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

National Register listings: Seven

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. Ruined House (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.