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Lawrence County
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county in Kentucky, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Kentucky
- Founded
- December 14, 1821
- Named after
- James Lawrence
- Seat
- Louisa
- Largest city
- Louisa
- Judge executive
- Phillip Carter (R)
- Total
- 420 sq mi (1,100 km )
- Land
- 416 sq mi (1,080 km )
- Water
- 4.5 sq mi (12 km ) 1.1%
- Estimate 2025
- 15,765
- Density
- 39.2/sq mi (15.1/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 5th
- Website
- lawrencecountyky .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 16293
- Area
- 1088
- Official website
- www.lawrencecoky.com
- Image
- Lawrence County Courthouse in Louisa from south.jpg
- Households
- 5583
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- Commons category
- Lawrence County, Kentucky
- inception
- 1821-12-14
- water as percent of area
- 1.1
- native label
- Lawrence County
- per capita income
- 17882
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Lawrence County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 16,293. Its county seat is Louisa.
Named for James Lawrence, a naval officer from the War of 1812, Lawrence County has produced many country music stars including Tyler Childers, Larry Cordle, Ricky Skaggs, and Noah Thompson as well as late Chief Justice of the United States Fred M. Vinson and former Kentucky governor Paul E. Patton.
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