2000 Population:
26,899 County Seat: Grayson
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From History
of Kentucky by Kerr, 1922
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Carter County was named for Col. William
G. Carter, who was the state senator from the counties of Lewis, Greenup
and Lawrence at the time of its foundation.
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History from
Collins' History of Kentucky, 1877
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Carter county, the 88th erected in
the state, was formed in
1838, out of parts of Greenup and Lawrence,
and named in honor of
Col. Wm. G. Carter, then and for four years
the state senator from the counties of Lewis, Greenup, and Lawrence. The
county is situated in the extreme eastern portion of Kentucky, and bounded
N by Lewis and Greenup, E by Boyd and Lawrence, S by Elliott, and W by
Rowan, Fleming, and Lewis counties. The county is well watered by Little
Sandy river, Little Fork of Little Sandy, and Tygart creek, and their tributaries.
The surface is hilly and broken, the soil in the valleys rich, and the
hills abound in coal and iron ore. |
