Jessamine County, Kentucky

Founding: 1799
Parent county: Fayette

Namesake: Jessamine Creek
Seat: Nicholasville (1799–)

Land area: 172 square miles

Population (2020): 52,991

Population (historic): 5,461 (1800); 9,960 (1830); 8,638 (1870); 11,925 (1900); 12,431 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1800–1830; 1840s; 1870–1910; 1920s; 1940–2020

Subdivisions: Two cities; one CDP

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 872 (4.3%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 33.8%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 23.7%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 10.8%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 20.9%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,523
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,157

Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.4 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,534
Average farm size (1920): 57.5 acres

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Nicholasville

Namesake: George Nicholas, Kentucky lawyer

Founding: 1798 (platting); 1806 (post office); 1837 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 31,093

Population (historic): 158 (1810); 632 (1840); 1,089 (1870); 2,393 (1900); 3,128 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1798–1880; 1890–1910; 1920–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 407 (3.4%)

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