Kentucky Atlas and Gazetteer - County General Highway Maps

The following maps, covering about three fourths of Kentucky's counties, are available. The dates of the maps range from 1990 to 1998 and are indicated. The files are GIF images ranging in size from about 256 kilobytes up to a little more than a megabyte.
http://ukcc.uky.edu/~maps/

Essay - The Landscape of the New Republic: Kentucky County Names

Origins of the names of early Kentucky counties. Author: Benjamin H. Irvin
http://revolution.h-net.msu.edu/essays/irvin.kentucky.html

Kentucky County History

Summaries by county of formation history and disasters that destroyed records.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~harrisonrep/Census/kycounty.htm

Kentucky County Courthouses

Lists counties alphabetically. Includes founding dates, order, county seats, parent counties and any disasters that have happened to county facilities.
http://www.kdla.net/arch/courthouses_1.html

Kentucky Economic Development Information System

Provides profiles, demographics, and special development programs and projects.
http://www.thinkkentucky.com/edis/sites/siteByCounty.asp

National Association of Counties (NACo) - Kentucky Counties

Provides a list of counties with 2000 census details and size. Includes a list of cities.
http://www.naco.org/Template.cfm?Section=Find_a_County&Template=/cffiles/counties/state.cfm&state=ky

Kentucky Counties - Alphabetical Table

Gives county seat, parent county, the dates of any disasters and whether county records were destroyed, and links to the county web sites.
http://kentucky.gov/Portal/Category.aspx?id=res_municipal

1990 Census Tract Maps for Kentucky Counties

Displays tract boundaries and major highways.
http://ksdc.louisville.edu/sdc/maps/1990tractmaps.htm