Grant County, Kentucky
| Grant County, Kentucky | |
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The Grant County courthouse in Williamstown
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 Location in the U.S. state of Kentucky |
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 Kentucky's location in the U.S. |
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| Founded | 1820 |
| Seat | Williamstown |
| Largest city | Williamstown |
| Area | |
| • Total | 261 sq mi (676 km2) |
| • Land | 258 sq mi (668 km2) |
| • Water | 2.8 sq mi (7 km2), 1.1% |
| Population | |
| • (2010) | 24,682 |
| • Density | 96/sq mi (37/km²) |
| Congressional district | 4th |
| Time zone | Eastern: UTC-5/-4 |
| Website | grantcounty |
Grant County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2010 census, the population was 24,662. 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 is a limited dry county, meaning that sale of alcohol in the county is prohibited, except in Crittenden, Corinth, Dry Ridge and Williamstown, where it is legal by the drink in restaurants seating at least 100 diners and deriving at least 70% of total sales from food. In the 19th century, Grant County contained 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.
Grant County was established in 1820 from land taken from Pendleton County. The present courthouse, built in 1939, replaced two earlier structures.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 261 square miles (680 km2), of which 258 square miles (670 km2) is land and 2.8 square miles (7.3 km2) (1.1%) is water.
As of the census of 2000, there were 22,384 people, 8,175 households, and 6,221 families residing in the county. The population density was 86 per square mile (33/km2). There were 9,306 housing units at an average density of 36 per square mile (14/km2). The racial makeup of the county was 98.31% White, 0.25% Black or African American, 0.23% Native American, 0.29% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 0.32% from other races, and 0.54% from two or more races. 1.04% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
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