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Marion County
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county in Kentucky, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Kentucky
- Named after
- Francis Marion
- Seat
- Lebanon
- Largest city
- Lebanon
- Judge executive
- David R. Daugherty (D)
- Total
- 347 sq mi (900 km )
- Land
- 343 sq mi (890 km )
- Water
- 3.9 sq mi (10 km ) 1.1%
- Estimate 2025
- 20,115
- Density
- 57.1/sq mi (22.0/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 1st
- Website
- marioncounty .ky .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Francis Marion
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Kentucky
- Capital
- Lebanon
- Population
- 19581
- Area
- 898
- Time zone
- Eastern Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Nelson County
- Official website
- www.marioncounty.ky.gov
- Image
- Marion County Kentucky courthouse.jpg
- Households
- 7433
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- category of associated people
- Category:People from Marion County, Kentucky
- Commons category
- Marion County, Kentucky
- topic's main category
- Category:Marion County, Kentucky
- inception
- 1834-01-25
- different from
- Marion County
- water as percent of area
- 1.1
- native label
- Marion County
- per capita income
- 22747
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Encyclopedic overview
Marion County is a county in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the total population was 19,581. Its county seat is Lebanon. The county was founded in 1834 and named for Francis Marion, the American Revolutionary War hero known as the "Swamp Fox".
Geography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Marion County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.