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Jessamine County
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county in Kentucky, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Kentucky
- Founded
- December 19, 1798
- Named after
- Jasmine flowers, Jessamine Creek
- Seat
- Nicholasville
- Largest city
- Nicholasville
- Judge executive
- David West (R)
- Total
- 175 sq mi (450 km )
- Land
- 172 sq mi (450 km )
- Water
- 2.4 sq mi (6.2 km ) 1.4%
- Estimate 2025
- 57,147
- Density
- 308/sq mi (119/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 6th
- Website
- jessamineky .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Kentucky
- Capital
- Nicholasville
- Population
- 52991
- Area
- 452
- Time zone
- Eastern Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Woodford County
- Official website
- www.jessamineco.com
- Image
- Jessamine County Kentucky Courthouse.jpg
- Households
- 18888
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- Commons category
- Jessamine County, Kentucky
- topic's main category
- Category:Jessamine County, Kentucky
- water as percent of area
- 1.4
- native label
- Jessamine County
- inception
- 1798-12-19
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Jessamine County, Kentucky
- per capita income
- 33110
- topic has template
- Template:Jessamine County, Kentucky
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Encyclopedic overview
Jessamine County (/ˈdʒɛsəmɪn/) is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 52,991. Its county seat is Nicholasville. The county was founded in December 1798. Jessamine County is part of the Lexington-Fayette, KY Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is within the Inner Blue Grass region, long a center of farming and thoroughbred horse breeding. The legislature established a commercial wine industry here in the late 18th century.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jessamine County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.