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Union County
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county in Kentucky, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Kentucky
- Founded
- January 15, 1811
- Seat
- Morganfield
- Largest city
- Morganfield
- Judge executive
- Adam O'Nan (R)
- Total
- 363.38 sq mi (941.1 km )
- Land
- 342.85 sq mi (888.0 km )
- Water
- 20.53 sq mi (53.2 km ) 5.6%
- Estimate 2025
- 12,839
- Density
- 39.866/sq mi (15.392/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 1st
- Website
- www .unioncountyky .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Kentucky
- Contains
- Morganfield
- Capital
- Morganfield
- Population
- 13668
- Area
- 941
- Time zone
- Central Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Gallatin County
- Official website
- www.ucky.org
- Image
- Union County Courthouse Kentucky.jpg
- Households
- 5176
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- water as percent of area
- 5.6
- native label
- Union County
- Commons category
- Union County, Kentucky
- topic's main category
- Category:Union County, Kentucky
- inception
- 1811-01-15
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Union County, Kentucky
- different from
- Union Parish
- per capita income
- 23705
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Encyclopedic overview
Union County is a county in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 13,668. Its county seat is Morganfield. The county was created effective January 15, 1811.
The county is located on the east bank of the Ohio River opposite its confluence with the Wabash River. Union County, along with neighboring Posey County, Indiana, and Gallatin County, Illinois, form the tri-point of the Illinois–Indiana–Kentucky tri-state area.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Union County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.