COUNTY ORGANIZED: 1876

COUNTY NAMED FOR: Alexander H. Stephens, the vice president of the Confederate States of America.

COUNTY SEATS: One - Breckenridge

COUNTY SEAT NAMED FOR: John C. Breckinridge, United States senator from Kentucky and vice president, although the spelling of the name was altered.

COURTHOUSES: Three - 1876, 1883, 1926.

STANDING:  One - 1926 Classical Revival limestone courthouse. The doorway of the 1883 courthouse also survives on the courthouse grounds