Elliott County, Kentucky

Elliott County, Kentucky
Elliott County courthouse in Sandy Hook
Location in the U.S. state of Kentucky
Kentucky's location in the U.S.
Founded	1869
Named for	John Lisle Elliott or John Milton Elliott
Seat	Sandy Hook
Largest city	Sandy Hook
Area
• Total	235 sq mi (609 km2)
• Land	234 sq mi (606 km2)
• Water	1.0 sq mi (3 km2), 0.4%
Population
• (2010)	7,852
• Density	34/sq mi (13/km²)
Congressional district	5th
Time zone	Eastern: UTC-5/-4
Website	elliottcounty.ky.gov/Pages/default.aspx

Elliott County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2010 census, the population was 7,852. Its county seat is Sandy Hook. The county was formed in 1869 from parts of Morgan, Lawrence, and Carter counties, and is named for John Milton Elliott, U.S. Congressman; Confederate Justice of the Kentucky Court of Appeals. In regard to alcohol sales, Elliott County is a dry county, meaning the sale of alcoholic beverages is prohibited everywhere in the county.

Elliott County was established in 1869 from land given by Carter, Lawrence, and Morgan counties. A fire at the courthouse in 1957 resulted in the destruction of many county records.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 235 square miles (610 km²), of which 234 square miles (610 km²) is land and 1.0 square mile (2.6 km²) (0.4%) is water.

Elliott County had voted for the Democratic Party's nominee in every presidential election since it was formed in 1869, up until the 2016 presidential election when it voted 70-26 in favor of Donald Trump. This was the longest streak of any county voting Democratic in the United States. It was also the last Southern rural county to have never voted for a Republican in any Presidential election, until 2016. Even in nationwide Republican landslides like 1972 and 1984, when Republicans were winning the state of Kentucky overall with more than 60% of the vote, Elliot County voted 65.3% and 73.4% Democratic, respectively.