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Kenton County
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county in Kentucky, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Kentucky
- Named after
- Simon Kenton
- Seat
- Covington and Independence
- Largest city
- Covington
- Judge executive
- Kris Knochelmann (R)
- Total
- 164 sq mi (420 km )
- Land
- 160 sq mi (410 km )
- Water
- 4.1 sq mi (11 km ) 2.5%
- Estimate 2025
- 175,779
- Density
- 1,100/sq mi (410/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 4th
- Website
- www .kentoncounty .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Part of
- Cincinnati metropolitan area
- Named after
- Simon Kenton
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Kentucky
- Capital
- Independence
- Population
- 169064
- Area
- 426
- Time zone
- Eastern Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Boone County
- Official website
- kentoncounty.org
- Image
- Kenton county courthouse.jpg
- Households
- 64544
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- Commons category
- Kenton County, Kentucky
- topic's main category
- Category:Kenton County, Kentucky
- inception
- 1840-01-29
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Kenton County, Kentucky
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Kenton County, Kentucky
- water as percent of area
- 2.5
- native label
- Kenton County
- per capita income
- 34936
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Encyclopedic overview
Kenton County is a county located in the northern part of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 169,064, making it the third most populous county in Kentucky (behind Jefferson County and Fayette County). Its county seats are Covington and Independence. It was, until November 24, 2010, the only county in Kentucky to have two legally recognized county seats. The county was formed in 1840 and is named for Simon Kenton, a frontiersman notable in the early history of the state.
Kenton County, with Boone and Campbell Counties, is part of the Northern Kentucky metro area, and is included in the Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kenton County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.