Greenup
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city in Greenup County, Kentucky, United States of America
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Kentucky
- County
- Greenup
- Established
- February 4, 1818
- Incorporated
- February 29, 1848
- Named after
- Greenup County
- Type
- Mayor–council
- Mayor
- Lundie Meadows
- Total
- 2.19 sq mi (5.66 km )
- Land
- 1.73 sq mi (4.49 km )
- Water
- 0.45 sq mi (1.17 km )
- Elevation
- 520 ft (160 m)
- Density
- 631.8/sq mi (243.94/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-5 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-4 (EDT)
- Fips code
- 21-33004
- Gnis feature id
- 0493340
- Website
- www .greenupky .net
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Named after
- Christopher Greenup
- Official name
- Greenup
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Greenup County
- Population
- 1095
- Area
- 3.180631
- Elevation
- 160
- Body of water
- Little Sandy River
- Capital of
- Greenup County
- Image
- Greenup County, Kentucky courthouse.jpg
- Households
- 462
- Dialing code
- 606
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- Commons category
- Greenup, Kentucky
- postal code
- 41144
- inception
- 1818-01-01
- P8168
- Leopoldshöhe
- water as percent of area
- 36.0782
- per capita income
- 22136
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Encyclopedic overview
Greenup is a home rule-class city in and the county seat of Greenup County, Kentucky, United States, located at the confluence of the Little Sandy River with the Ohio River. The population was 1,095 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Huntington–Ashland metropolitan area.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Greenup” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.