Trimble County, Kentucky

Founding: 1837
Parent counties: Gallatin, Henry, and Oldham

Namesake: Robert Trimble, Supreme Court justice
Seat: Bedford (1837–)

Land area: 152 square miles

Population (2020): 8,474

Population (historic): 4,480 (1840); 5,880 (1860); 7,171 (1880); 7,272 (1900); 5,348 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1840–1850; 1870s; 1890s; 1930s; 1960–1980; 1990–2010

Subdivisions: Two cities

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 285 (7.2%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 30.7%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 14.5%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 16%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 23%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $762
Average outbuilding value (1930): $516
Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.1 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,388
Average farm size (1920): 35.2 acres
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Bedford

Namesake: Bedford, Virginia

Founding: 1816 (platting); 1818 (post office); 1850 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 526

Population (historic): 285 (1850); 200 (1870); 307 (1900); 286 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1850; 1880–1900; 1920–1980
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 48 (13.2%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. Robert Page House (c. 1865). 2858 Cooper's Bottom Road. Gothic Revival.
2. John Page House (c. 1855). 4122 Cooper's Bottom Road. Greek Revival/Italianate. Razed.
3. John Markley House (1836). 335 Mosser Road. Federal.
4. House (c. 1830). Mount Carmel Road, north of US Highway 421. Federal. Razed.
5. Bates House Ruins (c. 1830). 1265 New Hope Road. Federal. Razed.
6. Richwood / Samuel Fearn Farm (1857). 1233 State Route 36. Italianate.
7. Samuel Fearn House (c. 1825). 2083 State Route 36. Federal/Classical Revival.
8. The Grange / John Jenkins House (c. 1850). 9191 State Route 55. Greek Revival/Italianate.
9. William Coleman Farm (1857). 2910 Sulphur–Bedford Road. Greek Revival/Italianate.
10. Humphrey House (c. 1810). 3721 US Highway 421. Federal. Razed.
11. Riverview / John Totten House (1852). 388 Wise's Landing Road. Greek Revival.

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