Knott County, Kentucky
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Knott County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 14,251. Its county seat is Hindman. The county was formed in 1884 and is named for James Proct
Knott County Courthouse
Letcher County, Kentucky
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Letcher County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 21,548. Its county seat is Whitesburg. It was created in 1842 from Harlan and Perry counties
Knott County, Kentucky
…school. The Knott County town of Pippa Passes is home to Alice Lloyd College. Knott County was established in 1884 from land given by Breathitt, Floyd, Letcher, and Perry counties. The 1890s-era courthouse, the second to serve the county, burned in 1929. The first elected county officials were county clerk…
Letcher County courthouse in Whitesburg
Mose Adams log cabin, where the first court session was held in 1842
The third courthouse built by Lemuel R. Perry in 1898 and existed until the 1960s
The Letcher County Courthouse, remodeled in 1998. The bell at the front was the same one that was used to call the court into session in the old courthouse