This county is adoptable- please contact
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If you have files that you would like to see on the Allen county site at this time, please contact me and I will happily upload the files for you. I want to see this county 1:) Grow and 2:) be adopted.
ALLEN COUNTY KENTUCKY |
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American History |
From Handibook- Allen County Kentucky was created 11 December 1801 from Green County. The county seat is located at Scottsville, Kentucky. No records available from the courthouse before 1902.
From the Ky Gazetteer- Allen county was formed in 1815. It is located in the Pennyrile region of the state. The elevation in the county ranges from 445 to 966 feet above sea level. In 1990 the county population was 14,628 in a land area of 346 square miles, an average of 42.3 people per square mile. The county seat is Scottsville.
The Pennyrile region of Kentucky stretches from the Land Between the Lakes in the west across the state to the Pottsville Escarpment in the east. It is a Mississippian plateau with a large karst region that includes Mammoth Cave. The region takes its name from the pennyroyal (Hedeoma puligiodes).
Cemetery locations and maps from USGS GNIS
Cemetery Listings for Allen County [3] from interment.net
Census
Political GraveYard
Allen County at USGW - basically a gateway to another Allen County website
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