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

National Register listings: 68

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.