2000 Population:
61,236 County Seat: Shepherdsville
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From History
of Kentucky by Kerr, 1922
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Bullitt County was named in honor of Alexander
Scott Bullitt, who was lieutenant governor of Kentucky in the year
1800.
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History from
Collins' History of Kentucky, 1877
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Bullitt county was established in 1796,
and named for Lieutenant Governor Bullitt. It is situated in the
north-west middle part of the state, its extreme western boundary extending
to near the mouth of Salt River, and is watered by that stream and its
tributaries. Bounded on the North by Jefferson; east by Spencer; south
by Nelson, and on the West by Hardin and Meade, - the Rolling fork of Salt
River washing its south-west border. This county is generally fertile,
though the surface is rolling; the scenery is variegated and beautiful,
the hills covered with tall pine and laurel, and abounding in iron and
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