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

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.

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