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Rockcastle County
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county in Kentucky, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Kentucky
- Named after
- Rockcastle River
- Seat
- Mount Vernon
- Largest city
- Mount Vernon
- Judge executive
- Howell Holbrook Jr. (R)
- Total
- 318 sq mi (820 km )
- Land
- 317 sq mi (820 km )
- Water
- 1.6 sq mi (4.1 km ) 0.5%
- Estimate 2025
- 16,148
- Density
- 50.6/sq mi (19.5/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 5th
- Website
- rockcastlecountyky .com
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Rockcastle County is a county located in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 16,037. Its county seat is Mt. Vernon.
The county was founded in 1810 and named for the Rockcastle River, which runs through it; the river, in turn, is named for its rock cliffs. Rockcastle County is part of the Richmond-Berea, KY Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Lexington-Fayette–Richmond–Frankfort, KY combined statistical area.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rockcastle County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.