Formed May 1, 1860 (109th county)
Metcalfe County (10,288), Edmonton (1,595)
The old 1868 courthouse now augments the new Modern 2003 concrete courthouse. The old courthouse is on a square at Stockton, East, Hamilton, and Main streets. United States Highway 68 turns at Stockton and Main streets. Brandstetter Carroll Inc., is the courthouse designer. The new red brick and concrete courthouse is at Stockton and East streets. Veteran memorials are on the old courthouse grounds. The county was established on May 1, 1860 and named for Governor Thomas Metcalfe. The county was created from parts of Adair, Barren, Cumberland, Green, and Monroe counties as the 109th county. The county seat is named for settler Edmund P. Rogers. Edmonton has always been the county seat.
Metcalfe County government consists of a County Judge Executive, a sheriff, a clerk, an attorney, a treasurer, a coroner, and an appraiser (executive). It has 4 Magistrates (legislative.) One Circuit Court Judge, Two District Court Judges, and One Family Court Judge serve Metcalfe and Barren counties and a court clerk serves Metcalfe County (judicial.) Metcalfe County is in the south part of the state. Louisville, Kentucky is north and Bowling Green, Kentucky is west of the county. The county center is 3.2 miles Northwest of Edmonton. The county is surrounded clockwise by Green, Adair, Cumberland, Monroe, Barren, and Hart counties.
The area of the county is 291 square miles. It is 68 out of 120 in the state. It ranks 99 out of 120 in population in the state. It has a density of 35.4 persons per square mile making it 99 out of 120 in the state. Metcalfe County has 15.5% of its population in its incorporated areas. United States Highway 68 enters the county from the north, Green County, and exits to the west, Barren County. The county is shaped like a rocking chair. Edmonton is in the southern third of the county. Edmonton is the county seat and, as the only incorporated city, it is the largest city. It is 15.5% of the county population. This county is in the Glasgow Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Edmonton
