Mason County, Kentucky

Founding: 1789
Parent county: Bourbon

Namesake: George Mason, Virginia politician
Seat: Washington (1789–1848); Maysville (1848–)

Land area: 240 square miles

Population (2020): 17,120

Population (historic): 2,729 (1790); 13,588 (1820); 18,222 (1860); 20,446 (1900)

Periods of population growth: pre-1790–1830; 1840s; 1870–1890; 1920–1940; 1970s; 1990–2010

Subdivisions: Four cities; one CDP

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,514 (18.6%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 42.7%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 17.4%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 14.2%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 15.1%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,445
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,198

Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.7 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,191
Average farm size (1920): 59.7 acres

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Maysville

Namesake: John May, owner of the city site

Founding: 1787 (founding as Limestone); 1799 (post office); 1833 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 8,873

Population (historic): 137 (1800); 2,040 (1830); 3,499 (1860); 6,423 (1900); 6,557 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1800–1850; 1860–1900; 1920–1950; 1970s; 1990–2010
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 922 (20.6%)

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