Breckinridge County | |
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 Breckinridge County, Kentucky courthouse in Hardinsburg | |
 Flag  Seal | |
 Location within the U.S. state of Kentucky | |
 Kentucky's location within the U.S. | |
| Coordinates: 37°46′N 86°26′W / 37.77°N 86.43°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  Kentucky |
| Founded | 1799 |
| Named for | John Breckinridge |
| Seat | Hardinsburg |
| Largest city | Hardinsburg |
| Area | |
• Total | 586 sq mi (1,520 km2) |
| • Land | 567 sq mi (1,470 km2) |
| • Water | 18 sq mi (50 km2) 3.2% |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 20,432 |
• Estimate (2023) | 21,124  |
| • Density | 35/sq mi (13/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−6 (Central) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
| Congressional district | 2nd |
| Website | breckinridgeky |
Breckinridge County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 20,432.[1] Its county seat is Hardinsburg, Kentucky.[2] The county was named for John Breckinridge (1760–1806), a Kentucky Attorney General, state legislator, United States Senator, and United States Attorney General.[3][4] It was the 38th Kentucky county in order of formation.[5] Breckinridge County is now a wet county, following a local-option election on January 29, 2013, but it had been a dry county for the previous 105 years.
- ^ "State & County QuickFacts". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on August 4, 2023. Retrieved September 8, 2022.
- ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on June 15, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
- ^ The Register of the Kentucky State Historical Society, Vol. 1. Kentucky State Historical Society. 1903. p. 34.
- ^ "Brekinridge County". The Kentucky Encyclopedia. 2000. Archived from the original on July 17, 2019. Retrieved August 20, 2014.
- ^ Collins, Lewis (1882). Collins' Historical Sketches of Kentucky: History of Kentucky, Vol. 2. Collins & Co. p. 26. Archived from the original on July 20, 2023. Retrieved October 29, 2016.