▁the ▁county ▁seat ▁was ▁moved ▁to ▁present - day ▁King ston . ▁ ▁Geography ▁According ▁to ▁the ▁U . S . ▁Census ▁Bureau , ▁the ▁county ▁has ▁a ▁total ▁area ▁of ▁, ▁of ▁which ▁ ▁is ▁land ▁and ▁ ▁( 0 . 8 %) ▁is ▁water . ▁ ▁Ad j acent ▁count ies ▁Dav i ess ▁County ▁( n orth ) ▁Living ston ▁County ▁( east ) ▁Car roll ▁County ▁( s out heast ) ▁Ray ▁County ▁( s outh ) ▁Cl inton ▁County ▁( west ) ▁De K al b ▁County ▁( n orth west ) ▁ ▁Major ▁high ways ▁ ▁U . S . ▁Route ▁ 3 6 ▁ ▁Route ▁ 1 3 ▁ ▁Route ▁ 1 1 6 ▁ ▁Dem ograph ics ▁ ▁As ▁of ▁the ▁census ▁of ▁ 2 0 0 0 , ▁there ▁were ▁ 8 , 9 6 9 ▁people , ▁ 3 , 5 2 3 ▁households , ▁and ▁ 2 , 5 0 1 ▁families ▁res iding ▁in ▁the ▁county . ▁ ▁The ▁population ▁density ▁was ▁ 8 / km ² ▁( 2 1 / mi ²). ▁ ▁There ▁were ▁ 4 , 4 9 3 ▁housing ▁units ▁at ▁an ▁average ▁density ▁of ▁ 4 / km ² ▁( 1 0 / mi ²). ▁ ▁The ▁ra cial ▁make up ▁of ▁the ▁county ▁was ▁ 9 8 . 5 6 % ▁White , ▁ 0 . 1 3 % ▁Black ▁or ▁African ▁American , ▁ 0 . 3 3 % ▁Native ▁American , ▁ 0