Carlisle County
Sign in to savecounty in Kentucky, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Kentucky
- Named after
- John G. Carlisle
- Seat
- Bardwell
- Largest city
- Bardwell
- Judge executive
- Greg Terry (D)
- Total
- 199 sq mi (520 km )
- Land
- 189 sq mi (490 km )
- Water
- 9.5 sq mi (25 km ) 4.8%
- Estimate 2025
- 4,747
- Density
- 25.5/sq mi (9.86/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 1st
- Website
- www .carlislecountyky .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
Carlisle County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 4,826, making it the fourth-least populous county in Kentucky. Its county seat is Bardwell. The county was founded in 1886 and named for John Griffin Carlisle, a Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from Kentucky. It remains a prohibition or dry county. Carlisle County is included in the Paducah, KY-IL, Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Geography