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Grayson County

county in Kentucky, United States

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Country: United States
State: Kentucky
Named after: William Grayson
Seat: Leitchfield
Largest city: Leitchfield
Judge executive: Kevin Henderson (R)
Total: 511 sq mi (1,320 km )
Land: 497 sq mi (1,290 km )
Water: 14 sq mi (36 km ) 2.8%
Estimate 2025: 27,406
Density: 53.2/sq mi (20.5/km )
Time zone: UTC−6 ( Central )
Summer dst: UTC−5 ( CDT )
Congressional district: 2nd
Website: www .graysoncountyky .gov

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Grayson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 26,420. Its county seat is Leitchfield. The county was formed in 1810 and named for William Grayson (1740–1790), a Revolutionary War colonel and a prominent Virginia political figure. Grayson County was formerly a prohibition or dry county, but Leitchfield allowed limited alcohol sales in restaurants in 2010 and voted "wet" in 2016.

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