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

National Register listings: 21

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.