Allen County, Kentucky

Founding: 1815
Parent counties: Barren and Warren

Namesake: John Allen, Kentucky militia officer
Seat: Scottsville (1816–)

Land area: 344 square miles

Population (2020): 20,588

Population (historic): 5,327 (1820); 8,742 (1850); 10,296 (1870); 14,657 (1900); 15,180 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1820–1920; 1930s; 1960–2020

Subdivisions: One city

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 689 (7.3%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 24.2%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 10.4%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 29.5%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 15.4%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $376
Average outbuilding value (1930): $216
Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.2 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,896
Average farm size (1920): 44 acres
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Scottsville

Namesake: Charles Scott, Kentucky governor

Founding: 1817 (platting); 1823 (post office); 1860 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 4,299

Population (historic): 215 (1840); 403 (1860); 395 (1880); 824 (1900); 1,867 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1840–1850; 1870–1920; 1940–2000; 2010s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 211 (10.2%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. Edwin Satterfield House (1902). 10085 Bowling Green Road. Classical Revival/Queen Anne.
2. Clayborne Farm (c. 1860). County Loop Road, west of Goodnight Hollow Road. Greek Revival.
3. Michael Barton House (c. 1890). DeVasher Road, east of Steenbergen Road.
4. Tilden Dodson Farm (1863). 395 Hickory Lane. Greek Revival.

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