Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Kentucky
- County
- Rowan
- Named after
- Gov . James Morehead
- Total
- 9.72 sq mi (25.17 km )
- Land
- 9.61 sq mi (24.88 km )
- Water
- 0.12 sq mi (0.30 km )
- Elevation
- 997 ft (304 m)
- Estimate 2022
- 6,734
- Density
- 744.5/sq mi (287.47/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-5 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-4 (EDT)
- Fips code
- 21-53418
- Website
- morehead-ky.gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Morehead
- Population
- 7151
- Area
- 24.703211
- Elevation
- 225
- Official website
- morehead-ky.gov
- Image
- Rowan County, kentucky courthouse.jpg
- Households
- 2036
- Dialing code
- 606
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- postal code
- 40351
- Commons category
- Morehead, Kentucky
- inception
- 1869-00-00
- P8168
- velvet
- water as percent of area
- 1.1732
- per capita income
- 17848
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Morehead is a home rule-class city located along US 60 (the historic Midland Trail) and Interstate 64 in Rowan County, Kentucky, in the United States. It is the seat of its county. The population was 7,151 at the time of the 2020 U.S. census.
It was the focal point of the Rowan County War and is the home of Morehead State University.
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