Only in Kentucky could one county mine gunpowder out of a cave, build entire towns around brick kilns and iron furnaces, and raise the songwriter who changed country music forever. Hi, I’m Michael. I want to teach you a little bit more about Kentucky. One county at a time. All 120 of them. Today we’re talking about Carter County. Carter County was formed in 1838 from Greenup and Lawrence counties. It was named for William Grayson Carter, a state senator with family ties to the land. The county s