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Wolfe County
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county in Kentucky, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Kentucky
- Named after
- The Wolfe family out of Western North Carolina
- Seat
- Campton
- Largest city
- Campton
- Judge executive
- Raymond Banks (D)
- Total
- 223 sq mi (580 km )
- Land
- 222 sq mi (570 km )
- Water
- 0.6 sq mi (1.6 km ) 0.3%
- Estimate 2025
- 6,298
- Density
- 29.6/sq mi (11.4/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 5th
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 6562
- Area
- 577
- Image
- Wolfe County, Kentucky courthouse.jpg
- Households
- 2991
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- Commons category
- Wolfe County, Kentucky
- inception
- 1860-03-05
- water as percent of area
- 0.3
- native label
- Wolfe County
- per capita income
- 14162
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Wolfe County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 6,562. Its county seat is Campton. The county is named for Nathaniel Wolfe, one of the first two graduates of the University of Virginia School of Laws in 1829 and a loyal Unionist attorney for Jefferson County, Kentucky.
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