Bourbon County, Virginia

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Bourbon County, Virginia was a former county in colonial Virginia whose territory later became part of Kentucky and which lent its name to present-day Bourbon County, Kentucky.

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Bourbon County, Virginia canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former county
historical administrative division
continent North America
country Colony and Dominion of Virginia
surface form: Colony of Virginia
dissolvedInto counties of the Commonwealth of Kentucky
hasSuccessorAdministrativeUnit Bourbon County, Kentucky
historicalRegion Upper South
surface form: Old Southwest

Trans-Appalachian West
languageOfOfficialRecords English
legalSystem English common law
locatedIn Thirteen Colonies
Virginia
eastern interior of North America
locatedInTime colonial era
namedAfter French royal family
House of Bourbon
namedFor French support in the American Revolutionary War
nameGaveRiseTo Bourbon County, Kentucky
partOf British America
Frontier of colonial Virginia
surface form: Virginia colony western frontier

Virginia’s Kentucky District
presentDayLocation Kentucky
surface form: Commonwealth of Kentucky
status defunct county
territoryLaterBecame part of Kentucky
timePeriod 18th century

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Bourbon County, Kentucky namedAfter Bourbon County, Virginia