Cumberland County, Kentucky

Founding: 1798
Parent county: Green

Namesake: The Cumberland River
Seat: Burkesville (1798–)

Land area: 305 square miles

Population (2010): 6,856

Population (historic): 3,284 (1800); 8,624 (1830); 7,340 (1860); 8,962 (1900); 10,204 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1800–1820; 1840s; 1870s; 1930s

Subdivisions: One city; one CDP

National Register listings: Three

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 356 (9.7%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 18.4%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 13.8%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $328
Average outbuilding value (1930): $211

Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.1 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,747
Average farm size (1920): 40.3 acres

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Burkesville

Namesake: Isham Burke, local resident

Founding: 1807 (post office); 1846 (incorporation)

Population (2010): 1,521

Population (historic): 106 (1810); 340 (1840); 434 (1880); 817 (1910); 886 (1930)

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 22 (2.4%)

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Outstanding Buildings

1. *James Baker House (c. 1820). 5344 Columbia Road.
2. House (c. 1890). Mud Camp Road, at Glasgow Road. Eastlake/Queen Anne.
3. House (c. 1835). Norris Branch Road, north of Glasgow Road.
4. House (c. 1830). 2200 Old Columbia Road.