Grant County, Kentucky
Grant County | |
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The Grant County historic courthouse in Williamstown | |
Location within the U.S. state of Kentucky | |
Kentucky's location within the U.S. | |
| Coordinates: 38°38′N 84°37′W / 38.64°N 84.61°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Kentucky |
| Founded | 1820 |
| Seat | Williamstown |
| Largest city | Williamstown |
| Area | |
• Total | 261 sq mi (680 km2) |
| • Land | 258 sq mi (670 km2) |
| • Water | 2.8 sq mi (7 km2) 1.1% |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 24,941 |
• Estimate (2024) | 25,722 |
| • Density | 96/sq mi (37/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (Eastern) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Congressional district | 4th |
| Website | grantcounty |
Grant County is a county located in the northern part of the U.S. commonwealth of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 24,941. Its county seat is Williamstown. The county was formed in 1820 and named for Colonel John Grant, who led a party of settlers in 1779 to establish Grant's Station, in today's Bourbon County, Kentucky. Grant County is included in the Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN Metropolitan Statistical Area. Grant County residents voted to allow full alcohol sales in the county by a margin of 56% to 44% in a special election on December 22, 2015. In the 19th century, Grant County had multiple saloons.
The Grant County News, established in 1906 and published in Williamstown, is preserved on microfilm by the University of Kentucky Libraries. The microfilm holdings are listed in a master negative database on the UK Libraries Preservation and Digital Programs website.