Counties In Kentucky

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Ballotpedia provides comprehensive coverage of elections in the 100 largest cities in America by population and the largest counties that overlap those cities. This encompasses all city, county, judicial, school district, and special district offices appearing on the ballot within those cities.

This page includes the following resources:

  • The county governments covered by Ballotpedia in Kentucky
  • A list and map of counties in Kentucky
  • An overview of local elections in Kentucky
  • An overview of the initiative process in Kentucky

Counties[edit]

County government[edit]

Click the links below for information about the county governments in Ballotpedia's coverage scope:

  • Government of Fayette County
  • Government of Jefferson County

Full list of counties[edit]

According to a 2022 study from the U.S. Census Bureau, this state's local governments consist of 118 counties, 417 cities, towns, and villages, and 601 special districts.[1]

Cities and Counties also have the option of consolidating governments under one of the forms provided by state law. Louisville-Jefferson operates as a consolidated local government under Kentucky Revised Statute 67C. Lexington-Fayette operates as an urban county government under Kentucky Revised Statute 67A and the local charter created during the merger process.


The following table defaults to displaying only 25 counties at a time. To change the number of counties displayed, use the drop-down menu above the upper left-hand corner of the table. You can also use the search bar above the upper-right corner of the table to look up a specific county.

Map of counties[edit]

Counties in blue on the map below are part of Ballotpedia's county coverage scope:

Elections[edit]

Click the links below for information about the elections held in each municipality. Please note that this is not a comprehensive list of municipalities that held elections each year in this state; click here to learn more about Ballotpedia's local government coverage scope.

2024[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2024 and School board elections, 2024
  • Frankfort, Kentucky
  • Lexington, Kentucky
  • Louisville, Kentucky
  • Kentucky school board elections

2023[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2023 and School board elections, 2023
  • Lexington, Kentucky
  • Louisville, Kentucky
  • Kentucky school board elections

2022[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2022 and School board elections, 2022
  • Frankfort, Kentucky
  • Lexington, Kentucky
  • Louisville, Kentucky
  • Kentucky school board elections

2021[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2021 and School board elections, 2021

Ballotpedia did not cover any local elections in Kentucky that year.

2020[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2020 and School board elections, 2020
  • Lexington, Kentucky
  • Louisville, Kentucky
  • Kentucky school board elections

Past elections


Initiative process availability[edit]

See also: Laws governing local ballot measures in Kentucky

An initiative process is not mentioned explicitly, but seems to be prohibited by Kentucky Revised Statute Section 83A.120 below. The process for referendum is allowed, but is restricted to the limited issues which are established in Section 60 of the Constitution below.[2]

See also[edit]

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External links[edit]

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Footnotes[edit]

  1. U.S. Census Bureau, "2022 Census of Governments – Organization," accessed October 16, 2023
  2. Ballotpedia, "Types & #s of local government by state," September 2012

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