Warren County, Kentucky

Founding: 1796
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

National Register listings: 102

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. *John Ford House (c. 1810). Little Knob Road. Razed.
3. *Ironwood / Joseph Underwood Farm (1852–1853/1910s). Old Richardsville Road. Greek Revival.
4. *Wright–Hobson House (c. 1805/1885). Walnut Creek Drive. Eastlake.
5. *Samuel Young Log House (c. 1850). Young's Ferry Road.