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Fayette County was formed by Virginia in 1780 as one of the three original counties of the Kentucky District. It was named for General Lafayette. Lexington is the county seat. There was one courthouse fire in 1803, and another in 1897.

The Circuit Court is the highest court of civil and criminal jurisdiction within Fayette County, and serves as the appellate court for many cases arising from lower courts. Lower courts now include the District Court and have included the County, Justice's and Quarterly Courts. The circuit court has original jurisdiction in all justiciable causes not exclusively reserved to some other court (KRS 23A.010), and therefore has a wide variety of powers, including jurisdiction in criminal cases, adoptions, mental inquests, as well as divorce, probate, and land cases and other civil disputes.

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