Pendleton County
Also known as Pendleton County, Kentucky, Pendleton County, KY
county in Kentucky, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Kentucky
- Named after
- Edmund Pendleton
- Seat
- Falmouth
- Largest city
- Falmouth
- Judge executive
- David Fields (R)
- Total
- 282 sq mi (730 km )
- Land
- 277 sq mi (720 km )
- Water
- 4.8 sq mi (12 km ) 1.7%
- Estimate 2025
- 14,800
- Density
- 52.9/sq mi (20.4/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
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Pendleton County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 14,644. Its county seat is Falmouth. The county was founded December 13, 1798. Pendleton County is included in the Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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