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Welcome to Garrard County Kentucky
Genealogy and History
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Pronounced 'Gair-ad', the county was formed in 1797.
It is named for James Garrard, Governor of Kentucky from 1796 to
1804
Its county seat is Lancaster.
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Jessamine
-- Mercer
-- Boyle
Lincoln
-- Rockcastle
-- Madison
Mercer County (northwest, across
the Dix River)
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