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Harrison County
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county in Kentucky, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Kentucky
- Founded
- December 21, 1793
- Named after
- Benjamin Harrison (Pennsylvania)
- Seat
- Cynthiana
- Largest city
- Cynthiana
- Judge executive
- Jason Marshall (R)
- Total
- 310 sq mi (800 km )
- Land
- 306 sq mi (790 km )
- Water
- 3.5 sq mi (9.1 km ) 1.1%
- Estimate 2025
- 19,627
- Density
- 61.1/sq mi (23.6/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 4th
- Website
- www.harrisoncounty, fiscalcourt.com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Benjamin Harrison V
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Kentucky
- Capital
- Cynthiana
- Population
- 18692
- Area
- 803
- Time zone
- Eastern Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Robertson County
- Official website
- www.harrisoncountyfiscalcourt.com
- Image
- Harrison county kentucky courthouse.jpg
- Households
- 7474
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- different from
- Harrisonburg
- water as percent of area
- 1.1
- native label
- Harrison County
- Commons category
- Harrison County, Kentucky
- topic's main category
- Category:Harrison County, Kentucky
- inception
- 1793-12-21
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Harrison County, Kentucky
- per capita income
- 25226
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Encyclopedic overview
Harrison County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 18,692. Its county seat is Cynthiana. The county was founded in 1793 and named for Colonel Benjamin Harrison, an advocate for Kentucky statehood, framer of the Kentucky Constitution, and Kentucky legislator.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Harrison County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.