Casey County, Kentucky

Founding: 1807
Parent county: Lincoln

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

Land area: 444 square miles

Population (2020): 15,941

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; 1860–1920; 1930s; 1970s; 1990–2010

Subdivisions: One city

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 585 (7.8%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 20.3%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 6.6%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 22%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 21.2%

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 (2020): 2,028

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. George Drye Farm (c. 1840). 5305 Bradfordsville Road. Greek Revival.
2. Pryor Prewitt Farm (c. 1840). Bradfordsville Road and Coffman Branch Road. Greek Revival.
3. Benjamin Dawson House (c. 1840). 1331 Joe Henson Road.

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