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Rowan County
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county in Kentucky, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Kentucky
- Named after
- John Rowan
- Seat
- Morehead
- Largest city
- Morehead
- Judge executive
- Harry Clark (D)
- Total
- 286 sq mi (740 km )
- Land
- 280 sq mi (730 km )
- Water
- 6.5 sq mi (17 km ) 2.3%
- Estimate 2025
- 24,476
- Density
- 88/sq mi (34/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 5th
- Website
- https://www.rcky.us/
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- John Rowan
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Kentucky
- Capital
- Morehead
- Population
- 24662
- Area
- 741
- Time zone
- Eastern Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Lewis County
- Headquarters
- Morehead
- Official website
- www.moreheadrowan.org/rowancounty
- Image
- Rowan County, kentucky courthouse.jpg
- Households
- 8747
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- Commons category
- Rowan County, Kentucky
- topic's main category
- Category:Rowan County, Kentucky
- inception
- 1856-00-00
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Rowan County, Kentucky
- different from
- Rowan County
- water as percent of area
- 2.3
- native label
- Rowan County
- per capita income
- 23985
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Encyclopedic overview
Rowan County is a county located in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Kentucky, in the Eastern Kentucky Coalfield region. As of the 2020 census, the population was 24,662. Its county seat is Morehead.
The county was created in 1856 from parts of Fleming and Morgan counties, and named after John Rowan, who represented Kentucky in the House of Representatives and the Senate.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rowan County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.