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Kennebec County
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county in Maine, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Maine
- Named after
- Kennebec River
- Seat
- Augusta
- Largest city
- Augusta
- Total
- 951 sq mi (2,460 km )
- Land
- 868 sq mi (2,250 km )
- Water
- 84 sq mi (220 km ) 8.8%
- Estimate 2025
- 129,067
- Density
- 142/sq mi (55.0/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional districts
- 1st , 2nd
- Website
- kennebec .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Kennebec River
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Maine
- Contains
- Litchfield
- Capital
- Augusta
- Population
- 123642
- Area
- 10607
- Time zone
- UTC−04:00
- Shares border with
- Lincoln County
- Official website
- kennebeccounty.org
- Image
- Kennebec County Courthouse.jpg
- Households
- 52506
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- water as percent of area
- 8.8
- native label
- Kennebec County
- Commons category
- Kennebec County, Maine
- topic's main category
- Category:Kennebec County, Maine
- inception
- 1799-00-00
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Kennebec County, Maine
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Kennebec County, Maine
- per capita income
- 31486
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Encyclopedic overview
Kennebec County is a county located in the South-central portion of the U.S. state of Maine. At the 2020 census, the population was 123,642. Its county seat is Augusta, the state's capital. The county was established on February 20, 1799, from portions of Cumberland and Lincoln Counties. The name "Kennebec" comes from the Eastern Abenaki /kínipekʷ/, meaning "large body of still water, large bay".
Kennebec County comprises the Augusta–Waterville, ME Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kennebec County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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