Augusta is a home rule-class city in Bracken County, Kentucky, in the United States. It is located upon the southern bank of the Ohio River. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 1,096. When Bracken County was organized in 1796, Augusta was the county seat. In 1839, a new county courthouse was built at a more central location in Brooksville. The city was formally incorporated by the state assembly in 1850.
Houses along the Ohio River in Augusta
The high school carillon in Augusta is dedicated to Rosemary Clooney.
Bracken County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 8,400. Its county seat is Brooksville. The county was formed in 1796.
Bracken County is included in the Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Bracken County Courthouse in Brooksville
Fields at the George Barkley Farm in Bracken County, Kentucky, where Webb and Fore obtained the first white burley seed