Cumberland County, Kentucky

Founding: 1799
Parent county: Green

Namesake: The Cumberland River
Seat: Burkesville (1799–)

Land area: 305 square miles

Population (2020): 5,888

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

Periods of population growth: pre-1800–1830; 1840–1880; 1890–1920; 1930s; 1970s; 1990s

Subdivisions: One city; one CDP

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 356 (9.7%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 18.4%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 13.8%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 27.1%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 26%

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: Samuel Burks, owner of the city site

Founding: 1798 (platting); 1807 (post office); 1846 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 1,388

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). 5050 Columbia Road.
2. Titus Allen House (c. 1890). Glasgow Road and Allen Creek Road.
3. Obediah Baker Farm (1817). 3308 Little Renox Road.
4. Smiley House (c. 1820). 39 Norris Branch Road.
5. King House (c. 1810). 2200 Old Columbia Road.
6. Gideon Alexander House (c. 1895). 75 Waterview Cutoff. Queen Anne.

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