Graves County is named for Benjamin F Graves, who was a soldier killed in the Battle of River Raisin, and who lived from 1771 to 1813.
Surrounding County Courthouses:
N – McCracken County
E – Marshall County and Calloway County
S – Henry County, Tennessee and Weakley County, Tennessee
W – Hickman County and Carlisle County
Created: December 9, 1823 
County Seat:
Mayfield 1823 – present
County Courthouse – Mayfield
Location: 100 East Broadway Street / South 7th Street
Built: 1888 – 1889
Style: Victorian
Architect: H P McDonald & Brothers of Louisville
Contractor: M T Lewman & Company of Lepuisville
Description: The building faces north and is a two story red colored brick structure. The building is located on landscaped grounds in the center of Mayfield. The north front has a high red colored brick octagonal clock tower rising to a steep tired roof. On the first story is a small portico supported by two clusters of three columns. Light colored stone forms horizontal bands between the first and second stories and above the second story. The rectangular windows of the building are topped by painted stone lintels and Italianate window hoods. In the interior is an intricate iron stairway ascending to the County Circuit Couirt courtroom on the second story. The courtroom is located on the north side of the second story. The building houses the County Circuit Court and County District Court of the 52nd Judicial District. The architect was H P McDonald Brothers of Louisville and the contractor was M T Lewman & Company of Louisville, Kentucky.
See: The architect H P McDonald and Brothers of Louisville, Kentucky.
See: The contractor M T Lewman and Company of Louisville, Kentucky.
Note: The County offices are temporally located at the Mayfield Plaza at 1102 Paris Road and Barton Drive.
County Couthouse Annex – Mayfield
Location: 101 East South Street / South 7th Street
Built: 1938 – 1939
Style: Federal
Architect: S Lester Day
Contractor: George W Katterjohn, Jr.
Description: The building faces south and is a three story red colored brick and concrete structure. The building is located on the landscaped grounds of the courthouse in the center of Mayfield. The south side has a central entrance with a small porch. A horizontal band runs between the first and second stories. The building is connected to the courthouse on the north side. The building was renovated in 1990. The architect was Chrisman, Miller, Woodford and the contractor was Crouch Construction Company.
History: The county was created in 1823 and Mayfield was selected as the county seat. The first courthouse was a log structure built at a cost of $139 and replaced in 1834 by the second courthouse which was a brick two-story foursquare structure costing $5,400. This building was destroyed by Union troops during the Civil War leading to a third courthouse being built in 1865. It was not until 1910 that the US Government paid Graves County $1,500 as compensation for the loss of the second courthouse. The cost of construction of the fourth and present courthouse in 1888 to 1889 was $40,000. The courthouse was damaged by a tornado on December 9, 2021.
County Courthouse – Mayfield
County Circuit Court courtroom
County Courthouse Annex – Mayfield
Photos taken 2007, 2012 and 2018