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Metcalfe County
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county in Kentucky, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Kentucky
- Named after
- Thomas Metcalfe
- Seat
- Edmonton
- Largest city
- Edmonton
- Judge executive
- Larry Wilson (D)
- Total
- 291 sq mi (750 km )
- Land
- 290 sq mi (750 km )
- Water
- 1.5 sq mi (3.9 km ) 0.5%
- Estimate 2025
- 10,583
- Density
- 35/sq mi (14/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 1st
- Website
- metcalfecounty .ky .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Thomas Metcalfe
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Kentucky
- Contains
- Edmonton
- Capital
- Edmonton
- Population
- 10286
- Area
- 754
- Time zone
- Central Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Barren County
- Official website
- www.metcalfecounty.com
- Image
- Metcalfe County Kentucky courthouse.jpg
- Households
- 4187
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- Commons category
- Metcalfe County, Kentucky
- topic's main category
- Category:Metcalfe County, Kentucky
- inception
- 1860-02-01
- water as percent of area
- 0.5
- native label
- Metcalfe County
- per capita income
- 20182
Sources (8)
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Encyclopedic overview
Metcalfe County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. Its county seat and only municipality is Edmonton. The county was founded in May 1860 and named for Thomas Metcalfe, Governor of Kentucky from 1828 to 1832. Metcalfe County is part of the Glasgow, KY Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Bowling Green-Glasgow, KY Combined Statistical Area.
Geography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Metcalfe County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.