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Garrard County, Kentucky
Garrard County ( ;) is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2010 census, the population was 16,912.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/21/21079.html )〕 Its county seat is Lancaster.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2011-06-07 )〕 The county was formed in 1796 and was named for James Garrard, Governor of Kentucky from 1796 to 1804. It is a prohibition or dry county but Lancaster is wet.
==History==
Garrard County was formed in 1796 from parts of Lincoln County, Madison County and Mercer County. It was named for Col. James Garrard, second Governor of Kentucky and acting governor at the time of the county's establishment.
Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of Uncle Tom's Cabin, visited the Kennedy home in Garrard County in her only visit to the South while gathering material for the book. The cabin of the inspiration for Uncle Tom stood behind the plantation house.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Highway Marker: Birthplace of Carry A. Nation )〕 County officials hope to recreate the slave cabin on the grounds of the Governor William Owsley House.
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