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

National Register listings: 29

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. *House (c. 1830). Mount Carmel Road, north of US Highway 421. Federal. Razed.
4. *Bates House (c. 1830). 1265 New Hope Road. Federal. Razed.
5. *Richwood / Samuel Fearn Farm (1857). 1233 State Route 36. Italianate.
6. *Samuel Fearn House (c. 1825). 2083 State Route 36. Federal/Classical Revival.
7. *The Grange / John Jenkins House (c. 1850). 9191 State Route 55. Greek Revival/Italianate.
8. *William Coleman Farm (1857). 2910 Sulphur–Bedford Road. Greek Revival/Italianate.
9. *Humphrey House (c. 1810). 3721 US Highway 421. Federal. Razed.
10. *Riverview (1852). 388 Wise's Landing Road. Greek Revival.