Rowan County, Kentucky

Founding: 1856
Parent counties: Fleming and Morgan

Namesake: John Rowan, Kentucky politician
Seat: Morehead (1856–)

Land area: 280 square miles

Population (2020): 24,662

Population (historic): 2,282 (1860); 4,420 (1880); 8,277 (1900); 10,893 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1860–1940; 1950–2020

Subdivisions: Two cities; one CDP

National Register listings: 14

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 386 (3.8%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 17.2%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 4.7%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 28.6%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 12%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $323
Average outbuilding value (1930): $187

Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.4 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,303
Average farm size (1920): 32 acres

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Morehead

Namesake: James Morehead, Kentucky governor

Founding: 1854 (platting); 1856 (post office); 1869 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 7,151

Population (historic): 163 (1880); 1,100 (1900); 825 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1880–1910; 1930–1990; 2000–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 59 (2.5%)

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