Owen County Resources

 

Owen County Courthouse

Owen County Clerk has Marriage Records from 1819 and Land Records from 1819 and is located at 136 West Bryan Street, Owenton, KY 40359; Phone:(502) 484-2213, FAX:(502) 484-1002. The current County Clerk is Joan Kincaid.
   

   Owen County Clerk of the Circuit Court has Probate Records from 1820 and Court Records from 1819 and is located at Courthouse, 100 NORTH MADISON ST., OWENTON, KY 40359; Phone: 502-484-2232 . You may email the Circuit Court Clerk Here. The current Owen Co. Circuit Court Clerk is Cindy Wright. 

Genealogists traveling to Owen Co. will be interested to know that the Owen County Courthouse is closed on Wednesdays and Saturday afternoons and all day Sunday.

 


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. Located on:

N. Main Street, Owenton, KY 40359 --- Phone: (502) 484-3450


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 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.

Please feel free to post our telephone number (502-484-3450) and let us know if we can be of any further help.

Bettina Somerville, Library Director,
STAFF: Catherine Matthews, Susan Hampton, and David Washburn.