Beckham County, Kentucky

Beckham County was created in February 1904 from parts of Carter, Elliott, Lewis, and Rowan counties and named for John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham, then governor. The county seat was Olive Hill. It was dissolved in April the same year by a court ruling since it created counties smaller than the required 400 square miles and had a boundary closer than the allowed 10 miles to county seats. It covered about 286 square miles. It also failed the 12,000 minimum population test. The boundary shown on the map is approximate.

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