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Nelson County
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county in Kentucky, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Kentucky
- Founded
- November 29, 1784
- Named after
- Thomas Nelson Jr.
- Seat
- Bardstown
- Largest city
- Bardstown
- Judge executive
- Timothy Hutchins (R)
- Total
- 424 sq mi (1,100 km )
- Land
- 418 sq mi (1,080 km )
- Water
- 6.6 sq mi (17 km ) 1.5%
- Estimate 2025
- 49,036
- Density
- 112/sq mi (43.2/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional districts
- 2nd , 4th
- Website
- nelsoncountyky .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Thomas Nelson
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Kentucky
- Capital
- Bardstown
- Population
- 46738
- Area
- 1098
- Time zone
- Eastern Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Bullitt County
- Official website
- www.nelsoncountyky.com
- Image
- New Nelson County KY Courthouse.JPG
- Households
- 17991
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- Commons category
- Nelson County, Kentucky
- topic's main category
- Category:Nelson County, Kentucky
- inception
- 1784-10-18
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Nelson County, Kentucky
- different from
- Nelson County
- water as percent of area
- 1.5
- native label
- Nelson County
- per capita income
- 30856
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Encyclopedic overview
Nelson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 46,738. Its county seat is Bardstown. Nelson County comprises the Bardstown, KY Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Louisville/Jefferson County-Elizabethtown-Madison, KY-IN Combined Statistical Area.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Nelson County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.