Kirkcudbrightshire

Kirkcudbrightshire is a Scottish county on the Solway Firth in the south-west of Scotland.

Its county town is Kirkcudbright.

Kirkcudbrightshire was known by other names in the past: East Galloway because it is the eastern part of the old Kingdom of Galloway, and the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright, because it was once governed by a steward employed by the Lord of Galloway and not a sheriff appointed by the king. 

Kirkcudbrightshire is named after the town of Kirkcudbright, which means "Cuthbert's church".

 Towns 
 Kirkcudbright, county town
Castle Douglas
Dalbeattie
Gatehouse of Fleet
Maxwelltown
Minnigaff
New Galloway
St John's Town of Dalry

 Villages 
Auchencairn
Balmaclellan
Carsphairn
Carsethorn
Creetown
Crocketford
Kirkbean
Kirkgunzeon
Laurieston
New Abbey
Ringford
Springholm
Twynholm

For local government, the county is in the Dumfries and Galloway council area.