First settlers came from VA and NC with a few from PA and settled along the banks of the Cumberland River. Tompkinsville is the county seat. Formed from Floyd, Bath, Powell and Menifee counties. Mt Sterling is the county seat. 73rd county created 1822 from Bath and Floyd Cos.
Main waterway is the Licking River.
County seat is Greenville. No date of formation indication in source material. First settlers arrived in the 1790's and many of Gen Muhlenberg's men. According to other sources, it was founded 1798. An important Roman Catholic settlement area.