Warren County, Kentucky

Founding: 1797
Parent county: Logan

Namesake: Joseph Warren, Boston revolutionary leader
Seat: Bowling Green (1798–)

Land area: 542 square miles

Population (2020): 134,554

Population (historic): 4,686 (1800); 10,949 (1830); 21,742 (1870); 29,970 (1900); 33,676 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1800–1810; 1830s; 1850–1890; 1900–2020

Subdivisions: Five cities; one CDP

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 3,046 (6%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 31.7%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 12.5%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 14.7%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 12.3%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $801
Average outbuilding value (1930): $476
Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.4 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 3,958
Average farm size (1920): 61.5 acres
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Bowling Green

Namesake: Unknown

Founding: 1798 (platting); 1802 (post office); 1812 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 72,294

Population (historic): 41 (1800); 821 (1830); 4,574 (1870); 8,226 (1900); 12,348 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1798–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,751 (6.6%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. David Campbell House (1864–1866). 1274 Beech Bend Road. Italianate. Razed.
2. Drake's Creek Baptist Church (1911). 4377 Cemetery Road. Gothic Revival.
3. John Ford House (c. 1810). North of Little Knob Road, west of Smith's Grove. Razed.
4. Walnut Lawn / Wright–Hobson House (c. 1805/1885). 1800 Morgantown Road. Eastlake.
5. Ironwood / Joseph Underwood Farm (1852–1853/1910s). 449 Old Richardsville Road. Greek Revival.
6. Benjamin Young House (c. 1840). Old Springfield Road, east of Oscar Downey Road.
7. John Potter Farm (c. 1880/1910). 1100 Rich Pond Road. Italianate/Classical Revival.
8. Samuel Young Log House (c. 1850). 2725 Young's Ferry Road.

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