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Winchester / Clark County seat
Clark County was carved from Fayette and Bourbon on December 6, 1792, and named for George Rogers Clark.
Justices first met at John Strode's station, then voted to put the public buildings on John Baker's land by his spring. On December 17, 1793, the Assembly established a town there named Winchester, after Baker's hometown in Frederick County, Virginia. A two-room log courthouse went up in 1794; Winchester remains Clark's seat and still sits on the old path toward the mountains.
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Snowden, Shannon. "Winchester / Clark County seat." Kentucky History Drive. Published September 12, 2026. Last revised September 12, 2026. https://kyhistorydrive.com/stories/winchester-clark-county-seat/.
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Snowden, Shannon. "Winchester / Clark County seat." Kentucky History Drive, published 12 Sept. 2026, last revised 12 Sept. 2026, https://kyhistorydrive.com/stories/winchester-clark-county-seat/.
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