Bourbon County, Kentucky

Founding: 1786
Parent county: Fayette

Namesake: The House of Bourbon
Seat: Paris (1789–)

Land area: 290 square miles

Population (2020): 20,252

Population (historic): 7,837 (1790); 18,436 (1830); 14,863 (1870); 18,069 (1900); 18,060 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1790–1810; 1830s; 1850–1900; 1910s; 1950–1980; 1990–2020

Subdivisions: Three cities

National Register listings: 61

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,692 (18.8%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 40.1%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 38.1%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 17.3%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 22.4%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,899
Average outbuilding value (1930): $2,077
Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.5 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,886
Average farm size (1920): 90.2 acres
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Paris

Namesake: Paris, France

Founding: 1789 (platting as Hopewell); 1795 (post office); 1839 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 10,171

Population (historic): 377 (1800); 1,219 (1830); 2,655 (1870); 4,603 (1900); 6,204 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1789–1810; 1840–1920; 1930–2000; 2010s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 790 (18.1%)
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