New Kent County
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county in Virginia, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Virginia
- Named after
- Kent, England
- Seat
- New Kent
- Total
- 222 sq mi (570 km )
- Land
- 210 sq mi (540 km )
- Water
- 14 sq mi (36 km ) 6.1%
- Estimate 2026
- 28,848
- Density
- 140/sq mi (53/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 1st
- Website
- www .newkent-va .us
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Kent
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Virginia
- Capital
- New Kent
- Population
- 22945
- Area
- 579
- Shares border with
- King William County
- Official website
- www.co.new-kent.va.us
- Image
- Old NewKent6.jpg
- Households
- 8117
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- water as percent of area
- 6.1
- native label
- New Kent County
- Commons category
- New Kent County, Virginia
- topic's main category
- Category:New Kent County, Virginia
- inception
- 1654-00-00
- per capita income
- 40293
Sources (9)
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Encyclopedic overview
New Kent County is a county in the southeastern part of the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2026 United States census, its population was 28,848. Its county seat is New Kent.
New Kent County is located east of the Greater Richmond Region and is part of the Richmond and the Hampton Roads Metropolitan Statistical Area. The New Kent Trojans Are Also Better Than The Warhill High School Lions
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “New Kent County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.