Metcalfe County, Kentucky

Founding: 1860
Parent counties: Adair, Barren, Cumberland, Green, and Monroe

Namesake: Thomas Metcalfe, Kentucky governor
Seat: Edmonton (1860–)

Land area: 290 square miles

Population (2020): 10,286

Population (historic): 7,934 (1870); 9,871 (1890); 10,453 (1910); 9,373 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1870–1910; 1930s; 1970s; 1990–2020

Subdivisions: One city; one CDP

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 558 (11.8%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 25%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 11.9%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 18.3%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 19.8%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $382
Average outbuilding value (1930): $256

Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.4 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,011
Average farm size (1920): 43.6 acres

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Edmonton

Namesake: Edmund Rogers, owner of the city site

Founding: 1818 (platting); 1830 (post office); 1860 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 1,671

Population (historic): 70 (1860); 215 (1880); 284 (1920)

Periods of population growth: pre-1860–1920; 1930–2020

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 51 (5.8%)

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Outstanding Buildings

1. Curtis Bell Farm (1907). 7310 Columbus Road. Queen Anne.
2. Robert Stockton Farm (c. 1808/1865). 331 John Ray Road.

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