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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