Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Kentucky
- County
- Marion
- Named after
- a local Catholic sisterhood
- Total
- 3.22 sq mi (8.34 km )
- Land
- 3.19 sq mi (8.26 km )
- Water
- 0.031 sq mi (0.08 km )
- Elevation
- 738 ft (225 m)
- Density
- 226.7/sq mi (87.54/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-5 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-4 (EDT)
- Area codes
- 270 & 364
- Fips code
- 21-47710
- Gnis feature id
- 0497170
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Official name
- Loretto
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Marion County
- Population
- 723
- Area
- 8.32439
- Elevation
- 225
- Image
- Loretto-KY52-ky.jpg
- Households
- 262
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- water as percent of area
- 1.0138
- postal code
- 40037
- inception
- 1866-00-00
- Commons category
- Loretto, Kentucky
- per capita income
- 19016
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Encyclopedic overview
Loretto is a home rule-class city in Marion County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 723 at the 2020 census. It is best known as the home of the Maker's Mark bourbon distillery.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Loretto” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.