Gallatin County

Also known as Gallatin County, Kentucky, Gallatin County, KY

county in Kentucky, United States

Key facts

Country: United States
State: Kentucky
Named after: Albert Gallatin
Seat: Warsaw
Largest city: Warsaw
Judge executive: Ryan Morris (D)
Total: 105 sq mi (270 km )
Land: 101 sq mi (260 km )
Water: 3.5 sq mi (9.1 km ) 3.3%
Estimate 2025: 8,840
Density: 86.0/sq mi (33.2/km )
Time zone: UTC−5 ( Eastern )
Summer dst: UTC−4 ( EDT )

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Gallatin County is a county located in the northern part of the U.S. state of Kentucky. Its county seat is Warsaw. The county was founded in 1798 and named for Albert Gallatin, the Secretary of the Treasury under President Thomas Jefferson. Gallatin County is included in the Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is located along the Ohio River across from Indiana.

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