Trigg County, Kentucky

Founding: 1820
Parent counties: Caldwell and Christian

Namesake: Stephen Trigg, Virginia soldier
Seat: Cadiz (1820–)

Land area: 441 square miles

Population (2020): 14,061

Population (historic): 5,916 (1830); 11,051 (1860); 14,489 (1880); 14,073 (1900); 12,531 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1830–1880; 1890–1910; 1930s; 1970–2010

Subdivisions: One city; one CDP

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 271 (3.4%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 13.1%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 10.6%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 26%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 23.4%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $402
Average outbuilding value (1930): $343
Average farmhouse size (1940): 3.7 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,628
Average farm size (1920): 55.1 acres
_________________________________________________________________________________

Cadiz

Namesake: Cadiz, Spain

Founding: 1820 (platting); 1821 (post office); 1822 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 2,540

Population (historic): 112 (1830); 706 (1860); 656 (1880); 881 (1900); 1,114 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1820–1860; 1880s; 1900s; 1920–1970; 1980–2010
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 56 (4.2%)
_________________________________________________________________________________

View and filter the data. Or see a map.
_________________________________________________________________________________

Outstanding Buildings

1. Fair Acres (c. 1870). 485 Broadbent Road. Italianate.
2. Thomas Dawson House (c. 1816). 766 Gary Cemetery Road.
3. Wilson House (c. 1815). 6598 New Hope Road.
4. Farm (c. 1840). 1738 P. Pool Road.
5. John McCaughan House (c. 1814). 2368 Rocky Ridge Road.

_________________________________________________________________________________