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1961: Rough River State Resort Park opens in August 1961, near Falls of Rough, eventually boasting an airport, fine dining, 40 scenic rooms, 17 cottages, a nearby 18-hole golf course, and other recreational opportunities.1959: Rough River is damned, creating 637-acre Rough River Lake and 5,100-acre Rough River Reservoir.1938: Fourth (and current) Grayson County Courthouse is built in the center of the Public Square in Leitchfield.1936: Grayson County Courthouse burns for the third time on, but no records are lost.Kelley establishes his Bee Hive Factory in Clarkson, which remains one of the largest manufacturers of bee-keeping supplies in the United States. 1900: In early 1900s an asphalt plant opens in Big Clifty and several large lumber mills are established near Clarkson.1896: Grayson County Courthouse burns again on, destroying all records.1870s: The Elizabethtown & Paducah Railroad (now Paducah & Louisville) transforms Caneyville, Leitchfield, and other railroad towns into shipping points for agricultural products.1866: City of Leitchfield is formally incorporated by the Kentucky General Assembly.1864: Grayson County Courthouse burned on by retreating Confederate troops.1847: The Cedars built by Benjamin Lone Rogers around old 1789 cabin.1830: Grayson Springs opens as a popular summer resort and health spa, peaking in prosperity about 1900.1826: Millerstown, on the Nolin River, becomes the first community to be formally incorporated.1825: Southern portion of Grayson County, lying north of the Green River and west of the Nolin River, is taken to form part of Edmonson County, Kentucky.1823 The Green Sawmill at Falls of Rough begins operation.Green's Mill Complex at Falls of Rough, Kentucky 1810: Richard May builds log courthouse in one corner of the public square.1810: Leitchfield, the county seat, is founded later that same year, and named for Major David Leitch, aide-de-camp to General Lawson during the Revolutionary War, whose widow, Keturah, donated land for the town.At this time Grayson County is bounded to the southeast by the Green and Nolin Rivers. 1810: Grayson County is raised on 25 January 1810, from a western part of Hardin County and an eastern portion of Ohio County, becoming the fifty-fourth county in Kentucky, and named for Colonel William Grayson, an aide to General George Washington and US Senator from Virginia.1809: Joseph Meredith builds grist mill on Rock Creek.1805: Ohio County raised from Hardin County.1793: Hardin County raised from Nelson County.1790: Dam and first sawmill built on Rough River.1789: Cabin built on trail two miles east of Leitchfield, expanded later by B.President George Washington purchases 5,000 acres on the southern shore of Rough River from Henry Lee. 1785: Nelson County raised from Jefferson County.1780: Jefferson County raised from Kentucky County.1776: Kentucky County, Virginia raised from Fincastle County.2000 B.C.E.: First Native Americans use Mammoth Cave, in Green River Valley, now in Edmonson County, Kentucky.Numerous light-industrial plants in Leitchfield produce a variety of man-made products that are shipped worldwide. General Information County products include lumber, natural gas, coal, corn, soybeans, hay, wheat, hogs, beef, and dairy cattle.

The elevation in the county ranges from 395 to 963 feet above sea level. Grayson County is partly bounded by Rough River on the north and Nolin River on the southeast, and bordered by Breckinridge, Hardin, Hart, Edmonson, Butler, and Ohio counties. Geography Grayson County is located in the Western Coal Field region of Kentucky, in the West-Central part of the state, with an area of 503.68 square miles. Both were named for Colonel William Grayson.

The coordinator for this project is: Bill Vincent Note: Grayson County, Kentucky should not be confused with the city of Grayson, the seat of Carter County in Eastern Kentucky.

If you are interested in joining the Grayson County, Kentucky Project, please see the Kentucky Project for instructions. Grayson County Profile for Grayson County, Kentucky, including General Information and Resources for Genealogical Research. 1.7.3 Rough River Dam State Resort Park.