Jay County
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county in Indiana, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Indiana
- Founded
- February 7, 1835 (authorized), 1836 (organized)
- Named after
- John Jay
- Seat
- Portland
- Largest city
- Portland
- Total
- 384.08 sq mi (994.8 km )
- Land
- 383.90 sq mi (994.3 km )
- Water
- 0.18 sq mi (0.47 km ) 0.05%
- Estimate 2025
- 20,118
- Density
- 52.5/sq mi (20.3/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 3rd
- Website
- jaycounty .net
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- John Jay
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Indiana
- Capital
- Portland
- Population
- 20478
- Area
- 994
- Time zone
- Eastern Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Blackford County
- Official website
- www.co.jay.in.us
- Image
- Jay County Courthouse P4020129.jpg
- Households
- 8293
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- Commons category
- Jay County, Indiana
- topic's main category
- Category:Jay County, Indiana
- inception
- 1836-00-00
- water as percent of area
- 0.05
- native label
- Jay County
- per capita income
- 24165
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Jay County, Indiana
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Encyclopedic overview
Jay County is a county in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of 2020, the population was 20,478. The county seat is Portland.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jay County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.