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Owen County
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county in Kentucky, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Kentucky
- Named after
- Abraham Owen
- Seat
- Owenton
- Largest city
- Owenton
- Judge executive
- Todd Woodyard (R)
- Total
- 354 sq mi (920 km )
- Land
- 351 sq mi (910 km )
- Water
- 3.1 sq mi (8.0 km ) 0.9%
- Estimate 2025
- 11,601
- Density
- 32.1/sq mi (12.4/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 4th
- Website
- www .owencountyky .us
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Kentucky
- Capital
- Owenton
- Population
- 11278
- Area
- 917
- Time zone
- Eastern Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Gallatin County
- Official website
- www.owencounty.ky.gov
- Image
- Owen County, Kentucky courthouse.jpg
- Households
- 4246
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- Commons category
- Owen County, Kentucky
- topic's main category
- Category:Owen County, Kentucky
- inception
- 1819-02-06
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Owen County, Kentucky
- different from
- Owen County
- water as percent of area
- 0.9
- native label
- Owen County
- per capita income
- 25997
Sources (8)
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Encyclopedic overview
Owen County is a county located in the northern part of the U.S. state of Kentucky. Its county seat is Owenton. The county is named for Colonel Abraham Owen. It is a prohibition or dry county, with the exception of a winery that is authorized to sell its product to the public, and limited sales within the incorporated city limits of Owenton.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Owen County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.