Hancock County was founded in the year 1829 and received its name from John Hancock (1737–1793), signer of the United States Declaration of Independence. Located in the U.S. state of Kentucky, the territory encloses an area of 198.92 sq mi. More than 8.3K people with marvelous combination of races including White, Native American, black or African American, Asian, Hispanic or Latino, Pacific Islander, and others along with 3.2K households and 2.4K family units reside in this region. Hawesville is the county seat and Lewisport is the largest city.

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