The two class system went into effect on January 1, 2015, following the 2014 passage of House Bill 331 by the Kentucky General Assembly and the bill's signing into law by Governor Steve Beshear. The new system replaced one in which cities were divided into six classes based on their population at the time of their classification. Before the enactment of House Bill 331, more than 400 classification related laws affected public safety, alcohol beverage control, revenue options and others. Lexington and Fayette County are completely merged in a unitary urban county government (UCG); Louisville and other cities within Jefferson County have also merged into a single metro government. However, under state law, both major cities retained their pre merger classification before the new scheme took effect. The General Assembly had historically reclassified cities only when requested by the city government. If all cities had been reclassified in the pre 2015 scheme according to actual population, about one third of classifications would have changed. NamePopulation (2020) Population (2010)Change Current Class<span style="font weight:normal;"> Logan Albany 1,760 2,033 13.4% Home Rule 4 2.3 square miles (6 km2) 1838 Clinton Alexandria 10,341 8,477 22% Home Rule 4 7.0 square miles (18 km2) 1856 Campbell Allen182 193 5.7% Home Rule 6 0.2 square miles (1 km2) 1913 Floyd Anchorage2,500 2,3486.5% Home Rule 4 3.0 square miles (8 km2) 1878 Jefferson Arlington 264 324 18.5% Home Rule 6 0.4 square miles (1 km2) 1876 Carlisle Ashland21,625 21,684 0.3% Home Rule 2 10.8 square miles (28 km2) 1856 Boyd Auburn1,589 1,34018.6% Home Rule 5 1.6 square miles (4 km2) 1878 Logan Audubon Park 1,433 1,473 2.7% Home Rule 5 0.3 square miles (1 km2) 1941 Jefferson Augusta 1,096 1,190 7.9% Home Rule 4 1.6 square miles (4 km2) 1850 Bracken Bancroft 503 4941.8% Home Rule 6 0.2 square miles (1 km2) 1970 Jefferson Barbourmeade 1,216 1,218 0.2% Home Rule 5 0.4 square miles (1 km2) 1962 Jefferson Barbourville 3,222 3,165 1.8% Home Rule 4 2.7 square miles (7 km2) 1856 Knox Bardstown 13,567 11,700 16% Home Rule 4 10.6 square miles (27 km2) 1838 Nelson Bardwell 714 723 1.2% Home Rule 5 0.9 square miles (2 km2) 1878 Carlisle Barlow 653 675 3.3% Home Rule 6 0.6 square miles (2 km2) 1903 Ballard Beattyville 2,176 1,307 66.5% Home Rule 5 2.1 square miles (5 km2) 1872 Lee Beaver Dam 3,531 3,4093.6% Home Rule 4 2.6 square miles (7 km2) 1873 Ohio Bedford 526 599 12.2% Home Rule 6 0.3 square miles (1 km2) 1946 Trimble Beechwood Village 1,280 1,324 3.3% Home Rule 5 0.3 square miles (1 km2) 1950 Jefferson Bellefonte 920 8883.6% Home Rule 6 0.9 square miles (2 km2) 1951 Greenup Bellemeade 909 8655.1% Home Rule 6 0.3 square miles (1 km2) 1956 Jefferson Bellevue 5,548 5,955 6.8% Home Rule 4 0.9 square miles (2 km2) 1870 Campbell Bellewood 340 3215.9% Home Rule 6 0.1 square miles (0 km2) 1950 Jefferson Benham 512 5002.4% Home Rule 5 0.2 square miles (1 km2) 1961 Harlan Benton 4,756 4,349 9.4% Home Rule 4 4.2 square miles (11 km2) 1845 Marshall Berea 15,539 13,56114.6% Home Rule 3 16.1 square miles (42 km2) 1890 Madison Berry250 264 5.3% Home Rule 6 0.3 square miles (1 km2) 1867 Harrison Blackey 109 120 9.2% Home Rule 6 0.5 square miles (1 km2) 1915 Letcher Blaine66 4740.4% Home Rule 6 0.3 square miles (1 km2) 1886 Lawrence Blandville 73 90 18.9% Home Rule 6 0.2 square miles (1 km2) 1845 Ballard Bloomfield961 83814.7% Home Rule 5 1.3 square miles (3 km2) 1819 Nelson Blue Ridge Manor 791 7673.1% Home Rule 6 0.2 square miles (1 km2) 1964 Jefferson Bonnieville269 2555.5% Home Rule 6 0.6 square miles (2 km2) 1956 Hart Booneville 168 81 24.4% Home Rule 6 0.6 square miles (2 km2) 1847 Owsley Bowling Green 72,294 58,067 24.5% Home Rule 2 38.1 square miles (99 km2) 1812 Warren Bradfordsville 270 294 8.2% Home Rule 6 0.3 square miles (1 km2) 1860172 197 12.7% Home Rule 6 0.2 square miles (1 km2) 1869 Muhlenberg Briarwood 445 4352.3% Home Rule 6 0.1 square miles (0 km2) 1957 Jefferson Brodhead 1,117 1,211 7.8% Home Rule 5 1.8 square miles (5 km2) 1880 Rockcastle Broeck Pointe 245 272 9.9% Home Rule 6 0.1 square miles (0 km2) 1980 Jefferson Bromley 724 763 5.1% Home Rule 5 0.4 square miles (1 km2) 1890 Kenton Brooksville 654 642 1.9% Home Rule 5 0.5 square miles (1 km2) 1839 Bracken Brownsboro Farm 640 648 1.2% Home Rule 6 0.2 square miles (1 km2) 1966 Jefferson Brownsboro Village 308 319 3.4% Home Rule 6 0.1 square miles (0 km2) 1954 Jefferson Brownsville 875 836 4.7% Home Rule 5 2.6 square miles (7 km2) 1880 Edmonson Buckhorn 89 162 45.1% Home Rule 6 0.4 square miles (1 km2) 1996 Perry Burgin979 9651.5% Home Rule 5 1.3 square miles (3 km2) 1878 Mercer Burkesville 1,388 1,521 8.7% Home Rule 5 2.6 square miles (7 km2) 1846 Cumberland Burnside694 61113.6% Home Rule 4 8.2 square miles (21 km2) 1890 Pulaski Butler 646 6125.6% Home Rule 5 0.2 square miles (1 km2) 1868 Pendleton Cadiz 2,540 2,558 0.7% Home Rule 4 2.9 square miles (8 km2) 1822 Trigg Calhoun 725 763 5% Home Rule 5 0.7 square miles (2 km2) 1852 McLean California83 90 7.8% Home Rule 6 0.3 square miles (1 km2) 1874 Campbell Calvert City 2,514 2,566 2% Home Rule 4 16.7 square miles (43 km2) 1951 Marshall Camargo 1,020 1,081 5.6% Home Rule 5 2.2 square miles (6 km2) 1969 Montgomery Cambridge 162 175 7.4% Home Rule 6 0.1 square miles (0 km2) 1953 Jefferson Campbellsburg836 8132.8% Home Rule 5 1.6 square miles (4 km2) 1937 Henry Campbellsville 11,426 9,108 25.5% Home Rule 3 5.1 square miles (13 km2) 1851 Taylor Campton 316 441 28.3% Home Rule 6 1.0 square miles (3 km2) 1870 Wolfe Caneyville 529 608 13% Home Rule 6 1.6 square miles (4 km2) 1880 Grayson Carlisle 2,093 2,010 4.1% Home Rule 4 1.3 square miles (3 km2) 1880 3,890 3,938 1.2% Home Rule 4 2.0 square miles (5 km2) 1838 Carroll Carrsville 48 50 4% Home Rule 6 0.1 square miles (0 km2) 1979 Livingston Catlettsburg 1,780 1,856 4.1% Home Rule 4 1.6 square miles (4 km2) 1858 Boyd Cave City 2,356 2,2405.2% Home Rule 4 4.4 square miles (11 km2) 1866 Barren Centertown416 423 1.7% Home Rule 6 0.3 square miles (1 km2) 1890 Ohio Central City5,819 5,978 2.7% Home Rule 4 5.2 square miles (13 km2) 1882 Muhlenberg Clarkson933 8756.6% Home Rule 6 1.1 square miles (3 km2) 1908 Grayson Clay1,031 1,181 12.7% Home Rule 5 0.9 square miles (2 km2) 1860 Webster Clay City1,193 1,07710.8% Home Rule 5 0.9 square miles (2 km2) 1890 Powell Clinton 1,222 1,388 12% Home Rule 5 1.6 square miles (4 km2) 1831 Hickman Cloverport1,119 1,152 2.9% Home Rule 5 1.5 square miles (4 km2) 1860 Breckinridge Coal Run Village1,669 1,706 2.2% Home Rule 6 8.6 square miles (22 km2) 1963 Pike Cold Spring 6,216 5,9125.1% Home Rule 5 4.7 square miles (12 km2) 1941 Campbell Coldstream 1,295 1,10017.7% Home Rule 6 0.2 square miles (1 km2) 1983 Jefferson Columbia 4,845 4,452 8.8% Home Rule 4 4.9 square miles (13 km2) 1893 Adair Columbus140 170 17.6% Home Rule 5 0.3 square miles (1 km2) 1860 Hickman Concord 19 35 45.7% Home Rule 6 0.1 square miles (0 km2) 1833 Lewis Corbin7,856 7,3047.6% Home Rule 4 7.9 square miles (20 km2) 1902 WhitleyKnoxLaurel Corinth226 232 2.6% Home Rule 6 2.1 square miles (5 km2) 1878 Grant Corydon 737 7202.4% Home Rule 5 0.5 square miles (1 km2) 1868 Henderson Covington 40,961 40,640 0.8% Home Rule 2 13.8 square miles (36 km2) 1834 Kenton Crab Orchard 744 841 11.5% Home Rule 6 1.8 square miles (5 km2) 1849 Lincoln Creekside 305 3050% Home Rule 6 0.1 square miles (0 km2) 1977 Jefferson Crescent Springs 4,319 3,80113.6% Home Rule 4 1.5 square miles (4 km2) 1957 Kenton Crestview 452 475 4.8% Home Rule 6 0.2 square miles (1 km2) 1950 Campbell Crestview Hills 3,246 3,1483.1% Home Rule 4 1.9 square miles (5 km2) 1951 Kenton Crestwood 6,183 4,53136.5% Home Rule 5 4.1 square miles (11 km2) 1970 Oldham Crittenden 4,023 3,8155.5% Home Rule 5 3.4 square miles (9 km2) 1839 Grant Crofton 653 749 12.8% Home Rule 5 0.6 square miles (2 km2) 1873 Christian Crossgate 221 225 1.8% Home Rule 6 0.1 square miles (0 km2) 1968 Jefferson Cumberland1,947 2,237 13% Home Rule 4 3.1 square miles (8 km2) 1917 Harlan Cynthiana 6,333 6,402 1.1% Home Rule 4 4.1 square miles (11 km2) 1860 Harrison Danville 17,234 16,218 6.3% Home Rule 3 15.9 square miles (41 km2) 1836 Boyle Dawson Springs2,452 2,764 11.3% Home Rule 4 3.8 square miles (10 km2) 1832 HopkinsCaldwell Dayton5,666 5,3386.1% Home Rule 4 1.9 square miles (5 km2) 1867 Campbell Dixon 933 786 18.7% Home Rule 6 1.0 square miles (3 km2) 1861 Webster Douglass Hills5,456 5,484 0.5% Home Rule 4 1.3 square miles (3 km2) 1973 Jefferson Dover 221 252 12.3% Home Rule 6 0.5 square miles (1 km2) 1856 Mason Drakesboro 481 515 6.6% Home Rule 5 0.6 square miles (2 km2) 1888 Muhlenberg Druid Hills 299 308 2.9% Home Rule 6 0.1 square miles (0 km2) 1950 Jefferson Dry Ridge 2,102 2,191 4.1% Home Rule 5 4.6 square miles (12 km2) 1920 Grant Earlington 1,257 1,413 11% Home Rule 4 2.5 square miles (6 km2) 1871 Hopkins Eddyville 2,375 2,554 7% Home Rule 4 7.8 square miles (20 km2) 1812 Lyon Edgewood8,435 8,575 1.6% Home Rule 4 4.2 square miles (11 km2) 1948 Kenton Edmonton 1,671 1,595 4.8% Home Rule 5 3.4 square miles (9 km2) 1860313 319 1.9% Home Rule 6 0.9 square miles (2 km2) 1886 PulaskiLincoln Evarts859 962 10.7% Home Rule 5 0.5 square miles (1 km2) 1921 Harlan Ewing228 264 13.6% Home Rule 6 0.3 square miles (1 km2) 1979 Fleming Fairfield118 1134.4% Home Rule 6 0.3 square miles (1 km2) 1870 Pendleton Ferguson886 924 4.1% Home Rule 5 1.8 square miles (5 km2) 1906 Pulaski Fincastle848 8173.8% Home Rule 6 0.2 square miles (1 km2) 1974 Jefferson Flatwoods7,325 7,423 1.3% Home Rule 3 3.3 square miles (9 km2) 1932 Greenup Fleming Neon548 770 28.8% Home Rule 5 1.6 square miles (4 km2) 1977 Letcher Flemingsburg 2,953 2,658 11.1% Home Rule 4 2.0 square miles (5 km2) 1812 Fleming Florence31,946 29,9516.7% Home Rule 3 10.4 square miles (27 km2) 1860 Boone Fordsville446 524 14.9% Home Rule 6 0.5 square miles (1 km2) 1886 Ohio Forest Hills438 444 1.4% Home Rule 6 0.3 square miles (1 km2) 1959 Jefferson Fort Mitchell8,702 8,2076% Home Rule 4 3.2 square miles (8 km2) 1910 Kenton Fort Thomas17,438 16,3256.8% Home Rule 3 5.7 square miles (15 km2) 1914 Campbell Fort Wright5,851 5,7232.2% Home Rule 4 3.4 square miles (9 km2) 1941 Kenton Fountain Run216 217 0.5% Home Rule 6 1.3 square miles (3 km2) 1908 Monroe Fox Chase436 447 2.5% Home Rule 6 0.4 square miles (1 km2) 1983 Bullitt Frankfort 28,602 25,527 12% Home Rule 2 14.6 square miles (38 km2) 1835 Franklin Franklin 10,176 8,408 21% Home Rule 3 11.1 square miles (29 km2) 1820 Simpson Fredonia372 401 7.2% Home Rule 5 0.6 square miles (2 km2) 1869 Caldwell Frenchburg 601 486 23.7% Home Rule 6 0.8 square miles (2 km2) 1871 Menifee Fulton2,357 2,445 3.6% Home Rule 4 3.0 square miles (8 km2) 1872 Fulton Gamaliel391 3764% Home Rule 6 0.6 square miles (2 km2) 1956 Monroe Georgetown 37,086 29,098 27.5% Home Rule 4 16.0 square miles (41 km2) 1784 Scott Germantown146 154 5.2% Home Rule 6 0.1 square miles (0 km2) 1795 BrackenMason Ghent363 32312.4% Home Rule 6 0.7 square miles (2 km2) 1856 Carroll Glasgow 15,014 14,028 7% Home Rule 3 15.5 square miles (40 km2) 1809 Gallatin Glenview596 53112.2% Home Rule 6 1.4 square miles (4 km2) 1985 Jefferson Glenview Hills377 31918.2% Home Rule 6 0.1 square miles (0 km2) 1972 Jefferson Glenview Manor206 1917.9% Home Rule 6 0.1 square miles (0 km2) 1965 Jefferson Goose Creek303 2943.1% Home Rule 6 0.1 square miles (0 km2) 1969 Jefferson Goshen892 909 1.9% Home Rule 5 0.2 square miles (1 km2) 1990 Oldham Grand Rivers345 382 9.7% Home Rule 5 2.0 square miles (5 km2) 1890 Livingston Gratz67 78 14.1% Home Rule 6 0.4 square miles (1 km2) 1881 Owen Graymoor Devondale2,853 2,870 0.6% Home Rule 4 0.8 square miles (2 km2) 1987 Jefferson Grayson 3,834 4,217 9.1% Home Rule 4 2.9 square miles (8 km2) 1860 Carter Green Spring711 715 0.6% Home Rule 6 0.3 square miles (1 km2) 1974 Jefferson Greensburg 2,179 2,163 0.7% Home Rule 4 2.1 square miles (5 km2) 1795 Green Greenup 1,095 1,188 7.8% Home Rule 5 1.2 square miles (3 km2) 1848 Greenup Greenville 4,492 4,312 4.2% Home Rule 4 4.7 square miles (12 km2) 1849 Breckinridge Harlan 1,776 1,745 1.8% Home Rule 4 1.3 square miles (3 km2) 1884 Harlan Harrodsburg 9,064 8,340 8.7% Home Rule 3 6.9 square miles (18 km2) 1836 Mercer Hartford 2,668 2,672 0.1% Home Rule 5 2.7 square miles (7 km2) 1808 Ohio Hawesville 1,023 945 8.3% Home Rule 5 1.3 square miles (3 km2) 1847 Henderson Heritage Creek1,209 1,07612.4% Home Rule 5 0.4 square miles (1 km2) 1960 Jefferson Hickman 2,365 2,395 1.3% Home Rule 4 3.6 square miles (9 km2) 1841 Fulton Hickory Hill119 1144.4% Home Rule 6 0.1 square miles (0 km2) 1979 Jefferson Highland Heights6,662 6,923 3.8% Home Rule 4 2.6 square miles (7 km2) 1927 Campbell Hills and Dales146 1422.8% Home Rule 6 0.1 square miles (0 km2) 1976 Jefferson Hillview8,622 8,1725.5% Home Rule 3 3.3 square miles (9 km2) 1974 Bullitt Hindman 701 777 9.8% Home Rule 5 3.1 square miles (8 km2) 1886 Knott Hodgenville 3,235 3,206 0.9% Home Rule 4 2.1 square miles (5 km2) 1839 LaRue Hollow Creek799 7832% Home Rule 5 0.2 square miles (1 km2) 1971 Jefferson Hollyvilla518 537 3.5% Home Rule 6 0.3 square miles (1 km2) 1958 Jefferson Hopkinsville 31,180 31,577 1.3% Home Rule 2 30.8 square miles (80 km2) 1853 Christian Horse Cave2,212 2,311 4.3% Home Rule 4 2.7 square miles (7 km2) 1864 Hart Houston Acres492 507 3% Home Rule 6 0.1 square miles (0 km2) 1956 Jefferson Hunters Hollow324 386 16.1% Home Rule 6 0.1 square miles (0 km2) 1979 Bullitt Hurstbourne4,683 4,21611.1% Home Rule 4 1.8 square miles (5 km2) 1982 Jefferson Hurstbourne Acres1,957 1,8118.1% Home Rule 5 0.3 square miles (1 km2) 1963 Jefferson Hustonville387 405 4.4% Home Rule 5 1.0 square miles (3 km2) 1850 Jefferson Inez 546 717 23.8% Home Rule 6 1.7 square miles (4 km2) 1942 Martin Irvine 2,360 2,715 13.1% Home Rule 4 1.5 square miles (4 km2) 1849 McLean Jackson 2,237 2,231 0.3% Home Rule 4 2.7 square miles (7 km2) 1890 Breathitt Jamestown 1,867 1,794 4.1% Home Rule 5 3.0 square miles (8 km2) 1826 Russell Jeffersontown28,474 26,5957.1% Home Rule 2 10.0 square miles (26 km2) 1797 Jefferson Jeffersonville1,708 1,50613.4% Home Rule 5 2.5 square miles (6 km2) 1876 Montgomery Jenkins1,902 2,203 13.7% Home Rule 4 7.7 square miles (20 km2) 1912 Letcher Junction City2,268 2,2411.2% Home Rule 4 1.8 square miles (5 km2) 1882 Boyle Keene 99 115 13.9% Home Rule 6 1844 Jessamine Kenton Vale 105 110 4.5% Home Rule 6 0.1 square miles (0 km2) 1949 Kenton Kevil 595 37658.2% Home Rule 6 0.4 square miles (1 km2) 1910 Ballard Kingsley 397 3814.2% Home Rule 6 0.1 square miles (0 km2) 1939 Jefferson Kuttawa 629 649 3.1% Home Rule 5 2.7 square miles (7 km2) 1872 Lyon LaCenter 872 1,009 13.6% Home Rule 5 0.6 square miles (2 km2) ? Ballard LaFayette 177 1657.3% Home Rule 6 0.2 square miles (1 km2) 1836 Christian La Grange 10,067 8,082 24.6% Home Rule 4 7.1 square miles (18 km2) 1840 Oldham Lakeside Park 2,841 2,6686.5% Home Rule 5 0.8 square miles (2 km2) 1930 Kenton Lakeview Heights 277 18549.7% Home Rule 6 0.1 square miles (0 km2) 1979 Rowan Lancaster 3,899 3,442 13.3% Home Rule 4 1.9 square miles (5 km2) 1837 11,728 10,505 11.6% Home Rule 3 5.9 square miles (15 km2) 1850 Hancock Lexington 322,570 295,803 9% First 2 285.6 square miles (740 km2) 1831 Fayette Liberty 2,028 2,168 6.5% Home Rule 5 1.9 square miles (5 km2) 1860 Lawrence Louisville 633,045 597,337 6% First 1 342.2 square miles (886 km2) 1828 Jefferson Loyall 638 1,461 4.9% Home Rule 5 1.4 square miles (4 km2) 1924 Harlan Ludlow 4,385 4,407 0.5% Home Rule 4 1.2 square miles (3 km2) 1864 Kenton Lynch 658 747 11.9% Home Rule 5 0.3 square miles (1 km2) 1963 Harlan Lyndon 11,008 11,0020.1% Home Rule 3 3.6 square miles (9 km2) 1965 Jefferson Lynnview 945 9143.4% Home Rule 5 0.2 square miles (1 km2) 1954 Jefferson Mackville 207 222 6.8% Home Rule 6 0.4 square miles (1 km2) 1967 Washington Madisonville 19,542 19,591 0.3% Home Rule 3 18.7 square miles (48 km2) 1807 Hopkins Manchester 1,512 1,255 20.5% Home Rule 4 1.5 square miles (4 km2) 1844 Clay Manor Creek 240 14071.4% Home Rule 6 0.1 square miles (0 km2) 1972 Jefferson Marion 2,916 3,039 4% Home Rule 4 3.4 square miles (9 km2) 1851 Crittenden Martin513 634 19.1% Home Rule 4 0.7 square miles (2 km2) 1920 Floyd Maryhill Estates 185 1793.4% Home Rule 6 0.1 square miles (0 km2) 1963 Jefferson Mayfield 10,017 10,024 0.1% Home Rule 3 10.4 square miles (27 km2) 1846 Graves Maysville 8,873 9,011 1.5% Home Rule 3 21.4 square miles (55 km2) 1833 Mason McHenry 369 388 4.9% Home Rule 6 0.7 square miles (2 km2) 1880 Ohio McKee 803 8000.4% Home Rule 5 2.3 square miles (6 km2) 1882 Jackson Meadow Vale 730 736 0.8% Home Rule 5 0.2 square miles (1 km2) 1967 Jefferson Meadowbrook Farm 117 136 14% Home Rule 6 0.1 square miles (0 km2) 1975 Jefferson Meadowview Estates 178 363 51% Home Rule 6 0.1 square miles (0 km2) 1954 Jefferson Melbourne 458 40114.2% Home Rule 6 0.8 square miles (2 km2) 1912 Campbell Mentor 218 19313% Home Rule 6 0.7 square miles (2 km2) 1957 Campbell Middlesboro9,405 10,334 9% Home Rule 3 7.6 square miles (20 km2) 1890 Bell Middletown 9,706 7,21834.5% Home Rule 4 5.1 square miles (13 km2) 1979 Jefferson Midway 1,718 1,6414.7% Home Rule 4 1.1 square miles (3 km2) 1846 Woodford Millersburg 747 792 5.7% Home Rule 5 0.4 square miles (1 km2) 1893 Bourbon Milton 590 5742.8% Home Rule 6 1.3 square miles (3 km2) 1954 Trimble Mockingbird Valley 175 1674.8% Home Rule 6 0.2 square miles (1 km2) 1940 Owen Monticello 5,753 6,188 7% Home Rule 4 5.9 square miles (15 km2) 1810 Wayne Moorland 433 4310.5% Home Rule 6 0.1 square miles (0 km2) 1959 Jefferson Morehead 7,151 6,845 4.5% Home Rule 4 9.5 square miles (25 km2) 1869 Rowan Morganfield 3,256 3,285 0.9% Home Rule 4 3.0 square miles (8 km2) 1870 Union Morgantown 2,505 2,394 4.6% Home Rule 5 2.4 square miles (6 km2) 1813 Butler Mortons Gap 728 863 15.6% Home Rule 5 1.2 square miles (3 km2) 1888 Hopkins Mount Olivet 347 299 16.1% Home Rule 5 0.4 square miles (1 km2) 1871 Robertson Mount Sterling 7,558 6,895 9.6% Home Rule 4 4.4 square miles (11 km2) 1851 Montgomery Mount Vernon 2,453 2,477 1% Home Rule 5 1.7 square miles (4 km2) 1866 Rockcastle Mount Washington18,090 9,11798.4% Home Rule 3 6.1 square miles (16 km2) 1954 Bullitt Muldraugh 1,040 9479.8% Home Rule 5 0.6 square miles (2 km2) 1952 Meade Munfordville 1,686 1,615 4.4% Home Rule 5 2.3 square miles (6 km2) 1880 Hart Murray 17,307 17,741 2.4% Home Rule 3 11.3 square miles (29 km2) 1844 Calloway Murray Hill 565 582 2.9% Home Rule 6 0.1 square miles (0 km2) 1982 Jefferson Nebo 211 236 10.6% Home Rule 6 0.3 square miles (1 km2) 1861 Hopkins New Castle 884 912 3.1% Home Rule 5 0.4 square miles (1 km2) 1851 Campbell Nicholasville 31,093 28,015 11% Home Rule 2 13.1 square miles (34 km2) 1837 Jessamine Norbourne Estates 437 441 0.9% Home Rule 6 0.1 square miles (0 km2) 1950 Jefferson North Middletown 610 643 5.1% Home Rule 5 0.3 square miles (1 km2) 1819 Bourbon Northfield 991 1,020 2.8% Home Rule 5 0.5 square miles (1 km2) 1965 Jefferson Nortonville977 1,204 18.9% Home Rule 5 1.1 square miles (3 km2) 1873 Hopkins Norwood 379 3702.4% Home Rule 6 0.1 square miles (0 km2) 1975 Jefferson Oak Grove 7,931 7,4895.9% Home Rule 4 10.8 square miles (28 km2) 1974 Christian Oakland 198 225 12% Home Rule 6 1.4 square miles (4 km2) 1977 Warren Old Brownsboro Place 376 3536.5% Home Rule 6 0.1 square miles (0 km2) 1977 Jefferson Olive Hill 1,580 1,599 1.2% Home Rule 4 1.8 square miles (5 km2) 1884 Carter Orchard Grass Hills 1,536 1,595 3.7% Home Rule 5 0.4 square miles (1 km2) 1979 Oldham Owensboro 60,183 57,265 5.1% Home Rule 2 20.4 square miles (53 km2) 1850 Bath Paducah 27,137 25,024 8.4% Home Rule 2 20.0 square miles (52 km2) 1838 10,171 8,553 18.9% Home Rule 3 6.0 square miles (16 km2) 1890 Bourbon Park City 614 53714.3% Home Rule 5 1.5 square miles (4 km2) 1871 Barren Park Hills 3,162 2,9706.5% Home Rule 4 0.8 square miles (2 km2) 1927 Kenton Parkway Village 623 650 4.2% Home Rule 6 0.1 square miles (0 km2) 1940 Jefferson Pembroke 865 869 0.5% Home Rule 6 1.1 square miles (3 km2) 1869 Christian Perryville 782 7514.1% Home Rule 5 0.8 square miles (2 km2) 1867 7,754 6,903 12.3% Home Rule 4 21.1 square miles (55 km2) 1848 Bell Pioneer Village 2,671 2,03031.6% Home Rule 4 0.7 square miles (2 km2) 1974 Bullitt Pippa Passes 468 533 12.2% Home Rule 6 0.5 square miles (1 km2) 1983 Knott Plantation 826 832 0.7% Home Rule 5 0.2 square miles (1 km2) 1960 Jefferson Pleasureville 779 834 6.6% Home Rule 6 0.5 square miles (1 km2) 1842 HenryShelby Plum Springs 497 4539.7% Home Rule 6 0.3 square miles (1 km2) 1966 Warren Poplar Hills 380 3625% Home Rule 6 0.1 square miles (0 km2) 1983 Jefferson Powderly 788 7455.8% Home Rule 5 1.6 square miles (4 km2) 1963 Muhlenberg Prestonsburg 3,681 3,255 13.1% Home Rule 4 12.9 square miles (33 km2) 18672,343 2,424 3.3% Home Rule 5 2.5 square miles (6 km2) 1915 Greenup Radcliff 23,042 21,6886.2% Home Rule 2 12.4 square miles (32 km2) 1956 Hardin Ravenna 568 605 6.1% Home Rule 5 0.3 square miles (1 km2) 1921 Estill Raywick 155 13415.7% Home Rule 6 0.9 square miles (2 km2) 1838 Marion Richlawn 415 4052.5% Home Rule 6 0.1 square miles (0 km2) 1948 Jefferson Richmond 34,585 31,364 10.3% Home Rule 2 23.1 square miles (60 km2) 1809 Madison River Bluff 436 4038.2% Home Rule 6 0.2 square miles (1 km2) 1980 Oldham Riverwood 492 44610.3% Home Rule 6 0.2 square miles (1 km2) 1969 Jefferson Robards 449 515 12.8% Home Rule 6 3.0 square miles (8 km2) 1997 Henderson Rochester 114 152 25% Home Rule 6 0.5 square miles (1 km2) 1858 Butler Rockport 262 266 1.5% Home Rule 6 0.7 square miles (2 km2) 1870 Ohio Rolling Fields 720 64611.5% Home Rule 6 0.2 square miles (1 km2) 1958 Jefferson Rolling Hills 934 959 2.6% Home Rule 5 0.2 square miles (1 km2) 1966 Jefferson Russell3,744 3,38010.8% Home Rule 4 3.0 square miles (8 km2) 1874 Greenup Russell Springs 2,715 2,44111.2% Home Rule 5 4.5 square miles (12 km2) 1936 Russell Russellville 7,164 6,960 2.9% Home Rule 4 10.8 square miles (28 km2) 1840 Logan Ryland Heights 922 1,022 9.8% Home Rule 6 5.3 square miles (14 km2) 1972 Kenton Sacramento 429 468 8.3% Home Rule 6 0.4 square miles (1 km2) 1860 McLean Sadieville 320 3035.6% Home Rule 5 1.1 square miles (3 km2) 1880 Scott St. Charles273 277 1.4% Home Rule 6 1.0 square miles (3 km2) 1874 Hopkins St. Mary 138 2,765 56.6% Home Rule 6 1865 Marion St. Matthews17,534 17,4720.4% Home Rule 3 4.3 square miles (11 km2) 1950 Jefferson St. Regis Park1,438 1,454 1.1% Home Rule 4 0.4 square miles (1 km2) 1953 Jefferson Salem 722 752 4% Home Rule 6 0.9 square miles (2 km2) 1869 Livingston Salt Lick 247 303 18.5% Home Rule 6 0.8 square miles (2 km2) 1888 Bath Salyersville 1,591 1,883 15.5% Home Rule 4 2.5 square miles (6 km2) 1867 Magoffin Sanders 197 238 17.2% Home Rule 6 0.3 square miles (1 km2) 1882 Carroll Sandy Hook 641 675 5% Home Rule 5 1.0 square miles (3 km2) 1888 Elliott Sardis 60 103 41.7% Home Rule 6 1.0 square miles (3 km2) 1850 MasonRobertson Science Hill 657 693 5.2% Home Rule 6 0.6 square miles (2 km2) 1882 Pulaski Scottsville 4,299 4,226 1.7% Home Rule 4 5.7 square miles (15 km2) 1860190 216 12% Home Rule 6 0.2 square miles (1 km2) 1861 Webster Smithfield 124 10617% Home Rule 6 0.1 square miles (0 km2) 1870 Henry Smithland 240 301 20.3% Home Rule 6 0.5 square miles (1 km2) 1843 Livingston Smiths Grove 752 7145.3% Home Rule 5 0.8 square miles (2 km2) 1871 Warren Somerset 11,924 11,196 6.5% Home Rule 3 11.3 square miles (29 km2) 1883 Jefferson Sturgis 1,735 1,898 8.6% Home Rule 4 1.6 square miles (4 km2) 1890 Union Sycamore 166 1603.8% Home Rule 6 0.1 square miles (0 km2) 1979 Jefferson Taylor Mill 6,873 6,6044.1% Home Rule 4 6.3 square miles (16 km2) 1956 Kenton Taylorsville 1,256 763 64.6% Home Rule 5 0.3 square miles (1 km2) 1856 Spencer Ten Broeck 99 103 3.9% Home Rule 6 0.2 square miles (1 km2) 1979 Jefferson Thornhill 185 1783.9% Home Rule 6 0.1 square miles (0 km2) 1976 Jefferson Tompkinsville 2,309 2,402 3.9% Home Rule 5 3.6 square miles (9 km2) 1856 Monroe Trenton 326 384 15.1% Home Rule 6 0.6 square miles (2 km2) 1868 Todd Union 7,416 5,37937.9% Home Rule 4 3.3 square miles (9 km2) 1962 1,761 1,615 9% Home Rule 4 0.7 square miles (2 km2) 1833 Gallatin Watterson Park 1,004 9762.9% Home Rule 5 1.4 square miles (4 km2) 1981 Jefferson Waverly 311 3081% Home Rule 6 0.3 square miles (1 km2) 1869 Floyd Wellington 564 565 0.2% Home Rule 6 0.1 square miles (0 km2) 1946 Jefferson West Buechel 1,370 1,23011.4% Home Rule 5 0.6 square miles (2 km2) 1951 Jefferson West Liberty 3,215 3,435 6.4% Home Rule 4 4.4 square miles (11 km2) 1840 Morgan West Point 952 79719.4% Home Rule 5 0.6 square miles (2 km2) 1848 Hardin Westwood 571 634 9.9% Home Rule 6 0.1 square miles (0 km2) 1967 Jefferson Wheatcroft 105 160 34.4% Home Rule 6 0.3 square miles (1 km2) 1902 Webster Wheelwright 509 780 34.7% Home Rule 6 1.8 square miles (5 km2) 1917 Floyd White Plains 829 884 6.2% Home Rule 5 3.2 square miles (8 km2) 1888 Hopkins Whitesburg 1,773 2,139 17.1% Home Rule 4 3.2 square miles (8 km2) 1876 Letcher Whitesville 580 5525.1% Home Rule 6 0.4 square miles (1 km2) 1867 Daviess Wickliffe 670 688 2.6% Home Rule 5 1.1 square miles (3 km2) 1882 Ballard Wilder 3,176 3,0354.6% Home Rule 5 3.8 square miles (10 km2) 1935 Campbell Wildwood 281 2617.7% Home Rule 6 0.1 square miles (0 km2) 1964 Jefferson Williamsburg 5,326 5,245 1.5% Home Rule 4 4.9 square miles (13 km2) 1851 GrantPendleton Willisburg 300 2826.4% Home Rule 6 0.7 square miles (2 km2) 1965 Jessamine Winchester 19,134 18,368 4.2% Home Rule 3 7.9 square miles (20 km2) 1793 Clark Windy Hills 2,427 2,3851.8% Home Rule 5 0.9 square miles (2 km2) 1952 Jefferson Wingo 573 632 9.3% Home Rule 6 1.0 square miles (3 km2) 1872 Graves Woodburn 303 355 14.6% Home Rule 6 0.4 square miles (1 km2) 1866 Warren Woodbury 80 90 11.1% Home Rule 6 0.1 square miles (0 km2) 1854 Butler Woodland Hills 736 6965.7% Home Rule 6 0.2 square miles (1 km2) 1961 Jefferson Woodlawn 212 229 7.4% Home Rule 6 0.1 square miles (0 km2) 1922 Campbell Woodlawn Park 947 9420.5% Home Rule 5 0.3 square miles (1 km2) 1955 Jefferson Worthington 1,501 1,609 6.7% Home Rule 5 1.2 square miles (3 km2) 1920 Greenup Worthington Hills 1,563 1,4468.1% Home Rule 6 0.3 square miles (1 km2) 1980 Jefferson Worthville 181 185 2.2% Home Rule 6 0.3 square miles (1 km2) 1878 Carroll Wurtland 983 995 1.2% Home Rule 5 1.8 square miles (5 km2) 1970 Greenup
A All but two of Kentucky's county seats are cities. The exceptions are Whitley City (McCreary Co.) and Burlington (Boone Co.). Two Kentucky counties have dual seats of government: the seats of Campbell Co. are Alexandria and Newport and the seats of Kenton Co. are Independence and Covington. B Unless otherwise noted, population and area are given according to the 2010 U. S. census. C Dates are those of the most recent formal incorporation, according to the records of the Commonwealth of Kentucky's Land Office. D For municipalities located in more than one county, the primary county (according to the U. S. Census) is listed first.