Gazetteer/Almanac
Headnote
OWEN COUNTY, situated in the north part of Kentucky with Kentucky river on the southwest. Area, 320 square miles. Seat of justice, Owenton. Pop. in 1820, 2,031; in 1830 5,793; in 1840, 8,232; in 1850, 10,441. (Fanning's, 1853)