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Kosciusko 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
- Tadeusz Kościuszko
- Seat
- Warsaw
- Largest city
- Warsaw
- Total
- 554.39 sq mi (1,435.9 km )
- Land
- 531.38 sq mi (1,376.3 km )
- Water
- 23.01 sq mi (59.6 km ) 4.15%
- Estimate 2025
- 80,892
- Density
- 152/sq mi (59/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional districts
- 2nd , 3rd
- Website
- www .kcgov .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Tadeusz Kościuszko
- Official name
- Kosciusko County
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Indiana
- Contains
- Warsaw
- Capital
- Warsaw
- Population
- 80240
- Area
- 1436
- Time zone
- Eastern Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Fulton County
- Official website
- www.kcgov.com
- Image
- Kosciusko County Courthouse from southeast near sunset.jpg
- Households
- 31462
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- Commons category
- Kosciusko County, Indiana
- topic's main category
- Category:Kosciusko County, Indiana
- inception
- 1835-02-07
- water as percent of area
- 4.15
- native label
- Kosciusko County
- per capita income
- 30951
Sources (10)
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Encyclopedic overview
Kosciusko County (/ˌkɒziˈɒskoʊ/ KOZ-ee-OSS-koh) is a county in the U.S. state of Indiana. At the 2020 United States census, its population was 80,240. The county seat (and only incorporated city) is Warsaw. The county was organized in 1836. It was named after the Polish general Tadeusz Kościuszko who served in the American Revolutionary War and then returned to Poland. The county seat is named after Warsaw, the capital of Poland.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kosciusko County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.