Caldwell County, Kentucky

Caldwell County
County
Caldwell County courthouse in Princeton
Location within the U.S. state of Kentucky
Kentucky's location within the U.S.
Coordinates: 37°09′N 87°52′W / 37.15°N 87.87°W / 37.15; -87.87
Country	United States
State	Kentucky
Founded	1809, 1809
Named for	John Caldwell
Seat	Princeton
Largest city	Princeton
Area
• Total	348 sq mi (900 km2)
• Land	345 sq mi (890 km2)
• Water	3.4 sq mi (9 km2)  1.0%
Population  (2020)
• Total	12,649
• Estimate  (2023)	12,551
• Density	36/sq mi (14/km2)
Time zone	UTC−6 (Central)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
Congressional district	1st
Website	www.caldwellcounty.ky.gov

Caldwell County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 12,649.^[1] Its county seat is Princeton.^[2] The county was formed in 1809 from Livingston County, Kentucky and named for John Caldwell, who participated in the George Rogers Clark Indian Campaign of 1786 and was the second lieutenant governor of Kentucky. Caldwell was a prohibition or dry county until 2013, when the citizens voted to lift the ban.