Founded in the year 1856 and named in the honor of John Rowan, the Senator, the Rowan County occupies an area of 286.25 sq mi approximately. Morehead is the county seat. A population of around 23.3K people with marvelous combination of races including White, Native American, black or African American, Asian, Hispanic or Latino, Pacific Islander, and others along with more than 7.9K housing units inhabits this region.

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