Jay County
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county in Indiana, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Indiana
- Founded
- February 7, 1835 (authorized), 1836 (organized)
- Named after
- John Jay
- Seat
- Portland
- Largest city
- Portland
- Total
- 384.08 sq mi (994.8 km )
- Land
- 383.90 sq mi (994.3 km )
- Water
- 0.18 sq mi (0.47 km ) 0.05%
- Estimate 2025
- 20,118
- Density
- 52.5/sq mi (20.3/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 3rd
- Website
- jaycounty .net
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Jay County is a county in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of 2020, the population was 20,478. The county seat is Portland.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jay County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.