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Bourbon County
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county in Kentucky, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Kentucky
- Named after
- House of Bourbon
- Seat
- Paris
- Largest city
- Paris
- Judge executive
- Mike Williams (R)
- Total
- 292 sq mi (760 km )
- Land
- 290 sq mi (750 km )
- Water
- 1.9 sq mi (4.9 km ) 0.6%
- Estimate 2025
- 20,243
- Density
- 70/sq mi (27/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 6th
- Website
- www .bourbonky .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- House of Bourbon
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Kentucky
- Contains
- Paris
- Capital
- Paris
- Population
- 20252
- Area
- 755
- Time zone
- Eastern Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Nicholas County
- Official website
- www.parisky.com
- Image
- Bourbon county, kentucky courthouse.jpg
- Households
- 7990
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- Commons category
- Bourbon County, Kentucky
- topic's main category
- Category:Bourbon County, Kentucky
- inception
- 1786-01-01
- different from
- Bourbon County
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Bourbon County, Kentucky
- water as percent of area
- 0.6
- native label
- Bourbon County
- per capita income
- 27676
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Encyclopedic overview
Bourbon County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 20,252. Its county seat is Paris. Bourbon County is part of the Lexington-Fayette, KY Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is one of Kentucky's nine original counties, and is best known for its historical association with bourbon whiskey.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bourbon County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.