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Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Kentucky
- County
- Madison
- Mayor
- Bruce Fraley
- Total
- 16.58 sq mi (42.95 km )
- Land
- 16.51 sq mi (42.76 km )
- Water
- 0.073 sq mi (0.19 km )
- Elevation
- 958 ft (292 m)
- Estimate 2022
- 15,494
- Density
- 941.1/sq mi (363.36/km )
- Demonym
- Berean
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 (EDT)
- Zip codes
- 40403-40404
- Fips code
- 21-05842
- Website
- bereaky.gov
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Berea (/bəˈriːə/ bə-REE-ə) is a home rule-class city in Madison County, Kentucky, in the United States. The city is best known for its art festivals, historic restaurants and buildings, and as the home to Berea College, a private liberal arts college. The population was 15,539 at the 2020 census. It is one of the fastest-growing cities in Kentucky, having increased by 27.4% since 2000. Berea is a principal city of the Richmond−Berea Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Madison and Rockcastle counties. It was formally incorporated by the state assembly in 1890.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Berea” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.