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Clark County
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county in Kentucky, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Kentucky
- Named after
- George Rogers Clark
- Seat
- Winchester
- Largest city
- Winchester
- Judge executive
- R. J. Palmer (D)
- Total
- 255 sq mi (660 km )
- Land
- 252 sq mi (650 km )
- Water
- 2.7 sq mi (7.0 km ) 1.1%
- Estimate 2025
- 37,888
- Density
- 147/sq mi (56.6/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 6th
- Website
- www .clarkcoky .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- George Rogers Clark
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Kentucky
- Capital
- Winchester
- Population
- 36972
- Area
- 661
- Time zone
- Eastern Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Bourbon County
- Official website
- www.clarkcoky.com
- Image
- Clark County Courthouse — Winchester, Kentucky.jpg
- Households
- 14576
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- topic's main category
- Category:Clark County, Kentucky
- Commons category
- Clark County, Kentucky
- native label
- Clark County
- inception
- 1792-12-06
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Clark County, Kentucky
- water as percent of area
- 1.1
- per capita income
- 30194
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Encyclopedic overview
Clark County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 36,972. Its county seat is Winchester. The county was created in 1792 from Bourbon and Fayette counties and is named for Revolutionary War hero George Rogers Clark. Clark County is part of the Lexington-Fayette, KY Metropolitan Statistical Area.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Clark County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.