Livingston County, Kentucky

Founding: 1798
Parent county Christian

Namesake: Robert Livingston, New York politician
Seat: Eddyville (1798–1804); Centerville (1804–1841); Smithland (1841–)

Land area: 313 square miles

Population (2020): 8,888

Population (historic): 2,856 (1800); 9,025 (1840); 8,200 (1870); 11,354 (1900); 8,608 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1800–1840; 1850–1900; 1930s; 1960–1980; 1990s

Subdivisions: Four cities; one CDP

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 235 (4.8%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 19.6%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 12.1%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 28.9%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 31.3%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $417
Average outbuilding value (1930): $297
Average farmhouse size (1940): 4 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,644
Average farm size (1920): 78.7 acres
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Smithland

Namesake: Unknown

Founding: 1780 (founding); 1802 (post office); 1843 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 240

Population (historic): 99 (1810); 882 (1850); 690 (1870); 579 (1900); 519 (1930)

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 41 (25.6%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. Butler House (c. 1820). Butler Street, northwest of Salem.
2. House Ruins (c. 1835). Gordon Lane within Horseshoe Bend. Razed.
3. Alvis House (c. 1825). Howard Lane, east of Salem. Federal.
4. Richard Miles House (c. 1835). 724 Maddux Loop.
5. William Chipps Log House (c. 1840). Chipps Road, south of McGrew Road.

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