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Kent County
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county in Maryland, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Maryland
- Founded
- December 30, 1642
- Named after
- Kent
- Seat
- Chestertown
- Largest town
- Chestertown
- Total
- 413 sq mi (1,070 km )
- Land
- 277 sq mi (720 km )
- Water
- 136 sq mi (350 km ) 33%
- Estimate 2025
- 19,565
- Density
- 69.3/sq mi (26.8/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 1st
- Website
- kentcounty .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Part of
- Eastern Shore of Maryland
- Named after
- Kent
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Maryland
- Capital
- Chestertown
- Population
- 19198
- Area
- 1073
- Elevation
- 19
- Time zone
- UTC−04:00
- Body of water
- Chesapeake Bay
- Shares border with
- Baltimore County
- Official website
- kentcounty.com
- Image
- KentCountyCourthouseMD 2015.jpg
- Households
- 8274
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- FAQ URL
- www.kentcounty.com/kcfaq
- different from
- Kent County
- water as percent of area
- 33
- Commons category
- Kent County, Maryland
- topic's main category
- Category:Kent County, Maryland
- inception
- 1642-12-16
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Kent County, Maryland
- native label
- Kent County
- per capita income
- 37699
- topic has template
- Template:Kent County, Maryland
- NCI Thesaurus ID
- C108894
- official map URL
- www.roads.maryland.gov/Town_Gridmaps/100000_Kent.pdf
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Encyclopedic overview
Kent County is a county located in the U.S. state of Maryland. As of the 2020 census, its population was 19,198, making it the least populous county in Maryland. Its county seat is Chestertown. The county was named for the county of Kent in England. The county is part of the Mid-Eastern Shore region of the state and is the oldest county in Maryland.
Along with Caroline and Garrett Counties, it is one of three counties in the state that are not part of a metropolitan statistical area.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kent County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.