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BALLARD COUNTY KENTUCKY |
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American History |
Population: 8,286
Region: Jackson Purchase
County seat: Wickliffe
Named for Bland W. Ballard, Indian scout and state legislator
Ballard County Clerk -
PO Box 145
Wickliffe, KY 42087-0145
Phone: (502) 335-5168
| Ballard County Courthouse,
Wickliffe After a fire in 1880 destroyed the county courthouse in Blandville, the county seat of government moved to Wickliffe. Here in 1905 the present courthouse was completed at a cost of $25,000. Sam Moore, the County Judge, took the railroad tax from one year to fund the building. The first date of court held in this building was on April 17, 1905. From the time of the government's move till this date the court met in City Hall. information from |
Ballard County
Ballard County Archives from Ky-USG
Ballard/Carlisle Historical-Genealogical Society PO Box 279 Wickliffe, KY 42087 502-335-5059
Kentucky Gazetteer- Ballard County
National Register of Historic Places- Ballard County
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