Garrard County, Kentucky

Founding: 1796
Parent counties: Lincoln, Madison, and Mercer

Namesake: James Garrard, Kentucky governor
Seat: Lancaster (1797–)

Land area: 230 square miles

Population (2020): 16,953

Population (historic): 6,186 (1800); 10,480 (1840); 10,376 (1870); 12,042 (1900); 11,562 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1800–1820; 1870s; 1970s; 1990–2010

Subdivisions: One city

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 853 (11.4%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 31.4%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940: 16.1%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 23.7%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 12.9%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $717
Average outbuilding value (1930): $490
Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.1 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,929
Average farm size (1920): 57.9 acres
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Lancaster

Namesake: Uncertain—perhaps Lancaster, England

Founding: 1797 (platting); 1801 (post office); 1837 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 3,899

Population (historic): 103 (1800); 480 (1840); 741 (1870); 1,640 (1900); 1,630 (1930)

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 267 (15.4%)
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