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Menifee County
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county in Kentucky, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Kentucky
- Named after
- Richard H. Menefee
- Seat
- Frenchburg
- Largest city
- Frenchburg
- Judge executive
- Hector Alcala (R)
- Total
- 206 sq mi (530 km )
- Land
- 204 sq mi (530 km )
- Water
- 2.3 sq mi (6.0 km ) 1.1%
- Estimate 2025
- 6,430
- Density
- 30.0/sq mi (11.6/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 6th
- Website
- menifeecounty .ky .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Kentucky
- Capital
- Frenchburg
- Population
- 6113
- Area
- 534
- Time zone
- Eastern Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Wolfe County
- Official website
- www.menifeecounty.ky.gov
- Image
- Menifee County Courhouse, Kentucky.jpg
- Households
- 2464
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- Commons category
- Menifee County, Kentucky
- topic's main category
- Category:Menifee County, Kentucky
- water as percent of area
- 1.1
- native label
- Menifee County
- inception
- 1869-03-10
- per capita income
- 20283
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Encyclopedic overview
Menifee County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 6,113, making it the fifth-least populous county in Kentucky. Its county seat is Frenchburg. The county is named for Richard Hickman Menefee, U.S. Congressman, although the spelling has changed. Menifee County is part of the Mount Sterling, KY Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Lexington-Fayette–Richmond–Frankfort, KY combined statistical area. It is located in the foothills of the Cumberland Plateau.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Menifee County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.