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Estill County
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county in Kentucky, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Kentucky
- Named after
- James Estill
- Seat
- Irvine
- Largest city
- Irvine
- Judge executive
- Donnie Watson (R)
- Total
- 256 sq mi (660 km )
- Land
- 253 sq mi (660 km )
- Water
- 2.5 sq mi (6.5 km ) 1.0%
- Estimate 2025
- 13,962
- Density
- 56.0/sq mi (21.6/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 6th
- Website
- www .estillky .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 14163
- Area
- 662
- Official website
- www.estillcountyky.net
- Image
- Estill County, Kentucky courthouse.jpg
- Households
- 5640
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- Commons category
- Estill County, Kentucky
- inception
- 1808-01-27
- water as percent of area
- 1
- native label
- Estill County
- per capita income
- 18609
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Morel Mushrooms are commonly found in Estill County in the spring, with Irvine's Mountain Mushroom Festival being dedicated to them. Estill County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 14,163. Its county seat is Irvine. The county was formed in 1808 and named for Captain James Estill, a Kentucky militia officer who was killed in the Battle of Little Mountain during the American Revolutionary War. Estill County is a moist county meaning that the county seat, the city of Irvine, allows the sale of alcohol after the October 9, 2013, vote, but not the rest of Estill County outside the Irvine city limits. Estill County has two adjacent towns, known as the twin cities, Irvine and Ravenna. Both cities sit along the Kentucky River in the central part of the county. Ravenna is home to a former CSX Transportation facility, now owned by Kentucky Steam Heritage Corporation for the restoration of Chesapeake and Ohio 2716. It conducts the Ravenna Railroad Festival annually in late summer, and the historic Fitchburg & Cottage Furnaces are located here. Irvine hosts the annual Mountain Mushroom Festival over the last weekend of April, which celebrates the abundant Morel Mushrooms found in the region.
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