Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Bath County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It was formed in 1811. As of 2000, the population is 11,085. Its county seat is Owingsville, Kentucky. Bath is a prohibition or dry county. Bath County is part of the Mount Sterling Micropolitan Statistical Area. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 284 square miles (736 km2), of which 279 square miles (723 km2) is land and 4 square miles (10 km2) is water.