Grant County, Kentucky

Founding: 1820
Parent county: Pendleton

Namesake: John Grant, early Kentucky settler
Seat: Williamstown (1820–)

Land area: 258 square miles

Population (2020): 24,941

Population (historic): 2,986 (1830); 8,356 (1860); 13,083 (1880); 13,239 (1900); 9,876 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1830–1880; 1890s; 1960–2020

Subdivisions: Four cities

National Register listings: Two

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 884 (8.7%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 39.6%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 9.5%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 11%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 9.6%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,072
Average outbuilding value (1930): $871
Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.8 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,075
Average farm size (1920): 57.6 acres
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Williamstown

Namesake: William Arnold, owner of the city site

Founding: 1820 (platting); 1822 (post office); 1825 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 3,894

Population (historic): 197 (1830); 256 (1860); 751 (1880); 613 (1900); 917 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1830; 1860–1880; 1890–2010
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 202 (14.8%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. Farm (c. 1910). 235 Assembly Church Road. Classical Revival/Queen Anne.
2. *House (c. 1870). 3605 Dixie Highway. Italianate. Razed.
3. *Lewis Myers Tavern (c. 1835). 3987 Dixie Highway. Federal.
4. *Clement Theobald House (c. 1865). 5075 Dixie Highway. Italianate.
5. Farm (c. 1855). 314 South Main Street. Greek Revival.
6. *Farm (c. 1880). 328 Park Drive. Italianate.
7. *John Ford House (c. 1820). 9545 Warsaw Road.