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Christian County
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county in Kentucky, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Kentucky
- Named after
- William Christian
- Seat
- Hopkinsville
- Largest city
- Hopkinsville
- Judge executive
- Jerry Gilliam (R)
- Total
- 724 sq mi (1,880 km )
- Land
- 718 sq mi (1,860 km )
- Water
- 6.5 sq mi (17 km ) 0.9%
- Estimate 2025
- 70,115
- Density
- 99/sq mi (38/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 1st
- Website
- www .christiancountyky .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Kentucky
- Capital
- Hopkinsville
- Population
- 72748
- Area
- 1875
- Time zone
- Central Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Caldwell County
- Official website
- www.christiancountyky.gov
- Image
- Christian County courthouse Kentucky.JPG
- Households
- 26097
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- Commons category
- Christian County, Kentucky
- different from
- Christian County
- topic's main category
- Category:Christian County, Kentucky
- water as percent of area
- 0.9
- native label
- Christian County
- inception
- 1796-12-13
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Christian County, Kentucky
- per capita income
- 24489
- P12749
- Gentiana verna
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Encyclopedic overview
Christian County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 72,748. Its county seat is Hopkinsville. The county was formed in 1797. Christian County is part of the Clarksville, Tennessee–Kentucky Metropolitan Statistical Area.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Christian County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.