Pendleton County, Kentucky

Founding: 1799
Parent counties: Bracken and Campbell

Namesake: Edmund Pendleton, Virginia politician
Seat: Falmouth (1798–)

Land area: 277 square miles

Population (2020): 14,644

Population (historic): 1,613 (1800); 4,455 (1840); 14,030 (1870); 14,947 (1900); 10,876 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1800–1880; 1950s; 1970–2010

Subdivisions: Two cities

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,051 (16.5%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 35.7%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 11.4%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 17.3%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 8.4%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $797
Average outbuilding value (1930): $687
Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.2 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,331
Average farm size (1920): 54 acres
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Falmouth

Namesake: Falmouth, Virginia

Founding: 1793 (platting); 1801 (post office); 1856 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 2,216

Population (historic): 40 (1800); 207 (1830); 315 (1860); 967 (1880); 1,134 (1900); 1,876 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1800s; 1860–1890; 1910s; 1920–1940; 1950s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 305 (26.6%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. Farm (c. 1850). 844 Ed Monroe Road. Greek Revival.
2. Farm (c. 1840/1880). 505 Old 3L Highway. Italianate.
3. Farm (c. 1870). 1749 State Route 17. Italianate.
4. Tyree Oldham House (c. 1825). East State Route 22, east of the Licking River. Federal. Razed.
5. Farm (c. 1835). 5799 State Route 330.
6. Walter Fryer House (1811). 10268 North US Highway 27.

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