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Marshall County
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county in Kentucky, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Kentucky
- Named after
- John Marshall
- Seat
- Benton
- Largest city
- Benton
- Judge executive
- Kevin Spraggs (R)
- Total
- 340 sq mi (880 km )
- Land
- 301 sq mi (780 km )
- Water
- 39 sq mi (100 km ) 11%
- Estimate 2025
- 31,659
- Density
- 105/sq mi (40.6/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 1st
- Website
- www .marshallcountyky .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- John Marshall
- Official name
- Marshall County
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Kentucky
- Capital
- Benton
- Population
- 31659
- Area
- 881
- Time zone
- Central Time Zone
- Shares border with
- McCracken County
- Official website
- marshallcounty.ky.gov
- Image
- Marshall County Courthouse, Benton.jpg
- Households
- 13119
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- different from
- Marshall County
- Commons category
- Marshall County, Kentucky
- topic's main category
- Category:Marshall County, Kentucky
- inception
- 1842-02-12
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Marshall County, Kentucky
- water as percent of area
- 11
- native label
- Marshall County
- per capita income
- 30564
Sources (11)
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Encyclopedic overview
Marshall County is a county located in the far western portion of the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 31,659. Its county seat is Benton.
It is the only Purchase Area county that does not border another state; a narrow strip of land in neighboring Livingston County separates Marshall County from the Ohio River and the Illinois border. Until July 28, 2015, it was a dry county. On that date residents approved alcohol sales for off-premises consumption, making it a "wet" county.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Marshall County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.