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KCOJ - McCracken County, Kentucky |
 | | McCracken County, the seventy-eighth county in order of formation, is located in the Jackson Purchase region of the state on the Ohio and Tennessee rivers and is bordered by Ballard, Graves, Livingston, and Marshall counties. |
 | | McCracken County was formed on January 15, 1825, and was named for Captain Virgil McCracken, killed at the Battle of the River Raisin, January 22, 1813, during the War of 1812. |
 | | The population of the county was 58,281 in 1970; 61,310 in 1980; and 62,879 in 1990. |
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