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Livingston County
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county in Kentucky, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Kentucky
- Named after
- Robert R. Livingston
- Seat
- Smithland
- Largest community
- Ledbetter
- Judge executive
- Michael Williams (R)
- Total
- 342 sq mi (890 km )
- Land
- 313 sq mi (810 km )
- Water
- 29 sq mi (75 km ) 8.5%
- Estimate 2025
- 8,863
- Density
- 28.4/sq mi (11.0/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 1st
- Website
- livingstoncountyky .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Robert R. Livingston
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Kentucky
- Capital
- Smithland
- Population
- 8888
- Area
- 886
- Time zone
- Central Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Crittenden County
- Official website
- www.livingstonco.ky.gov
- Image
- Livingston County Courthouse, Smithland.jpg
- Households
- 3803
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- Commons category
- Livingston County, Kentucky
- topic's main category
- Category:Livingston County, Kentucky
- inception
- 1798-12-13
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Livingston County, Kentucky
- different from
- Livingston Parish
- water as percent of area
- 8.5
- native label
- Livingston County
- per capita income
- 28504
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Encyclopedic overview
Livingston County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 8,888. Its county seat is Smithland and its largest community is Ledbetter. The county was established in 1798 from land taken from Christian County and is named for Robert R. Livingston, a member of the Committee of Five that drafted the U.S. Declaration of Independence. The county was strongly pro-Confederate during the American Civil War and many men volunteered for the Confederate Army. Livingston County is part of the Paducah, KY-IL Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is a prohibition or dry county with the exception of Grand Rivers which voted to allow alcohol sales in 2016.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Livingston County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.