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Edmonson County
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county in Kentucky, United States
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Vinony's link graph records 500 inbound references to Edmonson County, and connects out to Bowling Green metropolitan area, Kentucky and United States Census Bureau.
The entry is geolocated on the map in KY.
It sits within the topics 1825 establishments in Kentucky, Bowling Green metropolitan area, Kentucky and Edmonson County, Kentucky.
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Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Kentucky
- Founded
- January 12, 1825
- Named after
- John Edmonson
- Seat
- Brownsville
- Largest city
- Brownsville
- Judge executive
- Scott Lindsey (R)
- Total
- 308 sq mi (800 km )
- Land
- 303 sq mi (780 km )
- Water
- 5.1 sq mi (13 km ) 1.7%
- Estimate 2025
- 12,749
- Density
- 40.0/sq mi (15.5/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 2nd
- Website
- www .edmonsoncounty .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- V-J Day in Times Square
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Kentucky
- Contains
- Brownsville
- Capital
- Brownsville
- Population
- 12126
- Area
- 798
- Time zone
- Central Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Warren County
- Official website
- www.edmonsoncounty.ky.gov
- Image
- Edmonson County Courthouse.png
- Households
- 5028
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- Commons category
- Edmonson County, Kentucky
- topic's main category
- Category:Edmonson County, Kentucky
- inception
- 1825-01-12
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Edmonson County, Kentucky
- water as percent of area
- 1.7
- native label
- Edmonson County
- per capita income
- 22818
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Encyclopedic overview
Edmonson County is a county located in the south central portion of the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 12,126. Its county seat and only municipality is Brownsville. The county was formed in 1825 and named for Captain John "Jack" Edmonson (1764–1813), who was killed at the Battle of Frenchtown during the War of 1812. This is a dry county where the sale of alcohol is prohibited. Edmonson County is included in the Bowling Green metropolitan area.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Edmonson County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.