- Name
- Nelson
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- Alternate names
- Nelson (Getty Vocabulary Program)
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- Type
- County
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- Coordinates
- 37.8°N 85.467°W
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- Located in
- Kentucky, United States (1785 - )
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- See also
- Breckinridge, Kentucky, United States (Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990))
- Bullitt, Kentucky, United States (Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990))
- Green, Kentucky, United States (Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990))
- Hardin, Kentucky, United States (Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990))
- Ohio, Kentucky, United States (Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990))
- Spencer, Kentucky, United States (Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990))
- Washington, Kentucky, United States (Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990))
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| Contained Places
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- Inhabited place
- Balltown
- Bardstown
- Bellwood
- Bloomfield
- Blue Gap
- Boston
- Botland
- Chaplin
- Coxs Creek
- Cravens
- Culvertown
- Deatsville
- East Bardstown
- Fairfield
- Gethsemane
- Greenbrier
- Howardstown
- Hunters
- Lenore
- Nazareth
- Nelsonville
- New Haven
- New Hope
- Samuels
- Stiles
- Woodlawn
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- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
Nelson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of 2000, the population was 37,477. In 2006 the population was estimated at 42,102. Its county seat is Bardstown. The county is part of the Louisville Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Timeline
| Date | Event | Source
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| 1784 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1785 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1785 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1785 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1785 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1790 | First census | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1830 | No significant boundary changes after this year | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1852 | Birth records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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Population History
- source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
| Census Year | Population
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| 1790 | 11,315
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| 1800 | 9,866
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| 1810 | 14,078
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| 1820 | 16,273
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| 1830 | 14,932
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| 1840 | 13,637
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| 1850 | 14,789
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| 1860 | 15,799
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| 1870 | 14,804
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| 1880 | 16,609
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| 1890 | 16,417
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| 1900 | 16,587
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| 1910 | 16,830
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| 1920 | 16,137
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| 1930 | 16,551
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| 1940 | 18,004
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| 1950 | 19,521
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| 1960 | 22,168
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| 1970 | 23,477
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| 1980 | 27,584
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| 1990 | 29,710
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Research Tips
External links
www.pastratracks.org/states/kentucky/nelson
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