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Metcalfe County, Kentucky

Historic newspapers, landmarks, and county history layers for genealogists and local historians.

—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
5historic places
—earliest paper
1860formed
10,286pop. 2020
21cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 5 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1992. Most listings are in or near Edmonton, Sulphur Well.

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 Metcalfe titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

2 of 5 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

5 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Bell House, TheEdmontonBuilding2016
Metcalfe County JailEdmontonBuilding2004
Metcalfe County Kentucky CourthouseEdmontonBuilding2000
Stockton-Ray HouseEdmontonBuilding1992
Sulphur Well Historic DistrictSulphur WellDistrict1998

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Metcalfe was formed in 1860 (1860-05-07) from Adair, Barren, Cumberland, Green, Monroe.

METCALFE created from ADAIR, BARREN, CUMBERLAND, GREEN, and MONROE.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

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

11k8,7996,7451860188019201940196020002020
1860188019001920194019501960198020002020
6,7459,4239,98810,07510,8539,8518,3679,48410,03710,286

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

21 cemeteries and 0 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 21 of 21 listed
NameLatLon
Asbury - Center Cemetery37.14775-85.69159
Bowles Cemetery37.12554-85.69484
Buck Hill Cemetery37.1125-85.73434
Cassady Cemetery37.13259-85.68026
Cedar Flat Cemetery36.95057-85.61315
Creasy Cemetery36.87258-85.5562
Dubree Cemetery36.85325-85.66211
Franklin Cemetery37.14882-85.73134
Gee - Harvey Cemetery36.86722-85.67694
Hiser Cemetery37.12614-85.68755
Hodges Cemetery37.13449-85.66774
Houk Cemetery37.16966-85.70604
Jessee Cemetery36.9691-85.47951
Morris Cemetery37.12913-85.65883
Mosby Ridge Cemetery36.98589-85.52309
Mosier Cemetery36.85318-85.70068
Robertson Cemetery37.13342-85.65206
Rock Atwell Cemetery37.16884-85.69307
Wade Cemetery36.85589-85.71292
Webb Cemetery37.14043-85.74052
Young Cemetery37.13937-85.73589

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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