Logan County, Kentucky

Founding: September 1, 1792
Parent county: Lincoln

Namesake: Benjamin Logan (c. 1742–1802), Kentucky politician
Seat: Russellville (1792–)

Land area: 552 square miles

Population (2010): 26,835

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

Periods of population growth: 1790–1820; 1840–1860; 1870s; 1970s

Subdivisions: Four cities

National Register listings: 22

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,070 (8.6%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 30.2%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 18.1%
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 (1735–1793), Revolutionary War officer

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

Population (2010): 6,960

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

Periods of population growth: 1800s; 1820s; 1860s; 1890–1910; 1930–1980
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 338 (9.4%)

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Outstanding Buildings

1. *Longview Farm (c. 1851/1886). 1588 Bores Road. Eastlake.
2. *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 (1822–1833). 896 Shaker Museum Road. Federal.
6. *South Union Shaker Building (c. 1854). 896 Shaker Museum Road.
7. *South Union Shaker Building (c. 1835). 896 Shaker Museum Road.

1. *William Frost House (c. 1820). West 4th Street. Russellville. Federal.
2. *Long–Briggs House (1859/1875). Cornelius Avenue. Russellville. Italianate.