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Cumberland County
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county in Kentucky, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Kentucky
- Named after
- Cumberland River
- Seat
- Burkesville
- Largest city
- Burkesville
- Judge executive
- Luke King (R)
- Total
- 311 sq mi (810 km )
- Land
- 305 sq mi (790 km )
- Water
- 5.7 sq mi (15 km ) 1.8%
- Estimate 2025
- 5,992
- Density
- 19.3/sq mi (7.45/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 1st
- Website
- explorecumberlandcounty .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Cumberland River
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Kentucky
- Capital
- Burkesville
- Population
- 5888
- Area
- 805
- Time zone
- Central Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Metcalfe County
- Official website
- www.cumberlandcounty.com
- Image
- Cumberland County Kentucky courthouse.jpg
- Households
- 2642
Show 9 more facts
- topic's main category
- Category:Cumberland County, Kentucky
- different from
- Cumberland County
- water as percent of area
- 1.8
- native label
- Cumberland County
- Commons category
- Cumberland County, Kentucky
- inception
- 1796-12-14
- postal code
- 42167
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Cumberland County, Kentucky
- per capita income
- 20685
Sources (8)
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Encyclopedic overview
Cumberland County is a county located in the Pennyroyal Plateau region of the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 5,888. Its county seat is Burkesville. The county was formed in 1798 and named for the Cumberland River, which in turn may have been named after the Duke of Cumberland or the English county of Cumberland.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cumberland County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.