Magoffin County
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county in Kentucky, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Kentucky
- Named after
- Beriah Magoffin
- Seat
- Salyersville
- Largest city
- Salyersville
- Judge executive
- Don McFarland (D)
- Total
- 309 sq mi (800 km )
- Land
- 308 sq mi (800 km )
- Water
- 0.7 sq mi (1.8 km ) 0.2%
- Estimate 2025
- 11,110
- Density
- 37.8/sq mi (14.6/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 5th
- Website
- magoffincounty .ky .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Beriah Magoffin
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Kentucky
- Capital
- Salyersville
- Population
- 11637
- Area
- 801
- Time zone
- Eastern Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Wolfe County
- Official website
- magoffincounty.ky.gov
- Image
- Magoffin County Justice Center.jpg
- Households
- 4989
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- Commons category
- Magoffin County, Kentucky
- topic's main category
- Category:Magoffin County, Kentucky
- inception
- 1860-02-22
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Magoffin County, Kentucky
- water as percent of area
- 0.2
- native label
- Magoffin County
- per capita income
- 17939
- topic has template
- Template:Magoffin County, Kentucky
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Encyclopedic overview
Magoffin County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, its population was 11,637. Its county seat is Salyersville. The county was formed in 1860 from adjacent portions of Floyd, Johnson, and Morgan Counties. It was named for Beriah Magoffin, who was governor of Kentucky (1859–62).
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Magoffin County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.