Owsley County, Kentucky

Founding: 1843
Parent counties: Breathitt, Clay, and Estill

Namesake: William Owsley, Kentucky governor
Seat: Booneville (1843–)

Land area: 197 square miles

Population (2020): 4,051

Population (historic): 3,774 (1850); 3,889 (1870); 6,874 (1900); 7,223 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1860; 1870–1910; 1930s; 1970s

Subdivisions: One city

National Register listings: One

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 138 (6.2%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 13%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 2.5%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 17.6%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 33.7%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $242
Average outbuilding value (1930): $121
Average farmhouse size (1940): 3.7 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,331
Average farm size (1920): 46.1 acres
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Booneville

Namesake: Daniel Boone, American frontiersman

Founding: 1844 (platting); 1846 (post office); 1847 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 168

Population (historic): 121 (1860); 201 (1880); 251 (1900); 250 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1844–1860; 1870s; 1930s; 1970–1990
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 2 (2.6%)
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