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Pike County
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county in Kentucky, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Kentucky
- Founded
- December 19, 1821
- Named after
- Zebulon Pike
- Seat
- Pikeville
- Largest city
- Pikeville
- Judge executive
- Ray Jones II (D)
- Total
- 789 sq mi (2,040 km )
- Land
- 787 sq mi (2,040 km )
- Water
- 1.8 sq mi (4.7 km ) 0.2%
- Estimate 2025
- 54,721
- Density
- 74.5/sq mi (28.8/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 5th
- Website
- www .pikecountyky .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 58669
- Area
- 2043
- Elevation
- 561
- Official website
- www.pikecountyky.gov
- Image
- Pike county courthouse.jpg
- Households
- 25506
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- water as percent of area
- 0.2
- native label
- Pike County
- inception
- 1821-12-19
- Commons category
- Pike County, Kentucky
- per capita income
- 22515
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Pike County is the easternmost county in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 58,669. Its county seat is Pikeville. The county was founded in 1821. It is a moist county—a county in which alcohol sales are prohibited but which contains a "wet" city. In three of the county's cities—Pikeville, Elkhorn City, and Coal Run Village—package alcohol sales are legal.
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