Editing Kentucky (section)

===Counties===

{{See also|List of counties in Kentucky|Fiscal Court}}

Kentucky is subdivided into 120 [[county (United States)|counties]], the largest being [[Pike County, Kentucky|Pike County]] at {{convert|787.6|sqmi|km2}}, and the most populous being [[Jefferson County, Kentucky|Jefferson County]] (which [[Consolidated city–county|coincides with]] the [[Louisville Metro Council|Louisville Metro governmental area]]) with 772,144 residents {{as of|2023|lc=y}}.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kentucky Counties |url=http://www.uky.edu/KentuckyAtlas/kentucky-counties.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130706080928/http://www.uky.edu/KentuckyAtlas/kentucky-counties.html |archive-date=July 6, 2013 |website=Kentucky Atlas & Gazetteer |publisher=University of Kentucky}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-counties-total.html#v2023|title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2023|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=March 14, 2024|archive-date=March 18, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240318232436/https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-counties-total.html#v2023|url-status=live}}</ref>

County government, under the [[Constitution of Kentucky|Kentucky Constitution]] of 1891, is vested in the [[County Judge/Executive]], (formerly called the County Judge) who serves as the [[Executive (government)|executive]] head of the county, and a [[legislature]] called a [[Fiscal Court]]. Despite the unusual name, the Fiscal Court no longer has [[judiciary|judicial]] functions.