Formed January 1, 1884 (118th county)
Knott County (14,253), Hindman (708)
A stone Spanish Mission building was built in 1935 and remodeled in 1980. There was a previous courthouse built in 1890 in Hindman, the only county seat, since its January 1, 1884 founding. The county was taken from parts of Perry, Letcher, Floyd, and Breathitt counties as the 118th county. The building is on Kentucky State Highway 550 (Main Street) and Bailey Street west of the center of the town. H. A. Churchill and Associates are the architects. A Judicial Center was added in 2003 across the street. Knott County was named for Governor James Proctor Knott. Lieutenant Governor James P. Hindman inspired the name for the county seat.
Knott County government consists of a County Judge Executive, a sheriff, a clerk, an attorney, a treasurer, a coroner, and an appraiser (executive). It has 3 Magistrates (legislative.) One Circuit Court Judge, One District Court Judge, and One Family Court Judge serve Knott and Magoffin counties and a court clerk serves Knott County (judicial.) The county is located southeast Kentucky. Lexington, Kentucky is northwest and Huntington, West Virginia is northeast of the county. The county center is 3.1 miles Northeast of Hindman nearer Leburn. The county is surrounded clockwise by Magoffin, Floyd, Pike, Letcher, Perry, and Breathitt counties.
The area of the county is 352 square miles. It is 43 out of 120 in the state. It ranks 76 out of 120 in population in the state. It has a density of 40.5 persons per square mile making it 81 out of 120 in the state. Knott County has 8.3% of its population in its incorporated areas. There are no Interstates or United States Highways in the county. The county is shaped like a popcorn kernel. Hindman is in the western third of the county. Hindman is the county seat and the largest city. It is 5.0% of the county population.
Hindman
Pippa Passses
