Woodford County, Kentucky

Founding: 1789
Parent county: Fayette

Namesake: William Woodford, Continental Army general
Seat: Versailles (1792–)

Land area: 189 square miles

Population (2020): 26,871

Population (historic): 9,210 (1790); 12,273 (1830); 8,240 (1870); 13,134 (1900); 10,981 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1790–1830; 1840s; 1870–1900; 1930s; 1950–2020

Subdivisions: Two cities

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,013 (9.2%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 42.5%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 28.4%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 6%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 11.5%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,545
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,470
Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.4 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,351
Average farm size (1920): 73.5 acres
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Versailles

Namesake: Versailles, France

Founding: 1792 (platting); 1802 (post office); 1837 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 10,347

Population (historic): 172 (1800); 1,044 (1840); 3,268 (1870); 2,337 (1900); 2,338 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1792–1870; 1920–2020

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 420 (10.5%)
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