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Campbell County
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county in Kentucky, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Kentucky
- Founded
- December 17, 1794
- Named after
- John Campbell
- Seat
- Alexandria and Newport
- Largest city
- Fort Thomas
- Judge executive
- Steve Pendery (R)
- Total
- 159 sq mi (410 km )
- Land
- 151 sq mi (390 km )
- Water
- 8.1 sq mi (21 km ) 5.1%
- Estimate 2025
- 95,441
- Density
- 616/sq mi (238/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 4th
- Website
- www .campbellcountyky .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Campbell County is a county located in the northern part of the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 93,076. Its county seats are Alexandria and Newport. The county was formed on December 17, 1794, from sections of Scott, Harrison, and Mason Counties and was named for Colonel John Campbell (1735–1799), a Revolutionary War soldier and Kentucky legislator. Campbell County, with Boone and Kenton Counties, is part of the Northern Kentucky metro community, and the Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN Metropolitan Statistical Area.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Campbell County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.