Henry County, Kentucky

Founding: 1799
Parent county: Shelby

Namesake: Patrick Henry, Virginia politician
Seat: New Castle (1799–)

Land area: 286 square miles

Population (2020): 15,678

Population (historic): 3,258 (1800); 10,015 (1840); 11,066 (1870); 14,620 (1900); 12,564 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1800–1830; 1840–1860; 1870s; 1890s; 1970–2020

Subdivisions: Five cities

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 942 (14%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 33.3%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 16.8%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 13.9%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 14%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,091
Average outbuilding value (1930): $908
Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.2 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,578
Average farm size (1920): 60.4 acres
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New Castle

Namesake: Uncertain—perhaps Newcastle, England

Founding: 1798 (platting); 1805 (post office); 1817 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 884

Population (historic): 538 (1830); 670 (1870); 462 (1900); 447 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1830; 1860s; 1900s; 1920–2000
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 64 (13.8%)
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