Kentucke County, the first naming, in 1776, of the place that gave birth to bourbon and would become Kentucky, the 15th state. Bourbon, America, and Kentucky were born together with histories that are forever intertwined. Pour a glass. Savor the character of the American frontier. Taste the spirit that built America.
Two Kentucke County Historic Icons
The Kentucke County label border design comes from the Land Warrants issued to allow early settlement of Kentucke County, then a part of Virginia.
The Kentucke County map below from 1776 is almost identical to the map of Kentucky today. The Jackson Purchase was added to Kentucky’s far west 42 years later, in 1818.
