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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Outstanding Buildings

1. Michael Wallace Farm (c. 1795). 3674 Broadus Branch Road. Razed.
2. William Teater House (c. 1830). 6991 Buckeye Road. Federal.
3. Adams Farm (c. 1880). 142 Camp Dick Road. Italianate.
4. Thomas Salter Farm (1838). 2732 Crab Orchard Road. Greek Revival.
5. Steger House (c. 1825). 4019 Crab Orchard Road.
6. Barlow Farm (c. 1850). 2210 Danville Road. Greek Revival. Razed.
7. John Floyd House (c. 1795). 155 Holtzclaw Way.
8. John Arnold House (c. 1810). Hurt Lane, north of Back Creek. Razed.
9. Orand Farm (c. 1835/1905). 3529 Lexington Road. Classical Revival.
10. George Denny Farm (c. 1850). 5958 Old Railroad Grade Road. Greek Revival.
11. Paint Lick Presbyterian Church (1879). 8794 Richmond Road. Gothic Revival/Italianate.
12. William Owsley House (c. 1800/1819). 656 Stanford Road. Greek Revival.

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