Pendleton

Formed December 14, 1798 (32^nd county)

Pendleton County (14,652), Falmouth (2,216)

The clock tower on the 1848 red brick Victorian courthouse stands out.  The building was remodeled in 1884.  The building is on Main Street at 2^nd Street.  Kentucky State Highway 22 is Main Street.  The structure was remodeled in 1884 and renovated in 1975.  The architect is unknown.  A Justice Center was added in 2010.  The county was created on December 14, 1798 as the 32^nd county with Falmouth as the only county seat.  It is named for Virginia Chief Justice Edmund Pendleton.  The county seat is named for Falmouth, Virginia. 

The area of the county is 280 square miles.  It is 74 out of 120 in the state.  It ranks 75 out of 120 in population in the state.  It has a density of 52.3 persons per square mile making it 68 out of 120 in the state.  Pendleton County has 19.6% of its population in its incorporated areas.  United States Highway 27 travels north to south in the county from Campbell County to Harrison County.  The county is an overall rectangle.  Falmouth is located in the southeast quarter of the county.  Falmouth is the county seat and the largest city.  It is 15.1% of the county population. 

Pendleton 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 Pendleton, Harrison, Nicholas, and Robertson counties and a court clerk serves Pendleton County (judicial.) The county is in northern Kentucky south of Cincinnati, Ohio and north of Lexington, Kentucky.  The county center is 6 miles Northwest of Falmouth nearer Boston.  The county is surrounded clockwise by Campbell County and Ohio and Bracken, Harrison, Grant, and Kenton counties.  The county seat is pronounced FAL-MOTH.  This county is in the Cincinnati-Middletown Metropolitan Statistical Area.