Casey County, Kentucky

Founding: November 14, 1806
Parent county: Lincoln

Namesake: William Casey, local settler
Seat: Liberty (1806–)

Land area: 444 square miles

Population (2010): 15,955

Population (historic): 3,285 (1810); 4,939 (1840); 8,884 (1870); 15,144 (1900); 16,747 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1810–1820; 1830–1850; 1860–1900; 1910s; 1930s; 1970s

Subdivisions: One city

National Register listings: Two

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 585 (7.8%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 20.3%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 6.6%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $272
Average outbuilding value (1930): $188

Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.2 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,912
Average farm size (1920): 35.4 acres

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Liberty

Namesake: The concept of liberty

Founding: 1806 (platting); 1814 (post office); 1860 (incorporation)

Population (2010): 2,168

Population (historic): 33 (1810); 135 (1840); 450 (1900); 549 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1830; 1890s; 1910–1980; 2000s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 52 (6.3%)

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Outstanding Buildings

1. *Pryor Prewitt Farm (c. 1840). Bradfordsville Road, at Coffman Branch Road. Greek Revival.
2. *Farm (c. 1840). 5305 Bradfordsville Road. Greek Revival.
3. *Benjamin Dawson House (c. 1840). Joe Henson Road.

1. *Casey County Courthouse (1888). Courthouse Square. Liberty. Romanesque.