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Crittenden County
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county in Kentucky, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Kentucky
- Named after
- John J. Crittenden
- Seat
- Marion
- Largest city
- Marion
- Judge executive
- Perry Newcom (R)
- Total
- 371 sq mi (960 km )
- Land
- 360 sq mi (930 km )
- Water
- 11 sq mi (28 km ) 3.0%
- Estimate 2025
- 8,807
- Density
- 24.5/sq mi (9.5/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 1st
- Website
- www .crittendencountyky .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- John J. Crittenden
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Kentucky
- Capital
- Marion
- Population
- 8990
- Area
- 961
- Time zone
- Central Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Livingston County
- Official website
- www.marionky.gov/index.shtml
- Image
- Crittenden County Courthouse, Marion.jpg
- Households
- 3588
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- different from
- Crittenden County
- topic's main category
- Category:Crittenden County, Kentucky
- water as percent of area
- 3
- Commons category
- Crittenden County, Kentucky
- native label
- Crittenden County
- inception
- 1842-01-26
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Crittenden County, Kentucky
- per capita income
- 24732
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Encyclopedic overview
Crittenden County is a county in the U.S. state of Kentucky. At the 2020 census, the population was 8,990. Its county seat and only municipality is Marion. The county was formed in 1842 and named for John J. Crittenden, senator and future Governor of Kentucky.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Crittenden County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.