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Lewis County
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county in Kentucky, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Kentucky
- Founded
- December 2, 1806
- Named after
- Meriwether Lewis
- Seat
- Vanceburg
- Largest city
- Vanceburg
- Judge executive
- George Sparks (R)
- Total
- 495 sq mi (1,280 km )
- Land
- 483 sq mi (1,250 km )
- Water
- 13 sq mi (34 km ) 2.5%
- Estimate 2025
- 12,901
- Density
- 27.1/sq mi (10.5/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 4th
- Website
- lewiscountyky .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Meriwether Lewis
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Kentucky
- Capital
- Vanceburg
- Population
- 13080
- Area
- 1284
- Time zone
- Eastern Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Mason County
- Official website
- www.lewischamber.com
- Image
- Lewis County, Kentucky courthouse.jpg
- Households
- 5226
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- different from
- Lewis and Clark County
- water as percent of area
- 2.5
- native label
- Lewis County
- topic's main category
- Category:Lewis County, Kentucky
- Commons category
- Lewis County, Kentucky
- inception
- 1806-12-02
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Lewis County, Kentucky
- per capita income
- 18853
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Encyclopedic overview
Lewis County is near the northeastern tip of the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 13,080. Its county seat is Vanceburg.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lewis County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.