Barbourville

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The county seat of Knox County is Barbourville. This is a postcard from Barbourville featuring the city’s street car system, circa 1914. Courtesy of the Kentucky Historical Society.

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By Whitney Todd
Historical Marker #782 in Knox County relates the history of the county’s namesake, Henry Knox. Created in December 1799, Knox County became the forty-first county in the state of Kentucky. The…