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Carter County
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county in Kentucky, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Kentucky
- Named after
- William Grayson Carter
- Seat
- Grayson
- Largest city
- Grayson
- Judge executive
- Brandon Burton (R)
- Total
- 412 sq mi (1,070 km )
- Land
- 409 sq mi (1,060 km )
- Water
- 2.6 sq mi (6.7 km ) 0.6%
- Estimate 2025
- 26,149
- Density
- 65.1/sq mi (25.1/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional districts
- 4th , 5th
- Website
- cartercounty .ky .gov /Pages /default .aspx
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 26627
- Area
- 1067
- Official website
- www.kyhometown.com/grayson
- Image
- Carter County, Kentucky courthouse.jpg
- Households
- 9624
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- Commons category
- Carter County, Kentucky
- inception
- 1838-02-09
- water as percent of area
- 0.6
- native label
- Carter County
- per capita income
- 20672
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Carter County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 26,627. Its county seat is Grayson. Carter County is in the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is home to Carter Caves State Resort Park.
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