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Knox County
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county in Maine, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Maine
- Founded
- April 1, 1860
- Named after
- Henry Knox
- Seat
- Rockland
- Largest city
- Rockland
- Total
- 1,144 sq mi (2,960 km )
- Land
- 365 sq mi (950 km )
- Water
- 779 sq mi (2,020 km ) 68%
- Estimate 2025
- 41,117
- Density
- 111/sq mi (43.0/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 1st
- Website
- knoxcountymaine .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Henry Knox
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Maine
- Contains
- Washington
- Capital
- Rockland
- Population
- 40607
- Area
- 2958
- Shares border with
- Hancock County
- Official website
- www.knoxcountymaine.gov
- Image
- Knox County Courthouse, Rockland, Maine.jpg
- Households
- 17497
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- Commons category
- Knox County, Maine
- topic's main category
- Category:Knox County, Maine
- inception
- 1860-00-00
- different from
- Knox County
- water as percent of area
- 68
- native label
- Knox County
- per capita income
- 34420
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Encyclopedic overview
Knox County is a county located in the state of Maine, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 40,607. Its county seat is Rockland. The county is named for Revolutionary War general and Secretary of War Henry Knox, who lived in the county from 1795 until his death in 1806. The county was established on April 1, 1860, and is the most recent county to be created in Maine. It was carved from parts of Waldo and Lincoln counties. The Union Fair, started in 1868, began as the efforts of the North Knox Agricultural and Horticultural Society.
Geography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Knox County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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