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Magoffin County, Kentucky

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3historic places

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1860formed

11,637pop. 2020

159cemeteries

1CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 3 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1979. Most listings are in or near Salyersville, Sayersville.

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

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

3 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Gardner Farmstead	Salyersville	Building	2015
Gardner, Judge D. W., House	Salyersville	Building	1979
Salyersville Bank	Sayersville	Building	1997

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Magoffin was formed in 1860 (1860-04-25) from Floyd, Johnson, Morgan.

MAGOFFIN created from FLOYD, JOHNSON, and MORGAN.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Magoffin County population from 1860 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
3,485	6,944	12,006	13,859	17,490	13,839	11,156	13,515	13,332	11,637

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

159 cemeteries and 7 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 80 of 159 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Adams Cemetery	37.71148	-82.98655
Adams Cemetery	37.7311	-83.17148
Adams Cemetery	37.75314	-83.04044
Adams Cemetery	37.78163	-83.0206
Adams Cemetery	37.81064	-83.03933
Adams Cemetery	37.78475	-82.9617
Albert Shepherd Cemetery	37.53036	-82.9203
Alex and Mary Cemetery	37.72586	-83.17424
Allen Cemetery	37.61537	-82.94766
Allen Cemetery	37.62703	-82.98322
Ambrose and Susan Arnett Cemetery	37.69772	-83.12542
Andrew Jackson Patton Cemetery	37.77574	-83.15969
Arnett Cemetery	37.68296	-83.04608
Arnett Cemetery	37.68402	-83.06024
Arnett Cemetery	37.69036	-83.04544
Back Cemetery	37.68064	-83.18045
Bailey Cemetery	37.52115	-82.93548
Bailey Cemetery	37.62676	-83.05322
Bailey Cemetery	37.71231	-82.97516
Bays Cemetery	37.75564	-83.05554
Bear Branch Cemetery	37.69467	-83.12465
Bishop Patrick Cemetery	37.70807	-83.0036
Blanton Cemetery	37.77107	-83.02607
Bluegrass Cemetery	37.74031	-83.07189
Boone Howard Cemetery	37.663	-82.97217
Borders Cemetery	37.79508	-83.02905
Brown Cemetery	37.62675	-82.98655
Bruce Arnett Cemetery	37.68492	-83.06355
Brushy Fork Cemetery	37.79253	-83.06769
Burke Cemetery	37.70564	-82.98074
Burton Cemetery	37.71703	-83.24184
Caudill Cemetery	37.75342	-83.10961
Caudill Cemetery	37.82981	-83.03516
Caudill Cemetery	37.75134	-83.13147
Chestnut Cemetery	37.68848	-82.95077
Christopher Gullet Cemetery	37.77096	-83.02106
Clay Arnett Cemetery	37.72014	-83.2295
Cockran Cemetery	37.77148	-83.19558
Cole Cemetery	37.70013	-82.94907
Cole Cemetery	37.69814	-82.94487
Collins Cemetery	37.78852	-83.00691
Conley Cemetery	37.64926	-83.0085
Conley Cemetery	37.77098	-83.0342
Conley Cemetery	37.78103	-83.00758
Connelley Cemetery	37.74383	-83.09594
Cooper Cemetery	37.78944	-83.05086
Craft Cemetery	37.69274	-83.08212
Dan Shepherd Cemetery	37.57342	-82.93275
Darnell Cemetery	37.76624	-83.048
David M Cooper Cemetery	37.79656	-83.09416
Doc Bill Howard Cemetery	None	None
Dona Howard Cemetery	37.59077	-82.92813
Dotson Cemetery	37.70342	-82.98627
Dulton Cemetery	37.63344	-82.99603
Dun Cemetery	37.74677	-83.17023
Dyer Cemetery	37.70506	-83.14383
Fleming Arnett Cemetery	37.7186	-83.22859
Fletcher Cemetery	37.6904	-82.98191
Frank Prater Cemetery	37.76202	-82.95812
Franklin Cemetery	37.86369	-83.06017
G V Joseph Cemetery	37.70787	-83.03817
Gabriel Jack Cemetery	37.70638	-83.15055
Gardner Cemetery	37.74456	-83.0797
Gil Williams Cemetery	37.66387	-83.20974
Gilliam Cemetery	37.83564	-83.04461
Goldie Johnson Cemetery	37.57252	-82.90585
Grace Cemetery	37.71398	-82.97155
Gullett Cemetery	37.67187	-83.02572
Hackworth Cemetery	37.73203	-82.96627
Hackworth and Spradling Cemetery	37.70057	-82.95712
Hale Cemetery	37.54199	-82.89588
Hale Cemetery	37.81258	-83.021
Hall Cemetery	37.80535	-83.1561
Ham Conley Cemetery	37.77211	-83.03506
Hanson Rowe Cemetery	37.69662	-83.15174
Harper Cemetery	37.78629	-83.16465
Holbrook Cemetery	37.66862	-83.15067
Holbrook's Cemetery	37.66823	-83.20238
Howard - Shepard Cemetery	37.6679	-83.01831
Howard Cemetery	37.62814	-82.99322

Historical populated places — 7 of 7

Name	Lat	Lon
College Heights	37.7402	-83.06977
Craft Fork	37.67317	-83.12705
Dixie	37.74811	-83.07329
Painters Lick	37.78916	-82.96985
Puncheon	37.69103	-83.19582
Right Middle Fork	37.66349	-83.21877
Skaggs	37.68168	-83.03398

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

Civil War battlefields nearby

ABPP

American Battlefield Protection Program (ABPP) Civil War study areas near this county.

Battlefield	Study acres	Dist.	Site ID
Middle Creek	912	24.3 km	KY005

Source: NPS American Battlefield Protection Program Civil War Study Areas (public ArcGIS feature service).

Historical markers

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