Logan County, Kentucky

Founding: 1792
Parent county: Lincoln

Namesake: Benjamin Logan, Kentucky politician
Seat: Russellville (1792–)

Land area: 552 square miles

Population (2020): 27,432

Population (historic): 5,807 (1800); 13,012 (1830); 19,021 (1860); 25,994 (1900); 21,875 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1800–1820; 1830–1880; 1890s; 1930s; 1960–2020

Subdivisions: Four cities

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,070 (8.6%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 30.2%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 18.1%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 20.5%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 13%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $685
Average outbuilding value (1930): $566

Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.5 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 3,819
Average farm size (1920): 62.1 acres

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Russellville

Namesake: William Russell, Continental Army officer

Founding: 1795 (platting); 1801 (post office); 1810 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 7,164

Population (historic): 117 (1800); 1,358 (1830); 1,843 (1870); 2,591 (1900); 3,297 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1795–1830; 1840s; 1860–1980; 2010s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 338 (9.4%)

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Outstanding Buildings

1. Farm (c. 1810). 125 Barnes Road.
2. McCutchen Meadows / John McCutchen House (c. 1825/1910). 12345 Bowling Green Road. Classical Revival.
3. David Sawyer House (1814). 6790 Chandler's Road.
4. James McGready House (c. 1795/1870). Hopkinsville Road, north of US Highway 431. Razed.
5. South Union Shaker Dwelling (1824). 896 Shaker Museum Road. Federal.
6. John Hart House (c. 1870). 3055 Trimble Road. Italianate.

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