Welcome to Whitley County, KY

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Whitley County, Kentucky Host - Rhonda Dunn

Created on 17 Jan 1818 from Knox County.
The county seat is at Williamsburg, though the largest city is Corbin.

Some records were lost in a courthouse disaster in 1930
Cities and Towns
Incorporated
* Corbin - (Partly in Knox County) * Williamsburg
Other communities
* Gatliff * Goldbug * Julip * Pleasant View * Rockholds * Saxton
* Siler * Wofford * Woodbine * Piney Grove * Canada Town
[Source: Wikipedia.org]

Online Data

Biographies	Births
Cemeteries	Census
Churches	County History
Court Records	Deaths Records
Land	Marriages
Military	Newspapers
Obituaries	Schools
Tax Lists	Wills - Estates
Website Updates: Nov. 2024 - News Items, Sick, Visiting, Crime, Community, Births, Obits, Marriage Notices 1891 July 2024 - New Items-Sick, Visiting, Crime, Community, Births, Obits, School, Marriage news for 1891 May 2024 - News Items, Sick, Visiting, Crime, Community, Births, Obits for 1891; 1880 Mortality Census Jan 2024 - World War I Casualties Nov 2023 - News Items 15, Marriage Notices 4, Obits 7, Crime News 21 June 2023 - Court Order Book A - 1818-1820 Feb. 2023 - Obits for Cox, Eirk, Engle, Green, Harrison, Jones, Linsay, Smith, Reeves, Wells; Crime & Tragedy News - Bryant, Miller, Gilliem, Wells, Engle Nov. 2022 - Marriage Book 1 - 1818-1850, by Brides & Grooms Sept. 2022 - Sheriffs List July 2022 - School History, Church History, School Land-Deeds

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Surrounding Counties

McCreary - Laurel - Knox - Bell
Claiborne County, Tennessee - southeast
Campbell County, Tennessee - south

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