Hart County, Kentucky

Founding: 1819
Parent counties: Barren and Hardin

Namesake: Nathaniel Hart, Kentucky businessman
Seat: Munfordville (1819–)

Land area: 412 square miles

Population (2020): 19,288

Population (historic): 4,184 (1820); 9,093 (1850); 17,133 (1880); 18,390 (1900); 16,169 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1820–1880; 1890s; 1910s; 1930s; 1970s; 1990–2020

Subdivisions: Three cities; one CDP

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 619 (7%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 26.3%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 8.2%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 
Average farmhouse value (1930): $424
Average outbuilding value (1930): $313
Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.2 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 3,526
Average farm size (1920): 49.1 acres
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Munfordville

Namesake: Richard Munford, owner of the city site

Founding: 1816 (platting); 1820 (post office); 1858 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 1,686

Population (historic): 194 (1830); 265 (1860); 274 (1880); 440 (1900); 549 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1830–1840; 1870–1920; 1930–1980; 1990–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 57 (6.6%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. Anthony Woodson House (c. 1900). 1309 South Dixie Highway. Queen Anne.
2. Farm (c. 1880). 760 Jackson Highway. Italianate.
3. Christopher Payton Farm (c. 1880). 6015 Lonoke Road. Gothic Revival.
4. Farm (c. 1900). 2060 Round Bottom Road.
5. Edmund Pearce Farm (c. 1847). 640 Sims Cemetery Road.
6. Gardner House (c. 1815). 300 W. Walters Road.

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