Crittenden County, Kentucky

Founding: 1842
Parent county: Livingston

Namesake: John Crittenden, Kentucky governor
Seat: Marion (1842–)

Land area: 360 square miles

Population (2020): 8,990

Population (historic): 6,351 (1850); 11,688 (1880); 15,191 (1900); 11,931 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1900; 1930s; 1970s; 1990s

Subdivisions: Two cities; two CDPs

National Register listings: Three

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 310 (6.8%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 18.2%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 7.5%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 14.6%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 11.8%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $401
Average outbuilding value (1930): $279

Average farmhouse size (1940): 4 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,041
Average farm size (1920): 74.9 acres

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Marion

Namesake: Francis Marion, Continental Army officer

Founding: 1842 (platting); 1844 (incorporation); 1846 (post office)

Population (2020): 2,916

Population (historic): 102 (1870); 1,064 (1900); 1,892 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1870–1980
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 103 (6.6%)

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Outstanding Buildings

1. *Harris House (c. 1840). State Route 135, east of Old Elizabethtown Ferry Road. Greek Revival/Italianate. Ruined.