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Lewis County
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county in Kentucky, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Kentucky
- Founded
- December 2, 1806
- Named after
- Meriwether Lewis
- Seat
- Vanceburg
- Largest city
- Vanceburg
- Judge executive
- George Sparks (R)
- Total
- 495 sq mi (1,280 km )
- Land
- 483 sq mi (1,250 km )
- Water
- 13 sq mi (34 km ) 2.5%
- Estimate 2025
- 12,901
- Density
- 27.1/sq mi (10.5/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 4th
- Website
- lewiscountyky .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Lewis County is near the northeastern tip of the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 13,080. Its county seat is Vanceburg.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lewis County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.