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Greenup County
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county in Kentucky, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Kentucky
- Named after
- Christopher Greenup
- Seat
- Greenup
- Largest city
- Flatwoods
- Judge executive
- Bobby Hall (R)
- Total
- 354 sq mi (920 km )
- Land
- 344 sq mi (890 km )
- Water
- 10 sq mi (26 km ) 2.8%
- Estimate 2025
- 35,213
- Density
- 105/sq mi (40.4/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 4th
- Website
- www .greenupcountyky .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Christopher Greenup
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Kentucky
- Contains
- Greenup
- Capital
- Greenup
- Population
- 35962
- Area
- 918
- Time zone
- Eastern Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Lewis County
- Official website
- www.tourgreenupcounty.com
- Image
- Greenup County, Kentucky courthouse.jpg
- Households
- 14314
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- category of associated people
- Category:People from Greenup County, Kentucky
- Commons category
- Greenup County, Kentucky
- topic's main category
- Category:Greenup County, Kentucky
- inception
- 1803-12-12
- water as percent of area
- 2.8
- native label
- Greenup County
- per capita income
- 27496
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Encyclopedic overview
Greenup County is a county located along the Ohio River in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 35,962. The county was founded in 1803 and named in honor of Christopher Greenup. Its county seat is Greenup. Greenup County is part of the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metropolitan Statistical Area.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Greenup County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.