Bath County, Kentucky

Founding: 1811
Parent county: Montgomery

Namesake: Springs within the county
Seat: Owingsville (1811–)

Land area: 279 square miles

Population (2020): 12,750

Population (historic): 7,961 (1820); 12,113 (1860); 14,734 (1900); 11,075 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1820–1850; 1870–1900; 1930s; 1960–1980; 1990–2020

Subdivisions: Three cities

National Register listings: Nine

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 681 (12.5%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 22.2%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 11.9%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 24.7%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 22.8%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $639
Average outbuilding value (1930): $511

Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.3 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,005
Average farm size (1920): 45.6 acres

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Owingsville

Namesake: Thomas Owings, owner of the village site

Founding: 1811 (platting); 1814 (post office); 1829 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 1,593

Population (historic): 241 (1830); 480 (1860); 773 (1880); 958 (1900); 933 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1830–1880; 1890s; 1920–1940; 1950–1990; 2000–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 114 (12.8%)

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Outstanding Buildings

1. *Myrtle Hill / Henry Herndon Farm (c. 1815). 695 Atkinson Road. Federal.
2. Joseph McAlister Farm (c. 1865). 108 Cameron Lane. Gothic Revival/Greek Revival.
3. Andrew Ewing House (c. 1845). 517 Slate Avenue. Greek Revival.
4. *Springfield Presbyterian Church (1821). 3491 Springfield Road. Federal.
5. House (c. 1900). 691 US Highway 60. Queen Anne/Classical Revival.
6. Richard Ratliff Farm (c. 1840). 4664 Veterans Memorial Highway. Greek Revival.