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Hancock County
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county in Kentucky, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Kentucky
- Named after
- John Hancock
- Seat
- Hawesville
- Largest city
- Lewisport
- Judge executive
- Johnny W. Roberts Jr. (R)
- Total
- 199 sq mi (520 km )
- Land
- 188 sq mi (490 km )
- Water
- 11 sq mi (28 km ) 5.6%
- Estimate 2025
- 9,050
- Density
- 48.4/sq mi (18.7/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 2nd
- Website
- www .hancockky .us
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- John Hancock
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Kentucky
- Contains
- Hawesville
- Capital
- Hawesville
- Population
- 9095
- Area
- 515
- Time zone
- Central Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Perry County
- Official website
- www.hancockky.us
- Image
- Hancock County Court House.JPG
- Households
- 3364
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- different from
- Hancock County
- water as percent of area
- 5.6
- native label
- Hancock County
- Commons category
- Hancock County, Kentucky
- topic's main category
- Category:Hancock County, Kentucky
- inception
- 1829-01-03
- per capita income
- 25891
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Encyclopedic overview
Hancock County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 9,095. Its county seat is in the city of Hawesville located in the Northern part of the county, and its largest city of Lewisport is located in the Northwestern part of the county.
Hancock County is included in the Owensboro metropolitan area.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hancock County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.