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Knox County
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county in Kentucky, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Kentucky
- Founded
- December 19, 1799
- Named after
- Henry Knox
- Seat
- Barbourville
- Largest city
- Barbourville
- Judge executive
- Mike Mitchell (R)
- Total
- 388 sq mi (1,000 km )
- Land
- 386 sq mi (1,000 km )
- Water
- 1.5 sq mi (3.9 km ) 0.4%
- Estimate 2025
- 29,532
- Density
- 78.2/sq mi (30.2/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 5th
- Website
- knoxfiscalcourt .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Henry Knox
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Kentucky
- Contains
- Barbourville
- Capital
- Barbourville
- Population
- 30193
- Area
- 1004
- Elevation
- 379
- Time zone
- Eastern Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Clay County
- Official website
- knoxfiscalcourt.com
- Image
- Knox County Kentucky Courthouse.jpg
- Households
- 12075
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- category of associated people
- Category:People from Knox County, Kentucky
- Commons category
- Knox County, Kentucky
- topic's main category
- Category:Knox County, Kentucky
- inception
- 1799-12-19
- different from
- Knox County
- water as percent of area
- 0.4
- native label
- Knox County
- per capita income
- 17665
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Encyclopedic overview
Knox County is a county located in Appalachia near the southeastern corner of the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 30,193. Its county seat is Barbourville. The county is named for General Henry Knox. It is one of the few coal-producing counties in Kentucky that has not suffered massive population loss. Knox County is included in the Corbin, KY Micropolitan Statistical Area.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Knox County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.