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Cumberland County, Kentucky

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—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
3historic places
—earliest paper
1799formed
5,888pop. 2020
14cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 3 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1983. Most listings are in or near Burkesville, Marrowbone.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Kentucky is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Cumberland titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

1 of 3 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

3 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Baker, James, HouseBurkesvilleBuilding2006
Coe HouseBurkesvilleBuilding2009
Marrowbone Historic DistrictMarrowboneDistrict1983

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Cumberland was formed in 1799 (1799-07-01) from Green.

CUMBERLAND created from GREEN.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Cumberland County population from 1800 to 2020 (Census historical series).

12k7,6033,28418001840188019101920196020002020
1800182018401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
3,2848,0586,0907,3408,8948,96210,64811,9239,3097,8357,2897,1475,888

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

14 cemeteries and 5 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 14 of 14 listed
NameLatLon
Branham Cemetery36.79116-85.48302
Burkesville Cemetery36.80419-85.36598
Capps CemeteryNoneNone
Ellington Cemetery36.76644-85.42163
Flower Cemetery36.8395-85.3694
Franklin Cemetery36.82561-85.51441
Grace Cemetery36.6545-85.34913
Lewis Cemetery36.7895-85.23745
Long Cemetery36.63811-85.35218
Long Cemetery36.66228-85.45829
Mud Camp Cemetery36.78159-85.52196
Newby Cemetery36.76533-85.40246
Philpot Cemetery36.73005-85.4319
Vincent Cemetery36.73756-85.26912
Historical populated places — 5 of 5
NameLatLon
Bear Wallow Ridge36.69623-85.42874
Lewis Creek36.8098-85.36853
Little Renox36.84827-85.39184
Poplar Grove36.66931-85.40716
Sugar Grove36.85981-85.41647

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

Historical markers

HMdb link

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