Adoption Agencies - Kentucky
The Following is a list of Adoption Agencies, Orphanages and Maternity Homes that have operated in Ky. A lot of these agencies are not in business anymore; however the records
are with the state of Kentucky.
This information is from the Reg Niles book published in 1981
| Anchorage Area ( Jefferson Co) |
| Bellewood-Presbyterian Home for Children |
| Louisville and Jefferson County Children’s Home |
| Metropolitan Social Services |
| Saint Thomas Orphanage |
| Saint Vincent Orphanage |
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| Ashland (Boyd County) |
| Ramey Children’s Home |
| State Department |
| Barbourville (Knox Co) |
| Pentecostal Children’s Home |
| Bethany (Wolfe Co) |
| Bethany Children’s Home |
| Beulah Heights (McCreary Co) |
| Beulah Mountain Children’s Home |
| Bowling Green (Warren Co) |
| Cumberland Presbyterian Orphan’s Home |
| Potter Children’s Home |
| State Department |
| Buckhorn (Perry Co and Clay Co) |
| Presbyterian Child Welfare Agency |
| Bulan (Perry Co) |
| Evangel Children’s Home |
| Carthage (Campbell Co) |
| Carthage Holiness Orphanage |
| Cattlesburg (Boyd Co) |
| Boyd County Boys’ Farm |
| Clinton (Campbell Co) |
| Campbell County Protestant Orphans’ Home |
| Cold Springs (Campbell Co) |
| Campbell Lodge |
| Holly Hill |
| Saint Joseph Diocesan Orphanage |
| Cornettsville (Perry Co) |
| Open Door Children’s Home |
| Covington (Kenton Co) |
| Booth Memorial Hospital |
| Catholic Social Services Bureau |
| Covington Protestant Children’s Home |
| Hope Cottage |
| Protestant Children’s Home |
| Saint John’s Orphanage |
| Salvation Army Hospital |
| State Department |
| Danville (Boil Co) |
| Christian Church Children’s Center |
| Elizabethtown (Hardin Co) |
| State Department |
| Farmington (Graves Co) |
| Paradise Friendly Home |
| Fort Mitchell (Kenton Co) |
| Catholic Children’s Home |
| Fort Thomas (Campbell Co) |
| Our Lady of the Highlands |
| Frankes (Bell Co) |
| Henderson Settlement |
| Frankfort (Franklin Co) |
| State Department |
| Williams Home |
| Glendale (Hardin Co) |
| Glendale |
| Kentucky Baptist Children’s Home |
| Greendale ( Fayette Co) |
| Kentucky House of Reform |
| Harrodsburg (Mercer Co) |
| Pennebaker Home for Girls |
| Hazard (Perry Co) |
| Open Door Children’s Home |
| State Department |
| Hope (Montgomery Co) |
| Hope Hill Children’s Home |
| Hopkinsville (Christian Co) |
| Christian County Youth Services |
| Southside Church of Christ Children’s Home |
| State Department |
| Irvington (Breckinridge Co) |
| National Home Finding Society |
| Leitchfield (Grayson Co) |
| Catholic Charities |
| Lexington (Fayette Co) |
| Boys Ranch, Inc |
| Catholic Social Service Bureau |
| Children’s Home |
| Colored Orphan and Industrial Home |
| County – Family and Children Services |
| Florence Crittenton Home |
| Division of Children’s Services |
| Fayette County Children’s Bureau |
| Kentucky Baptist Board of Child Care |
| Lexington Charity organization |
| Lexington Orphan Society |
| Odd Fellows’ Orphans Home |
| Pythian Home |
| State Department |
| University Medical Center |
| London (Laurel Co) |
| State Department |
| Louisville (Jefferson Co) |
| All Prayers Foundlings Home |
| Boys Haven |
| Brooklawn |
| Catholic Charities |
| Christian Church Home |
| Colored Orphans Home |
| Covenant of the Good Shepherd |
| Jefferson County Agency |
| Susan Speed Davis Home |
| Faith Foundling Home |
| Family & Children’s Agency |
| Family Service Org |
| German Protestant Orphan Asylum |
| Good shepherd Home for Colored Girls |
| Home of the Innocents |
| Jewish Children’s Home |
| Kentucky Children’s Home |
| Kentucky Home Society |
| Louisville Baptist Orphans |
| Louisville City Hospital |
| Louisville & Jefferson Co Children’s Home |
| Maryhurst Foster Care |
| Maryhurst School |
| Masonic Widows Orphans Home |
| Methodist Episcopal Church Widows and Orphans Home |
| National Children’s Training Home |
| National Home Finding Society |
| Orphanage of the Good Shepherd |
| Our Lady’s Covent of the Good Shepherd |
| Our Lady’s Home for Infants |
| Presbyterian Orphans Home |
| Protestant Children’s Home |
| Saint Anthony’s Hospital |
| Saint Joseph’s Catholic Orphans Society |
| Saint Joseph’s Infirmary |
| Saint Peter Claver’s Industrial School |
| Saint Philomen’s Industrial School |
| Saint Thomas Orphanage |
| Saint Vincent Orphanage |
| Saint Mary & Elizabeth’s Hospital |
| Salvation Army Home |
| State Department |
| Widows & Orphan’s Society |
| Lyndon (Jefferson Co) |
| Kentucky Children’s Home |
| Maykind (Letcher Co) |
| Regular Baptist Orphanage |
| Maysville (Mason Co) |
| Mason Manor |
| Middletown (Jefferson Co) |
| Kentucky Baptist Board of Child Care |
| Spring Meadows |
| Morehead (Rowan Co) |
| State Department |
| Newport (Campbell Co) |
| Home of the Good Shepherd |
| Youth Haven |
| Owensboro (Daviess Co) |
| Catholic Charities |
| Daviess County Children’s Center |
| Kendall Home |
| State Department |
| Paducah (McCracken Co) |
| Burton & Gaines Friendly Home Inc |
| Home of the Friendless |
| State Department |
| Pine Ridge (Wolfe Co) |
| Scott Children’s Home |
| Salyersville (Magoffin Co) |
| Dora Lee Children’s Home |
| Somerset (Pulaski Co) |
| State Department |
| South Fort Mitchell (Kenton Co) |
| Catholic Children’s Home |
| Versailles (Woodford Co) |
| Cleveland Home |
| Methodist Home of Kentucky |
| Whitesburg (Letcher Co) |
| Mountain Haven Children’s Home |
| Winchester (Clark Co) |
| Happiness Hill |
