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Mason County
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county in Kentucky, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Kentucky
- Named after
- George Mason
- Seat
- Maysville
- Largest city
- Maysville
- Judge executive
- Owen McNeill (D)
- Total
- 246 sq mi (640 km )
- Land
- 240 sq mi (620 km )
- Water
- 6.3 sq mi (16 km ) 2.6%
- Estimate 2025
- 16,936
- Density
- 71/sq mi (28/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 4th
- Website
- masoncountykentucky .us
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 17120
- Area
- 639
- Official website
- www.masoncountykentucky.com
- Image
- MasonCountyCourthouse.jpg
- Households
- 6523
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- Commons category
- Mason County, Kentucky
- inception
- 1788-11-05
- water as percent of area
- 2.6
- native label
- Mason County
- per capita income
- 29371
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Mason County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 17,120. Its county seat is Maysville. The county was created from Bourbon County, Virginia in 1788 and named for George Mason, a Virginia delegate to the U.S. Constitutional Convention known as the "Father of the Bill of Rights". Mason County comprises the Maysville, KY Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is included in the Cincinnati-Wilmington-Maysville, OH-KY-IN Combined Statistical Area.
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