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==History== The area now encompassed by Kentucky's Magoffin County was first bounded in 1772, when all of what is now the state of Kentucky was in the frontier county of [[Fincastle County, Virginia]]. Fincastle was divided in 1776, with the western portion named Kentucky County, Virginia.<ref>{{cite web|title=About Kentucky|publisher=Ezilon Search|url=http://search.ezilon.com/about-kentucky.html|access-date=November 29, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061110134726/http://search.ezilon.com/about-kentucky.html|archive-date=November 10, 2006|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 1780, the Virginia legislature set aside all land in Kentucky County for soldiers who had served in the Revolutionary War. In 1780, Kentucky County was divided into three counties, Jefferson, Fayette, and Lincoln. Fayette County was divided in 1785, with part becoming [[Bourbon County, Kentucky|Bourbon County]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_luoxAQAAMAAJ|title=The Register of the Kentucky State Historical Society, Vol. 1|publisher=Kentucky State Historical Society|year=1903| page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_luoxAQAAMAAJ/page/n35 35]}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ|title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States|publisher=Govt. Print. Off.|author=Gannett, Henry|year=1905|page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ/page/n123 124]}}</ref> In 1792, the southern part of Bourbon County was partitioned off to form [[Clark County, Kentucky|Clark County]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kyenc.org/entry/c/CLARK06.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140822021102/http://www.kyenc.org/entry/c/CLARK06.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 22, 2014|title=Clark County|publisher=The Kentucky Encyclopedia|year=2000|access-date=August 21, 2014}}</ref> The area was further divided in 1796 to form [[Montgomery County, Kentucky|Montgomery County]], with [[Fleming County, Kentucky|Fleming County]] being partitioned from the area in 1798. In 1800, [[Floyd County, Kentucky|Floyd County]] was created from portions of Fleming, Mason, and Montgomery Counties. In 1843, [[Johnson County, Kentucky|Johnson County]] was carved out of the previous [[Bath County, Kentucky|Bath County]] area,<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_luoxAQAAMAAJ|title=The Register of the Kentucky State Historical Society, Vol. 1| publisher=Kentucky State Historical Society|year=1903|page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_luoxAQAAMAAJ/page/n35 35]}}</ref> which was created in 1811 from Montgomery County, and which lost a portion of its territory in 1843 for the creation of Johnson County. In 1860, the Kentucky Legislature partitioned parts of Johnson, Floyd, and Morgan Counties, to create Magoffin County. Its boundaries have remained unchanged since that time. During the Civil War, Magoffin County had a unionist majority existing in the area, albeit with highly divided sentiment. While about 123 men enlisted in the Confederate Army, roughly 308 men served in the Union Army.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Prats |first1=J.J. |title=Legends in Blue and Gray |url=https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=145799 |website=hmdb.org |publisher=The Historical Marker Database |access-date=January 4, 2024}}</ref> As the late 19th century progressed, Magoffin County became a leading supplier in oil and gas production in the area, with some of the first oil wells in Eastern Kentucky being built in the county.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Savage |first1=William |title=Works Progress Administration and Historical Records Survey |url=https://scholarworks.moreheadstate.edu/kentucky_county_histories/44/ |access-date=January 4, 2024 |date=1936}}</ref>
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