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Leslie County
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county in Kentucky, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Kentucky
- Named after
- Preston Leslie
- Seat
- Hyden
- Largest city
- Hyden
- Judge executive
- William Lewis (R)
- Total
- 404 sq mi (1,050 km )
- Land
- 401 sq mi (1,040 km )
- Water
- 3.6 sq mi (9.3 km ) 0.9%
- Estimate 2025
- 9,627
- Density
- 26.2/sq mi (10.1/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 5th
- Website
- lesliecounty .ky .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 10513
- Area
- 1047
- Official website
- www.lesliecounty.ky.gov
- Image
- Leslie County Kentucky Courthouse.jpg
- Households
- 4156
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- Commons category
- Leslie County, Kentucky
- inception
- 1878-03-29
- water as percent of area
- 0.9
- native label
- Leslie County
- per capita income
- 18011
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Leslie County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. Its county seat and largest city is Hyden. As of the 2020 census, the population was 10,513. It was formed in 1878 from portions of Clay, Harlan, and Perry counties, and named for Preston Leslie, governor of Kentucky from 1871 to 1875.
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