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Fayette County was one of the three original counties formed June 1, 1780. It was taken from Kentucky County, Virginia, which was formed in 1776, by taking the entire Kentucky area away from Fincastle County, Virginia.
Lexington, the county seat of Fayette County was established in 1781 and named by a group of hunters, for Lexington, Mass., where the first battle of the Revolutionary War was fought.
Lexington is home to Transylvania University and the University of Kentucky, and has a population of over 239,000 people. It is the second largest city in Kentucky.
Fayette County and its surrounding area has an abundance of historical attractions. A researchers heaven with the Lexington Public Library's Kentucky Room, and the William T. Young Library and the Margaret King Library on the campus of the University of Kentucky; an LDS Family History Center in Lexington, as well as the Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, and the Kentucky History Center located less than 25 miles away in Frankfort, Kentucky. |
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Please follow the links below for the best of Fayette County: |
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Kentucky Room - Lexington Public Library |
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Lexington History Museum |
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Historic Buildings-Fayette County |
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African-American |
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African-Americans in Kentucky |
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African American Churches-Lexington |
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Blacks in Lexington - Oral History Guide |
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Lexington National Cemetary Colored Soldiers |
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Lexington's Black History |
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Black Migration to Nicodemus, Ks |
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The Freedman's Bureau |
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Early Settlers |
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Bryan's Station [List of occupants] |
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Traveling Churches of Virginia |
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Fayette County-1788-Tax List |
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Miscellaneous |
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Some Fayette County Marriages |
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Fayette County Biographies |
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Cemeteries- Index of Fayette County Cemetaries |
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Military |
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Military Records |
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US Civil War Center |
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Resources |
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Fayette County Genealogical Society |
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USGenweb-Fayette County |
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Lexington Herald Online Obituaries |
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Family History Center-Lexington |
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Fayette County Atlas & Gazetteer |
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Kentucky Historical Society |
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Vital Records-where to obtain- |
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Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives |
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Heritage Quest - (Purchase Microfilm) |
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Fayette County Query Board |
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Fayette County, Ky. Migrations
List your Fayette Co. Ancesters here |
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