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

National Register listings: Eight

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
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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%)
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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.