-83.30591
Bentley Cemetery	38.40052	-83.04886
Biggs Hill Cemetery	38.27996	-83.20661
Blankenship Cemetery	38.31823	-82.91679
Bledsoe Cemetery	38.25177	-83.04451
Boggs Cemetery	38.25188	-83.23355
Boggs Cemetery	38.29989	-82.91433
Bolding Cemetery	38.27669	-82.90816
Bradley Cemetery	38.26997	-83.28623
Bradley Cemetery	38.28661	-83.28661
Burnett Cemetery	38.40823	-83.0263
Burton Cemetery	38.33757	-82.88427
Burton Cemetery	38.31105	-82.8883
Burton Farm Cemetery	38.28638	-83.30913
Caraway Cemetery (historical)	38.3628	-82.87554
Carroll Cemetery	38.24778	-83.06217
Carter Cemetery	38.3405	-82.89967
Clark Cemetery	38.25785	-83.2874
Colley Cemetery	38.33829	-83.04363
Conn - Bradley Cemetery	38.27003	-83.29517
Cooksey Cemetery	38.26396	-82.85933
Cooper Cemetery	38.43813	-83.21454
Cresswell Cemetery	38.25839	-82.9877
Damron Cemetery Number 2	38.31075	-82.92148
Davis Cemetery	38.41229	-83.02767
Duncan Cemetery	38.28883	-83.21978
East Carter County Memory Gardens	38.33066	-82.91077
Easterling Cemetery	38.31137	-82.8759
Edison Cemetery	38.26656	-82.95559
Enex-Sloan Cemetery	38.30604	-83.32845
Everman Cemetery	38.33063	-83.01406
Everman Cemetery	38.45408	-83.06501
Field Cemetery	38.35674	-83.0885
Flat Fork Church Cemetery	38.31392	-83.31571
Fults Cemetery	38.37809	-83.22943
Gilliam Cemetery	38.20431	-83.26705
Glancy Cemetery	38.26763	-82.81909
Goebel Cemetery	38.35407	-82.91035
Grayson Memorial Cemetery	38.33944	-82.94949
Hale Cemetery	38.31723	-83.24363
Hall Cemetery	38.23346	-82.90678
Hannah Cemetery	38.38044	-82.92246
Hargett Cemetery	38.28666	-83.30227
Henderson Cemetery	38.32924	-83.23184
Huffman Cemetery	38.41123	-83.02595
Jones Cemetery	38.35269	-82.80657
Jordan Cemetery	38.46146	-83.15073
Keffer Cemetery	38.3291	-82.911
Kilgore Cemetery	38.32946	-83.24923
King Family Cemetery	38.32661	-83.2576
Kiser Cemetery	38.41927	-83.14667
Kitchen Cemetery	38.20299	-82.892
Kitchen Cemetery	38.24805	-82.98272
Kitchen Cemetery (historical)	38.24763	-82.98293
Littleton Cemetery	38.33757	-83.04739
Logan Cemetery	38.32383	-83.27383
Manning Cemetery	38.22106	-83.27085
Masters Cemetery	38.30272	-83.33112
McDavid Cemetery	38.20737	-82.93054
Meadows Cemetery	38.31412	-82.92813
Melvin Conn Cemetery	38.2261	-83.22253
O'Neal Cemetery	38.34076	-82.83343
Olive Hill Memorial Cemetery	38.3035	-83.15884
Patton Cemetery	38.25959	-83.30806
Porter Cemetery	38.23857	-83.22107
Ratcliff Cemetery	38.22979	-82.84604
Rice - Queen Cemetery	38.253	-82.83689
Robinson Cemetery	38.19795	-83.26693
Rush Cemetery	38.33794	-82.78397
Sally Cemetery	38.35698	-82.83081
Sammons Cemetery	38.24244	-82.98123
Sammons Cemetery (historical)	38.24166	-82.98225
Seaton Cemetery	38.36312	-82.97262
Sexton Cemetery	38.45378	-83.18126

Historical populated places — 11 of 11

Name	Lat	Lon
Antioch	38.1953	-82.94426
Clifty	38.22144	-83.03633
Cold Springs	38.30463	-83.16351
Davy Run	38.24688	-82.88549
Globe Community	38.20341	-83.24355
Lindsey Chapel	38.36361	-82.95533
Offill's Mill	38.23879	-83.24209
Reeder	38.32676	-83.24222
Ross	38.26127	-83.1526
Silica	38.26577	-83.22598
The Cross Roads	38.34413	-82.95603

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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