[2] The county is named for Nathaniel Wolfe, one of the first two graduates of the University of Virginia School of Laws in 1829 and a loyal Unionist attorney for Jefferson County, Kentucky.

Swift supposedly buried treasure in the area which has never been recovered.

27.00% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.70% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

In 2000, George W. Bush narrowly won the county and became the first Republican to do so, but the county still proved its Democratic loyalty by supporting John Kerry by a comfortable margin in the next election.

Wolfe remained reliably Democratic at the state level for some time after ceasing to favor the Democratic Party at the presidential level; it voted against Matt Bevin in both of his gubernatorial elections.

In 2020, however, both counties voted for McConnell over his Democratic challenger, Amy McGrath.

[14] The annual Swift Silver Mine Festival is held on Labor Day weekend each year.