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JCS319 Champion Author Tacoma Posts:20,845 Points:2,569,335 Joined:Dec 2005	Message Posted: Dec 29, 2012 5:08:25 PM Ignore JCS319 Report Abuse There are currently 3142 county and county equivalents (parishes in Louisiana, boroughs in Alaska and independent cities in Virginia). One item on my personal bucket list is to visit every single county. I have currently been to 2444 counties - about 78%. This thread is to inform gas buddies about the US counties and provide a forum for others to comment on or to post about these counties.

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There are currently 3142 county and county equivalents (parishes in Louisiana, boroughs in Alaska and independent cities in Virginia). One item on my personal bucket list is to visit every single county. I have currently been to 2444 counties - about 78%.

This thread is to inform gas buddies about the US counties and provide a forum for others to comment on or to post about these counties.

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JCS319 Champion Author Tacoma Posts:20,845 Points:2,569,335 Joined:Dec 2005	Message Posted: Jun 17, 2013 11:47:25 PM Ignore JCS319 Report Abuse Talladega County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. Talladega is a Muscogee (Creek) Native American word derived from TVLVTEKE, which means "border town." As of the 2010 census, the population was 82,291. Its county seat is Talladega. Talladega County is designated the Talladega-Sylacauga, AL micropolitan statistical area, which forms part of the Birmingham-Hoover-Talladega, AL Combined Statistical Area.
JCS319 Champion Author Tacoma Posts:20,845 Points:2,569,335 Joined:Dec 2005	Message Posted: Jun 17, 2013 12:08:28 AM Ignore JCS319 Report Abuse Sumter County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. Its name is in honor of General Thomas Sumter of South Carolina. As of the 2010 census, the population was 13,763. Its county seat is Livingston.
JCS319 Champion Author Tacoma Posts:20,845 Points:2,569,335 Joined:Dec 2005	Message Posted: Jun 16, 2013 12:39:33 AM Ignore JCS319 Report Abuse St. Clair County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. It is a part of the Birmingham–Hoover–Cullman Combined Statistical Area. Its name is in honor of General Arthur St. Clair, who came to America from Scotland as an officer in the British Army in the French and Indian War where he victoriously fought against the French in such notable British victories as the siege of Louisburg, Nova Scotia and the Battle of the Plains of Abraham. He settled in America and served as a general in the Continental Army during the American Revolution. He also was the only Governor of the Northwest Territory. As of the 2010 census, the population was 85,593. It has two county seats in Ashville and another in Pell City. St. Clair County is one of two counties in Alabama, and one of 33 in the United States, with more than one county seat.
JCS319 Champion Author Tacoma Posts:20,845 Points:2,569,335 Joined:Dec 2005	Message Posted: Jun 15, 2013 1:55:04 AM Ignore JCS319 Report Abuse Shelby County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama and a part of the Birmingham–Hoover–Cullman Combined Statistical Area. It is named in honor of Isaac Shelby, Governor of Kentucky. The county seat of Shelby County is Columbiana. As of the 2010 census the population was 195,085. Shelby County ranks among the 100 highest-income counties in the United States, and is the fastest-growing county in the state. Shelby County's growth has accompanied the decline of Birmingham and Jefferson County. The county's newspaper is the Shelby County Reporter.
JCS319 Champion Author Tacoma Posts:20,845 Points:2,569,335 Joined:Dec 2005	Message Posted: Jun 14, 2013 12:17:27 AM Ignore JCS319 Report Abuse Russell County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. Its name is in honor of Colonel Gilbert C. Russell, who fought in the wars against the Creek Indians. As of the 2010 census, the population was 52,947. Its county seat is Phenix City. Russell County is part of the Columbus, Georgia-Alabama Metropolitan Statistical Area.
JCS319 Champion Author Tacoma Posts:20,845 Points:2,569,335 Joined:Dec 2005	Message Posted: Jun 12, 2013 1:51:44 AM Ignore JCS319 Report Abuse Randolph County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. Its name is in honor of John Randolph, a member of the United States Senate from Virginia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 22,913. Its county seat is Wedowee. Randolph County is a prohibition or dry county.
JCS319 Champion Author Tacoma Posts:20,845 Points:2,569,335 Joined:Dec 2005	Message Posted: Jun 10, 2013 10:19:16 PM Ignore JCS319 Report Abuse Pike County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. Its name is in honor of General Zebulon Pike, of New Jersey, an explorer who led an expedition to southern Colorado and discovered Pikes Peak in 1806. As of the 2010 census the population was 32,899. Its county seat is Troy.
JCS319 Champion Author Tacoma Posts:20,845 Points:2,569,335 Joined:Dec 2005	Message Posted: Jun 10, 2013 12:24:31 AM Ignore JCS319 Report Abuse Pickens County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2010 census, the population was 19,746. Its county seat is Carrollton. It is a prohibition, or dry county, although the communities of Carrollton and Aliceville voted to become wet in 2011 and 2012, respectively.
JCS319 Champion Author Tacoma Posts:20,845 Points:2,569,335 Joined:Dec 2005	Message Posted: Jun 9, 2013 1:01:59 AM Ignore JCS319 Report Abuse Perry County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. It was established in 1819 and is named in honor of Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry of Rhode Island and the United States Navy. As of the 2010 census, the population was 10,591. Its county seat is Marion.
JCS319 Champion Author Tacoma Posts:20,845 Points:2,569,335 Joined:Dec 2005	Message Posted: Jun 6, 2013 11:20:00 PM Ignore JCS319 Report Abuse Morgan County is a county in the north central part of the U.S. state of Alabama. It is the most populous county in the Decatur Metropolitan Area, and the second most populous county in the Huntsville-Decatur Combined Statistical Area. It was created by the Alabama Territorial legislature on February 6, 1818 from land acquired from the Cherokee Indians in the Treaty of Turkeytown, and was originally called Cotaco County. On June 14, 1821 it was renamed in honor of American Revolutionary War General Daniel Morgan of Virginia. As of the 2010 census the population was 119,490. The county seat is Decatur, and it is a prohibition or dry county, though the city of Decatur is wet. Morgan County is also a part of the North, Northwest, and North-Central regions of Alabama.
gocatgo Champion Author South Carolina Posts:15,821 Points:2,556,305 Joined:Apr 2006	Message Posted: Jun 6, 2013 5:47:15 AM Ignore gocatgo Report Abuse Bamberg County, SC
JCS319 Champion Author Tacoma Posts:20,845 Points:2,569,335 Joined:Dec 2005	Message Posted: Jun 5, 2013 11:50:37 PM Ignore JCS319 Report Abuse Montgomery County is a county in the U.S. state of Alabama. It is the most populous county in the Montgomery Metropolitan Statistical Area; As of the 2010 census, its population was 229,363.
JCS319 Champion Author Tacoma Posts:20,845 Points:2,569,335 Joined:Dec 2005	Message Posted: Jun 5, 2013 1:19:31 AM Ignore JCS319 Report Abuse Monroe County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. Its name is in honor of James Monroe, fifth President of the United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 23,068. Its county seat is Monroeville. It is a dry county, in which the sale of alcoholic beverages is restricted or prohibited, but Frisco City and Monroeville are wet cities.
JCS319 Champion Author Tacoma Posts:20,845 Points:2,569,335 Joined:Dec 2005	Message Posted: Jun 3, 2013 12:36:11 AM Ignore JCS319 Report Abuse Mobile County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. Its name is in honor of a tribe of Indians, the Maubila tribe. As of the 2010 census, its population was 412,992. Its county seat is Mobile, Alabama. The entire county is included in the Mobile metropolitan statistical area.
JCS319 Champion Author Tacoma Posts:20,845 Points:2,569,335 Joined:Dec 2005	Message Posted: Jun 1, 2013 10:30:50 PM Ignore JCS319 Report Abuse Marshall County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. Its name is in honor of John Marshall, famous Chief Justice of the United States. As of the 2010 census the population was 93,019. Its county seat is Guntersville. Marshall County is a dry county, with the exception of four cities within the county, Albertville, Arab, Guntersville, and Boaz.
JCS319 Champion Author Tacoma Posts:20,845 Points:2,569,335 Joined:Dec 2005	Message Posted: Jun 1, 2013 12:07:51 AM Ignore JCS319 Report Abuse Marengo County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. It is named in honor of a battlefield near Turin, Italy, where the French defeated the Austrians on June 14, 1800. As of the 2010 census, the population was 21,027. The largest city is Demopolis, the county seat is Linden.
JCS319 Champion Author Tacoma Posts:20,845 Points:2,569,335 Joined:Dec 2005	Message Posted: May 30, 2013 11:54:47 PM Ignore JCS319 Report Abuse Madison County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama, and is a major part of the Huntsville Metropolitan Area. It is also included in the merged Huntsville-Decatur Combined Statistical Area. The county is named in honor of James Madison, fourth President of the United States of America, and the first to visit the state of Alabama. According to the 2010 Census, the population was 334,811. Its county seat is Huntsville. Madison County covers parts of the former Decatur County.
JCS319 Champion Author Tacoma Posts:20,845 Points:2,569,335 Joined:Dec 2005	Message Posted: May 30, 2013 12:46:52 AM Ignore JCS319 Report Abuse Macon County is a county in the U.S. state of Alabama. Its name is in honor of Nathaniel Macon, a member of the United States Senate from North Carolina. Developed for cotton plantation agriculture in the nineteenth century, it is one of the counties in Alabama within the Black Belt of the South. As of the 2010 census, the population was 21,452. Its county seat is Tuskegee. Mostly rural and with high rates of poverty, the county has a majority African American population, descendants of slaves who worked on the plantations before the American Civil War. In the 2004 U.S. Presidential Election, Macon had the third-highest number of voters in the state for the Democratic Senator John Kerry. It was the setting of the 1974 movie, Macon County Line.
JCS319 Champion Author Tacoma Posts:20,845 Points:2,569,335 Joined:Dec 2005	Message Posted: May 27, 2013 11:48:47 PM Ignore JCS319 Report Abuse Lowndes County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. It is named in honor of William Lowndes, a member of the United States Congress from South Carolina. As of the 2010 census, the population was 11,299. Its county seat is Hayneville. Lowndes County is part of the Montgomery Metropolitan Statistical Area.
JCS319 Champion Author Tacoma Posts:20,845 Points:2,569,335 Joined:Dec 2005	Message Posted: May 27, 2013 12:01:17 AM Ignore JCS319 Report Abuse Limestone County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama, and is included in the Huntsville Metropolitan Area. It is also included in the merged Huntsville-Decatur Metro Area. Its name comes from Limestone Creek, a local stream. As of the 2010 census, the county's population was 82,782. Its county seat is Athens.
JCS319 Champion Author Tacoma Posts:20,845 Points:2,569,335 Joined:Dec 2005	Message Posted: May 26, 2013 1:06:25 AM Ignore JCS319 Report Abuse Lee County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. It is named after Robert E. Lee, commanding general of the Confederate Army. As of the 2010 census the population was 140,247. It is part of the Auburn, Alabama Metropolitan Area. The county seat is Opelika, and the largest city is Auburn. There are a total of seven incorporated cities and towns in Lee County, four of which lie entirely within the county.
JCS319 Champion Author Tacoma Posts:20,845 Points:2,569,335 Joined:Dec 2005	Message Posted: May 24, 2013 8:18:45 PM Ignore JCS319 Report Abuse Lawrence County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama, and is included in the Decatur Metropolitan Area, as well as the Huntsville-Decatur Combined Statistical Area. It was named after James Lawrence, a captain in the United States Navy from New Jersey. As of the 2010 census, the population was 34,339, with the most Native American residents of any county in the state. The county seat is Moulton.
JCS319 Champion Author Tacoma Posts:20,845 Points:2,569,335 Joined:Dec 2005	Message Posted: May 24, 2013 12:26:37 AM Ignore JCS319 Report Abuse Lauderdale County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. Its name is in honor of Colonel James Lauderdale, of Tennessee. It is part of the Florence - Muscle Shoals Metropolitan Statistical Area known as "The Shoals". As of the 2010 census the population was 92,709. Its county seat is Florence.
JCS319 Champion Author Tacoma Posts:20,845 Points:2,569,335 Joined:Dec 2005	Message Posted: May 22, 2013 12:17:44 AM Ignore JCS319 Report Abuse Lamar County (formerly Jones County and Sanford County) is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. Its name is in honor of Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar, member of the United States Senate from Mississippi. As of the 2010 census, the population was 14,564. Its county seat is Vernon and it is a prohibition or dry county. [Edited by: JCS319 at 5/22/2013 12:18:33 AM EST]
chocolateflash Champion Author San Diego Posts:14,820 Points:2,712,705 Joined:Apr 2005	Message Posted: May 20, 2013 11:13:28 PM Ignore chocolateflash Report Abuse San Bernardino County, Ca. is the largest area wise in the US.
JCS319 Champion Author Tacoma Posts:20,845 Points:2,569,335 Joined:Dec 2005	Message Posted: May 20, 2013 11:10:32 PM Ignore JCS319 Report Abuse Jefferson County is the most populous county in the U.S. state of Alabama, with its county seat being located in Birmingham. As of the 2010 census, the population of Jefferson County was 658,466. Jefferson County is the principal and most populous county in the Birmingham metropolitan area.
JCS319 Champion Author Tacoma Posts:20,845 Points:2,569,335 Joined:Dec 2005	Message Posted: May 19, 2013 3:03:37 AM Ignore JCS319 Report Abuse Jackson County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. Its name is in honor of Andrew Jackson, general in the United States Army and President of the United States of America. As of the 2010 census, the population was 53,227.[1] The county seat is Scottsboro. Jackson County is a prohibition or dry county, however three cities within the county (Bridgeport, Scottsboro, and Stevenson) are wet. Jackson County covers parts of former Decatur County.
JCS319 Champion Author Tacoma Posts:20,845 Points:2,569,335 Joined:Dec 2005	Message Posted: May 18, 2013 8:21:42 PM Ignore JCS319 Report Abuse Houston County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2010 census the population was 101,547. Its county seat is Dothan. Houston County is part of the Dothan Metropolitan Statistical Area.
JCS319 Champion Author Tacoma Posts:20,845 Points:2,569,335 Joined:Dec 2005	Message Posted: May 14, 2013 11:44:01 PM Ignore JCS319 Report Abuse Henry County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. Its name is in honor of Patrick Henry, famous orator and Governor of Virginia. As of the 2010 census, its population was 17,302. Its county seat is Abbeville. Henry County is part of the Dothan, Alabama, Metropolitan Statistical Area.
JCS319 Champion Author Tacoma Posts:20,845 Points:2,569,335 Joined:Dec 2005	Message Posted: May 12, 2013 10:40:28 PM Ignore JCS319 Report Abuse Hale County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. It is named in honor of Confederate officer Stephen Fowler Hale. As of the 2010 census, the population was 15,760. Its county seat is Greensboro and it is part of the Tuscaloosa Metropolitan Statistical Area.
metalhat73 All-Star Author Wilmington Posts:710 Points:265,505 Joined:May 2012	Message Posted: May 11, 2013 11:20:50 AM Ignore metalhat73 Report Abuse I have been to all 3 counties in Delaware.
tckayaker Veteran Author Michigan Posts:378 Points:153,105 Joined:Oct 2012	Message Posted: May 10, 2013 11:49:11 PM Ignore tckayaker Report Abuse wow..I really need to get out more...
JCS319 Champion Author Tacoma Posts:20,845 Points:2,569,335 Joined:Dec 2005	Message Posted: May 10, 2013 11:23:44 PM Ignore JCS319 Report Abuse Greene County is the least populous county in the U.S. state of Alabama. Its name is in honor of Revolutionary War General Nathanael Greene of Rhode Island. As of the 2010 census, the population was 9,045. Its county seat is Eutaw. Greene County is part of the Tuscaloosa, Alabama, Metropolitan Statistical Area.
JCS319 Champion Author Tacoma Posts:20,845 Points:2,569,335 Joined:Dec 2005	Message Posted: May 9, 2013 12:02:41 AM Ignore JCS319 Report Abuse Geneva County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2010 census, the population was 26,790. Its county seat is Geneva. Geneva County is a prohibition or dry county. The county was named after its county seat, which in turn was named after Geneva, New York which was named after Geneva, Switzerland, by Walter H. Yonge, an early town resident and Swiss native. Geneva County is part of the Dothan, Alabama, Metropolitan Statistical Area. PS- I was born in Geneva, NY!
JCS319 Champion Author Tacoma Posts:20,845 Points:2,569,335 Joined:Dec 2005	Message Posted: May 7, 2013 1:27:37 AM Ignore JCS319 Report Abuse Etowah County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. Its name is from the Cherokee language, which means "edible tree". It is the center of the Gadsden Metropolitan Area which includes Etowah and Cherokee Counties. As of the 2010 census the population was 104,430. Its county seat is Gadsden. In total area, it is the smallest county in Alabama.
JCS319 Champion Author Tacoma Posts:20,845 Points:2,569,335 Joined:Dec 2005	Message Posted: May 5, 2013 3:06:26 AM Ignore JCS319 Report Abuse Escambia County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2010 census, the population was 38,319. Its county seat is Brewton.
JCS319 Champion Author Tacoma Posts:20,845 Points:2,569,335 Joined:Dec 2005	Message Posted: May 4, 2013 11:41:30 PM Ignore JCS319 Report Abuse Elmore County is a county of the State of Alabama. Its name is in honor of General John A. Elmore. As of the 2010 census, the population was 79,303. Its county seat is Wetumpka. This county is part of the Montgomery Metropolitan Area.
JCS319 Champion Author Tacoma Posts:20,845 Points:2,569,335 Joined:Dec 2005	Message Posted: May 3, 2013 12:01:46 AM Ignore JCS319 Report Abuse DeKalb County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. Its name is in honor of Major General Baron Johan DeKalb. As of the 2010 census, the population was 71,109. Its county seat is Fort Payne.
JCS319 Champion Author Tacoma Posts:20,845 Points:2,569,335 Joined:Dec 2005	Message Posted: Apr 30, 2013 9:51:08 PM Ignore JCS319 Report Abuse Dallas County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. Its name is in honor of United States Secretary of the Treasury Alexander J. Dallas. The county seat is Selma.
JCS319 Champion Author Tacoma Posts:20,845 Points:2,569,335 Joined:Dec 2005	Message Posted: Apr 28, 2013 10:41:11 PM Ignore JCS319 Report Abuse Dale County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. The vast majority of Fort Rucker U.S. Army Aviation Center for Excellence is located in Dale County. Its name is in honor of General Samuel Dale. As of the 2010 census the population was 50,251. Its county seat and largest city is Ozark. Dale County is part of the Enterprise–Ozark Micropolitan Statistical Area.
JCS319 Champion Author Tacoma Posts:20,845 Points:2,569,335 Joined:Dec 2005	Message Posted: Apr 28, 2013 1:29:22 AM Ignore JCS319 Report Abuse Cullman County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. Its name is in honor of Colonel John G. Cullmann. As of the 2010 census, the population was 80,406. Its county seat is the town of the same name, Cullman, Alabama. It is a "moist" county in terms of availability of alcoholic beverages, which means that the cities of Cullman and Hanceville are wet and the rest of the county is dry. Cullman is served by TV stations and FM radio stations from both Huntsville and Birmingham. Cullman County is a part of the designated market area, or "DMA," of Birmingham. Electricity in Cullman County is provided by the Tennessee Valley Authority and by the Alabama Power Company. For a long time, telephone service in this county was provided by the Southern Bell Company. There is no commercial air transportation service in Cullman County, and this county is no longer served by intercity commercial buses. The entirety of Cullman County forms the Cullman micropolitan area, and a part of the Birmingham–Hoover–Cullman Combined Statistical Area.
JCS319 Champion Author Tacoma Posts:20,845 Points:2,569,335 Joined:Dec 2005	Message Posted: Apr 25, 2013 11:25:20 PM Ignore JCS319 Report Abuse Crenshaw County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. Its name is in honor of a judge, Anderson Crenshaw. As of the 2010 census, the population was 13,906. Its county seat is Luverne.
JCS319 Champion Author Tacoma Posts:20,845 Points:2,569,335 Joined:Dec 2005	Message Posted: Apr 23, 2013 11:44:39 PM Ignore JCS319 Report Abuse Covington County, Alabama (briefly Jones County), is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. Its name is in honor of Brigadier General Leonard Covington of Maryland. As of the 2010 census the population was 37,765. Its county seat is Andalusia.
JCS319 Champion Author Tacoma Posts:20,845 Points:2,569,335 Joined:Dec 2005	Message Posted: Apr 23, 2013 12:50:36 AM Ignore JCS319 Report Abuse Coosa County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. Its name derives from a town of the Creek tribe. As of the 2010 census the population was 11,539, but since that time it has lost the most population by percentage of any Alabama county. Its county seat is Rockford. Coosa is part of the Alexander City micropolitan area.
JCS319 Champion Author Tacoma Posts:20,845 Points:2,569,335 Joined:Dec 2005	Message Posted: Apr 21, 2013 3:04:03 AM Ignore JCS319 Report Abuse Conecuh County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. Its name is believed to be derived from a Creek Indian term meaning "land of cane." As of the 2010 census the population was 13,228. The census estimate in 2011 was 13,105. In the 1930s and 40's, the county had a population of more than 25,000, when there were more people in farming. Its county seat is Evergreen, Alabama.
JCS319 Champion Author Tacoma Posts:20,845 Points:2,569,335 Joined:Dec 2005	Message Posted: Apr 19, 2013 1:21:47 AM Ignore JCS319 Report Abuse Colbert County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. Its name is in honor of brothers George and Levi Colbert, Chickasaw Indian chiefs. George Colbert operated a ferry across the Tennessee River in 1790 near present day Cherokee. The county seat of Colbert County is Tuscumbia. It is part of the Florence - Muscle Shoals Metropolitan Statistical Area known as "The Shoals". As of the 2010 census the county's population was 54,428.
ReddevilNO Champion Author New Orleans Posts:3,481 Points:600,090 Joined:Aug 2011	Message Posted: Apr 18, 2013 6:44:49 AM Ignore ReddevilNO Report Abuse Orange County in California.
JCS319 Champion Author Tacoma Posts:20,845 Points:2,569,335 Joined:Dec 2005	Message Posted: Apr 18, 2013 2:07:46 AM Ignore JCS319 Report Abuse Coffee County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. Its name is in honor of General John Coffee. As of the 2010 census, the population was 49,948. Its county seats are Elba and Enterprise. Coffee County is part of the Enterprise–Ozark Micropolitan Statistical Area.
JCS319 Champion Author Tacoma Posts:20,845 Points:2,569,335 Joined:Dec 2005	Message Posted: Apr 16, 2013 1:21:32 AM Ignore JCS319 Report Abuse Cleburne County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. Its name is in honor of Major General Patrick R. Cleburne, of Arkansas. As of the 2010 census, the population was 14,972. Its county seat is Heflin.
JCS319 Champion Author Tacoma Posts:20,845 Points:2,569,335 Joined:Dec 2005	Message Posted: Apr 14, 2013 3:21:20 AM Ignore JCS319 Report Abuse Clay County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. Its name is in honor of Henry Clay, famous American statesman, member of the United States Senate from Kentucky and United States Secretary of State in the 19th century. As of the 2010 census the population was 13,932. Its county seat is Ashland and it is a prohibition or dry county.