Bracken County is included in the Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN Metropolitan Statistical Area.

[6] Several early settlers were veterans of the American Revolutionary War, including Captain Abner Howell, who brought his family from Pennsylvania.

The county government moved from Augusta to Woodward's Crossing (now Brooksville) in 1833.

Bracken was the birthplace of John Gregg Fee, founder of Berea College and Kentucky's most noted abolitionist.

Anti-slavery activists in Bracken County played a major role in the movement known as the Underground Railroad.

White burley tobacco, a light, adaptable leaf that revolutionized the industry, was first sold at the 1867 St. Louis Fair by the farmer Mr. Webb from Higginsport, Ohio.

Agriculture remains vital to the economy, with farms occupying 83.8 percent of the land area in 1982. Commodities include wheat, hay, and milk.

23.90% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.30% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.