Montgomery County, Kentucky

Founding: 1796
Parent county: Clark

Namesake: Richard Montgomery, Continental Army general
Seat: Mount Sterling (1796–)

Land area: 197 square miles

Population (2020): 28,114

Population (historic): 7,082 (1800); 9,332 (1840); 7,557 (1870); 12,834 (1900); 11,660 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1800–1810; 1820s; 1840s; 1870–1910; 1930–1980; 1990–2020

Subdivisions: Three cities

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 610 (5.1%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 28.4%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 13.3%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 18.4%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 17.5%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,228
Average outbuilding value (1930): $984
Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.5 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,475
Average farm size (1920): 65.6 acres
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Mount Sterling

Namesake: Unclear—perhaps Stirling, Scotland

Founding: 1792 (platting); 1807 (post office); 1852 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 7,558

Population (historic): 83 (1800); 585 (1840); 744 (1860); 2,087 (1880); 3,561 (1900); 4,350 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1800–1840; 1850–1890; 1900–1960; 1970s; 1990–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 402 (12.8%)
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