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Wolfe County

county in Kentucky, United States
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Wolfe County

Summary

Wolfe County is a county of Kentucky[1]. It draws 233 Wikipedia views per month (county_of_kentucky category, ranking #41 of 120).[2]

Key Facts

  • Wolfe County is located in Kentucky[3].
  • Wolfe County is in the country of United States[4].
  • Wolfe County's instance of is recorded as county of Kentucky[5].
  • Wolfe County's capital is recorded as Campton[6].
  • Wolfe County's shares border with is recorded as Morgan County[7].
  • Wolfe County's shares border with is recorded as Magoffin County[8].
  • Wolfe County's shares border with is recorded as Breathitt County[9].
  • Wolfe County's shares border with is recorded as Lee County[10].
  • Wolfe County's shares border with is recorded as Menifee County[11].
  • Wolfe County's shares border with is recorded as Powell County[12].
  • Nathaniel Wolfe is named after Wolfe County[13].
  • Wolfe County's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Campton[14].
  • Wolfe County's Commons category is recorded as Wolfe County, Kentucky[15].
  • March 5, 1860 marks the founding of Wolfe County[16].
  • Wolfe County's coordinate location is recorded as {'latitude': 37.74, 'longitude': -83.49}[17].
  • Wolfe County's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Wolfe County, Kentucky[18].
  • Wolfe County has a population of {'amount': '+7355'}[19].
  • Wolfe County has a population of {'amount': '+7350'}[20].
  • Wolfe County has a population of {'amount': '+7363'}[21].
  • Wolfe County has a population of {'amount': '+7183'}[22].
  • Wolfe County has a population of {'amount': '+7248'}[23].
  • Wolfe County has a population of {'amount': '+7259'}[24].
  • Wolfe County has a population of {'amount': '+6562'}[25].
  • Wolfe County's category for people born here is recorded as Category:Births in Wolfe County, Kentucky[26].
  • Wolfe County's number of households is recorded as {'amount': '+2991'}[27].

Body

Geography

Wolfe County is in the country of United States[4]. It is located in Kentucky[3].

Physical Characteristics

Wolfe County covers an area of {'amount': '+577'}[28]. Population counts include {'amount': '+7355'}[19], {'amount': '+7350'}[20], {'amount': '+7363'}[21], {'amount': '+7183'}[22], {'amount': '+7248'}[23], and {'amount': '+7259'}[24].

Designation and Status

Wolfe County's instance of is recorded as county of Kentucky[5].

History and Context

March 5, 1860 marks the founding of Wolfe County[16]. Nathaniel Wolfe is named after it[13].

Why It Matters

Wolfe County draws 233 Wikipedia views per month (county_of_kentucky category, ranking #41 of 120).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] It is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

Related Entities

Kentucky United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5w ago · Theklan · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
    P14687 → Data:US presidential elections by county/Wolfe County, Kentu
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P14687]]: Data:US presidential elections by county/Wolfe County, Kentucky.tab, Link US presidential election dataset (P14687, subject: United States presidentia"
  2. 21w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxonomicon id → 1805968
    Obo gazetteer id → 22224340
    Umls cui → C3827278
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/31546|batch #31546]]"
  3. 21w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Category of associated people → Category:People from Wolfe County, Kentucky
    Contains the administrative territorial entity → Campton
    Coordinate location → {'latitude': 37.74, 'longitude': -83.49}
    Population → —
    + 25 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P1748]]: C108799, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1778695477825"
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