 nicholas county is a county located in the u.s. state of kentucky. as of the 2010 census, the population was 7,135. its county seat is carlisle. founded in 1799, the county is named for col. george nicholas, the "father of the kentucky constitution".http://www.kyenc.org/entry/n/nicho03.html ==history== nicholas county was established in 1799 from land given by bourbon and mason counties. nicholas was the 42nd kentucky county in order of formation. == geography == according to the u.s. census bureau, the county has a total area of , of which  is land and  (0.8%) is water. ===adjacent counties=== *robertson county (north) *fleming county (northeast) *bath county (southeast) *bourbon county (southwest) *harrison county (northwest) == demographics == {{us census population | 1810= 4898 | 1820= 7973 | 1830= 8834 | 1840= 8745 | 1850= 10361 | 1860= 11030 | 1870= 9129 | 1880= 11869 | 1890= 10764 | 1900= 11952 | 1910= 10601 | 1920= 9894 | 1930= 8571 | 1940= 8617 | 1950= 7532 | 1960= 6677 | 1970= 6508 | 1980= 7157 | 1990= 6725 | 2000= 6813 | 2010= 7135 |estyear=2013 |estimate=7039 |footnote=u.s. decennial census{
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