2000 Population:
8,279 County Seat: Brooksville
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From History
of Kentucky by Kerr, 1922
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Bracken County. For William Bracken,
a pioneer, Big and Little Bracken creeds in this county were named. The
county was so called because of the names of the creeks, so the county
was indirectly named for William Bracken.
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History from
Collins' History of Kentucky, 1877
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Bracken county, the 23rd in order of
formation, was organized in 1796, out of parts of Mason and Campbell
counties; is on the northern border; bounded N by the Ohio river, E by
Mason county, S by Robertson and Harrison, and W by Pendleton. The lands
are high, and the surface rolling and hilly; the richest lands are in the
eastern part; the rest, back from the river, being strong oak land, and
producing in large quantities the finest "Mason County" Tobacco. The county
derived its name from two creeks, Big and Little Bracken - which were called
after Wm. Bracken, an old hunter and pioneer, who visited the county
in 1773, afterwards settled upon one of those creeks, and met his death
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