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. Ballotpedia also covers mayors, city councils, and district attorneys in all state capitals.
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
County government
Click the links below for information about the county governments in Ballotpedia's coverage scope:
Full list of counties
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
Counties in blue on the map below are part of Ballotpedia's county coverage scope:
Elections
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.
2025
2024
- Frankfort, Kentucky - Mayor, commonwealth's attorney, and city council
- Lexington, Kentucky - Commonwealth’s attorney, circuit clerk, city council, and soil and water board
- Louisville, Kentucky - Commonwealth’s attorney, circuit court clerk, metro council, county commission, soil and water board, and family court judge
- All other local elections by county
- Kentucky school board elections
2023
- Lexington, Kentucky - County clerk and commonwealth's attorney
- Louisville, Kentucky - City council, county commonwealth's attorney, county family court judge (special)
- Kentucky school board elections
2022
- Frankfort, Kentucky - City council and county attorney
- Lexington, Kentucky - Mayor, urban county council, coroner, county attorney, county clerk, county judge/executive, county surveyor, sheriff, property valuation administrator, county commission, constables, magistrates, soil & water conservation district, district court judges, and circuit court judges
- Louisville, Kentucky - Mayor, metro council, coroner, county attorney, county clerk, county judge/executive, county commission, jailer, property valuation administrator, sheriff, surveyor, constables, county soil & water district, circuit court judges, circuit family court judges, district court judges, and justices of the peace
- Kentucky school board elections
2021
Ballotpedia did not cover any local elections in Kentucky that year.
2020
- Lexington, Kentucky - Urban council districts, soil and water supervisors
- Louisville, Kentucky - Metro councilors, county commissioners, soil and water conservation supervisors, county surveyor (unexpired term), and family court judge of the 30th circuit court, seat 3 (unexpired term)
- Kentucky school board elections
Initiative process availability
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
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