2000 Population:
13,060 County Seat: Princeton
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From History
of Kentucky by Kerr, 1922
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Caldwell County was named for Gen. John
Caldwell, a native of Virginia, who moved to Kentucky in 1781. He was
in the expedition commanded by George Rogers Clark against the Indians
in 1786. He was prominent in public life in his day. He was lieutenant
governor of the state in 1804, and died in Frankfort, November 19th, of
that year.
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History from
Collins' History of Kentucky, 1877
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Caldwell county, the 51st erected in
the state, was formed in
1809, out of part of Livingstone county,
and named in honor of Gen. John Caldwell; is situated on the waters
of the Cumberland and Tradewater rivers; bounded N by Crittenden and Hopkins,
E by Hopkins and Christian, S by Trigg and Lyon, and W by Lyon and Crittenden
counties. The land is generally undulating. |
