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Robertson County, Kentucky

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3historic places

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1867formed

2,193pop. 2020

10cemeteries

1CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 3 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1976. Most listings are in or near Mount Olivet, Mt. Olivet.

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 Robertson titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

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

3 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Johnson Creek Covered Bridge	Mount Olivet	Structure	1976
Metcalf, Thomas, House	Mt. Olivet	Building	1987
Robertson County Courthouse	Mount Olivet	Building	1978

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Robertson was formed in 1867 (1867-08-01) from Bracken, Harrison, Mason, Nicholas.

ROBERTSON created from BRACKEN, HARRISON, MASON, and NICHOLAS.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Robertson County population from 1870 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1870	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
5,399	5,814	4,900	3,871	3,419	2,881	2,443	2,265	2,266	2,193

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

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

Cemeteries — 10 of 10 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Day Cemetery	38.55534	-84.0227
Fosters Chapel Cemetery	38.54375	-84.08655
Harding Cemetery	38.47724	-84.14768
Henson Cemetery	38.54687	-84.00205
Hitch Cemetery	38.52036	-84.17428
Kentontown Cemetery	38.49426	-84.11898
New Corinth Church Cemetery	38.58235	-84.0641
Old Corinth Cemetery	38.57729	-84.07492
Piqua Church Cemetery	38.46791	-84.04665
Pleasant Valley Cemetery	38.53946	-84.15039

Historical populated places — 5 of 5

Name	Lat	Lon
Brierly Ridge	38.56793	-84.04311
Five Lick Creek	38.51257	-83.96253
Linville	38.57014	-84.03161
Mount Pleasant	38.49195	-84.01789
Ogden Ridge	38.51376	-83.98925

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
Cynthiana	2,429	24.0 km	KY011

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

Historical markers

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