Mason County, Kentucky

Founding: 1788
Parent county: Bourbon

Namesake: George Mason, Virginia politician
Seat: Washington (1788–1848); 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

National Register listings: 41

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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Outstanding Buildings

1. *Point Au View / Emory Whitaker House (1854–1860). 620 Buffalo Trace. Italianate/Gothic Revival.
2. *Richard Durrett Farm (1801). 804 Clark's Run Road. Federal.
3. Farm (c. 1900). 843 Clark's Run Road. Queen Anne.
4. Reason Downing Farm (c. 1870). 4158 Clark's Run Road. Italianate.
5. Glen Alice / John Dobyns House (1848). 848 Fleming Road. Greek Revival.
6. *Federal Hill / Thomas Marshall Farm (c. 1800). 2004 Green Street. Federal.
7. Farm (c. 1895). 6163 Helena Road. Queen Anne.
8. Farm (c. 1890). 6224 Helena Road. Queen Anne/Romanesque.
9. Farm (c. 1890). Maple Leaf Road, north of Old Hill City Road. Romanesque.
10. Lewis Long House (c. 1790/1800). 3658 Mary Ingles Highway.
11. William Fox Farm (c. 1835). 5110 Old Sardis Pike. Greek Revival.
12. Owens House (c. 1835). 5439 Old Sardis Pike. Greek Revival.
13. George Mitchell Farm (c. 1845). Old US Highway 68, west of US Highway 68. Greek Revival.
14. *William Poague House (c. 1810). 6130 Parker Lane.
15. Hiram Dye Farm (c. 1870). 5253 Raymond Road. Gothic Revival.
16. *Newdigate Log House (1849). 369 Skyline Drive.
17. John Walton Farm (c. 1860). 4309 State Route 10. Italianate.
18. James Rice Farm (c. 1870). 6811 State Route 11. Gothic Revival.
19. Wells Farm (c. 1810). 6923 State Route 11. Federal.
20. *Woodlawn / Christian Shultz Farm (c. 1853). 7242 State Route 11. Gothic Revival.
21. House (c. 1880). 7298 State Route 11. Italianate.
22. Farm (c. 1910). 7842 State Route 11. Classical Revival.
23. William Duvall Farm (c. 1845). 6051 State Route 419. Greek Revival.
24. Briar Hill / Hudson Farm (c. 1825/1834). 5037 State Route 2514. Greek Revival.
25. Alexander Wall House (c. 1855). 5133 State Route 2514. Greek Revival/Italianate.
26. *Charles Pelham Farm (c. 1790). 7191 Taylor Mill Road.
27. *Benjamin Moran House (1818). 3617 Tuckahoe Road.
28. William Gill House (c. 1870). 808 US Highway 62. Italianate.