Trimble County, Kentucky, Links & Miscellany

In 1876, the R. L. Polk Company published The Kentucky State Gazetteer and Business Directory, which listed information about virtually every town in Kentucky. The listings from Trimble County are these:
Bedford	Milton	Winona

One of Trimble County's most written about citizens is artist
Harlan Hubbard. There's a Kentucky Post article about him, here, and
there are oral history interviews that have been transcribed. You
can read them, but need to search for "Harlan Hubbard" (use the quotes)
when you get here. A site devoted to the work of Hubbard is here, and last
but not least, you'' want to visit www.harlanhubbard.com.

Citizens of Trimble County, Carroll County, and Madison,
Indiana meet in April of 1861 to avoid Civil War Hostilities.
Read the story here, and follow-up stories here.

In 1883, the Trimble Banner-Democrat described
the businesses in the City of Bedford. Read it here.

The Daily Commonwealth, a Covington Newspaper, reported on June 9, 1883
that the road from Locust, in Carroll County, to Milton would be completed "soon."

In 1920, John C. Strother compiled, and presented to the Louisville's
Filson Club in 1920, his Historical Sketch of Trimble County.
You can read it here. Clara Scott found the need in
1983 to correct a small piece of it, and her remarks are here.

"At 2 places between Carrollton and Madison, the Confederate flag is displayed to every passing steamer, particularly those descending the Ohio loaded with troops. These rebel ensigns are unfurled and vaunted to the breeze by females who flatter themselves that their sex will protect them." Cincinnati Daily Enquirer, February 23, 1862

Information on the two covered bridges that used to serve in Trimble County are listed in the data base at web site of Kentucky Covered Bridges, here.

"Clarence Harmon has a new automobile. There are now 17 machines
owned by persons in or near Bedford. The whir of the engine is so
great on Sunday morning that the denizens of the county seat are
aroused from their slumber before 8 o'clock." Trimble Democrat, 7-13-1916.

In 1969, Edna Talbott Whitley compiled a list of Cabinetmakers
in Kentucky. The only one in Trimble County was F. F. Skidmore, who
was a furniture maker in Bedford in 1850.

Trimble County's Charles H. Hardin became Governor of
Missouri. Read about him here.

The Kentuckiana Digital Library has a number of Trimble
County images. Quality is erratic, but it's worth a look, here.

The Kentucky Historical Society's Trimble County images can
be found here. Click on the county search box when you get there.

The farmers of Trimble County elect to grow no group in 1908.
Story is here, a little background on the 1908 tobacco situation is here.

Trimble County was formed from parts of Gallatin, Henry, and
Oldham Counties, and was created on February 9, 1837. Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia of the internet, has an article on Trimble County, as well as Bedford, and Milton, and a page on the man for whom Trimble County is named, Robert Trimble.

Miss Louise B. Logan started at the Bedford Deposit Bank beginning
March 25, 1910, and was still with them over 64 years later, advancing from
clerk, to cashier, to vice-president.

In 1919, there was a farm census, counting livestock, crops and farms. Trimble County's is here.

The Madison Jefferson County Library has a collection of nearly 200 older
Madison, Indiana pictures from photographer Harry Lemen, here.

This list of Trimble County deaths from WWII is from
the National Archives. There's a key to what the
various abbreviations mean here, and the actual list is here.

There have been 24 locations in Trimble County that have
had a post office. The list is here.

You can get information on Trimble County ancestors by subscribing
to the mailing list created for that purpose. You'll get periodic
information, and can submit your own questions, all via email.
Sign up here for Trimble County.
Here is a list of all available lists on Kentucky.

There are two oral histories that have been transcribed
from former slaves from Trimble County. Assuming
you can read Adobe pdf files, the can read the story of
John Daugherty and the story of Grace Monroe.

A site that has post a lot of older high school yearbooks
of Kentucky schools is here. They invite your scans.

	This graph shows the relative populations of the 8 smaller counties of Northern Kentucky Views, from 1800 to 2000.
	This graph shows the relative populations of the Boone, Kenton & Campbell Counties from 1800 to 2000.
	This graph shows the relative populations of the Boone, Kenton, Mason & Campbell Counties from 1800 to 1860, along with Jefferson and Fayette, just for reference.


These two charts both present slave population from Northern Kentucky. On the left is actual populations; on the left, is the number of slaves as a percentage of total population. Remember some counties were established later than others. More on these numbers, including a link to the mega-load of population data, is here.