Local County Officials InformationLocal County Officials Information
Important Phone Numbers and Addresses
Various Community Agencies' Information
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Various photos of officials and information concerning all magisterial districts in the county. In 1819, Harlan County was the 60th. county to be formed from Floyd and Knox Counties. Named for Major Silas Harlan who came from Virginia to Kentucky in 1774. Major Harlan was a frontier soldier who was killed at the Battle of Blue Licks. The Fiscal Court is a governing body of Harlan County, Kentucky. The Constitution of 1891 gave the name "Fiscal Court" to the body in each county that would have the power to transact all county business. This body consists of a County Judge Executive and five magistrates. The term County Judge Executive became effective January 1, 1978 after a 1975 referendum transferred the judicial authority of County Judge to a new State Court System, making the County Judge Executive chief executive officer of the County. |
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JOE GRIESHOP <--Harlan County Judge Executive P.O. Box 956 Harlan, KY 40831 (606) 573-2600 (606) 573-3522 (Fax) (606) 573-9906 (Home) Serves all communities of Harlan County. |
| PAUL CALDWELL Magistrate of District #1 area of Harlan County. P.O. Box 10 Bledsoe, KY 40810 (606) 558-3352 (Home) DISTRICT #1 COMMUNITIES (approximately): Coxton, Blackjoe, Golden Ash, Kitts, Rex, Harlan Gas, Clovertown, Harlan, Lawnvale, Sookey Ridge, parts of Keith, Baxter, Gatun, Rosspoint, Putney, Dillon, Laden Trail, Little Shepherd Trail, Bledsoe, Pine Mountain, Big Laurel, Tacky Town, Stoney Fork, |
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CHAD BROCK <--Magistrate of District #2 area of Harlan County. P.O. Box 154 Ages, KY 40801 (606) 837-9787 (Home) DISTRICT #2 COMMUNITIES (approximately):Brookside, Ages, Verda, Jones Creek, Ten Spot, Kildav, Draper, Evarts, Redbud, Pounding Mill, Kenvir, Black Mountain, Dizney, Baileys Creek, River Ridge, Colts, Shields, Ridgeway, Benito, Highsplint, Louellen, Black Bottom, Closplint, Rileyville, Clover-Darby, Georgetown, Rutherford, Holmes Mill, |
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DAVID KENNEDY Magistrate of District #3 area of Harlan County. |
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JIM RODDY <--Magistrate of District #4 area of Harlan County. 8585 South Highway 421 Cawood, KY 40815 (606) 573-7058 (Home) DISTRICT #4 COMMUNITIES (approximately): Sunshine, Dressen, Lower Elcomb, Upper Elcomb, Teetersville, Little Creek at Catrons Creek, Catrons Valley, Mary Alice, Pansy (Gulston), Yancey, Stanfill, Bardo, Liggett, Grays Knob, Farmers Mill, Neff, Chevrolet, Lenarue, Mary Helen (Coalgood), Bobs Creek, Cawood, Little Creek at Cawood, Three Point, Days Branch, Smith, Crummies, Cranks, |
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JIMMY ROARK Magistrate of District #5 area of Harlan County. P.O. Box 114 Pathfork, KY 40863 (606) 664-2883 (Home) DISTRICT #5 COMMUNITIES (approximately): Loyall, Blackbottom, Rio Vista, Fresh Meadows, Wilhoit, Dayhoit, Tremont, Longton, Wallins, Kentenia, Twila, Creechs, Coldiron, Layman, Molus, Foresters Creek, parts of Keith, Watts Creek, Sawbriar, Terrys Fork, Jesses Creek, Around the World, Mexico Addition, Happy Top, Dixie Town, Daniels Mountain, |
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