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Whitley County
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county in Indiana, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Indiana
- Founded
- February 7, 1835 (authorized), 1838 (organized)
- Named after
- William Whitley
- Seat
- Columbia City
- Largest city
- Columbia City
- Total
- 337.91 sq mi (875.2 km )
- Land
- 335.57 sq mi (869.1 km )
- Water
- 2.34 sq mi (6.1 km ) 0.69%
- Estimate 2025
- 35,046
- Density
- 101.89/sq mi (39.340/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 3rd
- Website
- whitleycounty.in.gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Indiana
- Contains
- Columbia City
- Capital
- Columbia City
- Population
- 34191
- Area
- 875
- Time zone
- Eastern Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Kosciusko County
- Official website
- whitleygov.com
- Image
- Whitley County Courthouse.jpg
- Households
- 13822
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- Commons category
- Whitley County, Indiana
- topic's main category
- Category:Whitley County, Indiana
- inception
- 1835-02-07
- different from
- Whitley County
- water as percent of area
- 0.69
- native label
- Whitley County
- per capita income
- 32020
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Whitley County, Indiana
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Encyclopedic overview
Whitley County is a rural county in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 34,191. Whitley County is the 49th most populous county in Indiana. The county seat (and only incorporated city) is Columbia City. The county has the highest county number (92) on Indiana license plates, as it is alphabetically the last in the state's list of counties. It is part of the Fort Wayne Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Fort Wayne–Huntington–Auburn Combined Statistical Area.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Whitley County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.