Elliott County
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Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Kentucky
- Named after
- John Milton Elliott or John Lyle Elliot
- Seat
- Sandy Hook
- Largest city
- Sandy Hook
- Judge executive
- Myron Lewis (D)
- Total
- 235 sq mi (610 km )
- Land
- 234 sq mi (610 km )
- Water
- 1.0 sq mi (2.6 km ) 0.4%
- Estimate 2025
- 7,265
- Density
- 31.4/sq mi (12.1/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 5th
- Website
- elliottcounty .ky .gov /Pages /default .aspx
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
Elliott County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. Its county seat is Sandy Hook. The county was formed in 1869 from parts of Morgan, Lawrence, and Carter counties, and is named for John Milton Elliott a judge, U.S. Congressman, and a member of the 1st Confederate States Congress from Kentucky; he was also involved in the formation of the Confederate government of Kentucky. Some historians, however, contend the county was named after John Milton Elliot's father, John Lyle Elliot a U.S. Congressman and Confederate Justice of the Kentucky Court of Appeals. In regard to alcohol sales, Elliott County is a dry county, meaning the sale of alcoholic beverages is prohibited everywhere in the county.
It is one of the lowest-income counties in the United States, partly due to the presence of Little Sandy Correctional Complex. From 1872 to 2016, the county always voted Democratic in presidential elections.