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Crittenden County is located in the Western Kentucky Fluorspar
district of the Mississippian Plateau area of extreme western Kentucky. Marion,
the county seat, is located:
* 50 miles east of Paducah, Kentucky
* 64 miles southwest of Evansville, Indiana * 125 miles northwest of
Nashville, Tennessee * 176 miles southeast of St. Louis, Missouri * 191 miles west of Louisville, Kentucky
Percent of U.S. Within 600 Miles of Marion:
Population:
47%
Personal Income:
44%
Retail Sales:
52%
Manufacturing Employment:
45%
City
Miles
City
Miles
City
Miles
1.
Atlanta, GA
367
11.
Dallas, TX
684
21.
Nashville, TN
125
2.
Baltimore, MD
767
12.
Detroit, MI
552
22.
New Orleans, LA
606
3.
Birmingham, AL
313
13.
Houston, TX
809
23.
New York, NY
932
4.
Boston, MA
1,141
14.
Indianapolis, IN
305
24.
Norfolk, VA
812
5.
Buffalo, NY
726
15.
Jacksonville, FL
714
25.
Oklahoma City, OK
698
6.
Charlotte, NC
531
16.
Kansas City, MO
426
26.
Omaha, NE
609
7.
Chicago, IL
348
17.
Lexington, KY
232
27.
Philadelphia, PA
861
8.
Cincinnati, OH
289
18.
Louisville, KY
191
28.
Pittsburgh, PA
577
9.
Cleveland, OH
540
19.
Memphis, TN
250
29.
St. Louis, MO
176
10.
Columbus, OH
396
20.
Minneapolis, MN
727
30.
Wichita, KS
626
Crittenden County became Kentucky's 91st county in 1842, named in
honor of John J. Crittenden, a Kentucky governor, U.S. Senator, and U.S. Attorney
General. The land is beautifully diversified with rolling hills, bluffs, and many
farms and woodlands. The county contains 365 square miles and is bounded by the
Ohio River (northwest and west), the Tradewater River (north), and
the Cumberland River (southwest).
In 2006, Crittenden County had a population
of 8,874. The population of Marion was 3,049.
