The Owen County Historical Society, P.O. Box 84, Owenton, KY
40359, meets on the second Thursday of the
month at the Senior Citizens Building at 6:30 p.m.. Dues are $5.00 per year. "The Bulletin," the
Society's newsletter is published twice a year. The Society has many
publications for sale and also maintains an historical/genealogical
collection at the Owen County Library.
The Owen County Historical Society maintains a collection of
historical and genealogical materials which is housed at the Library.
This collection includes local records, family histories, census
records, and cemetery records. We also house the county newspaper
(News-Herald) microfilms from 1905 to 1995. The Historical Society has a
number of publications for sale (see below) which may be purchased
through the mail to the Library.
The Owen County Public Library is open
on Mondays from 9:30 AM until 8:00 PM and Tues-Sat from 9:30 AM until
5:00 PM. The Library houses the records of the County Clerk's office on
microfilm. The Library has a microfilm reader, but does not currently
have a printer. Xerox copies of printed materials may be made for
$0.10/copy. Several titles among the Library's collection should be of
interest to historians and genealogists. The staff will gladly answer
simple inquiries and forward requests for information to members of the
Historical Society.
Genealogists traveling to Owen Co. may
be interested to know that the Owen County Courthouse is closed on
Wednesdays and on Saturday afternoons.
