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
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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Outstanding Buildings

  1. Loudon Hall / Grimes House (c. 1812/1850). 785 Austerlitz Road. Greek Revival.
  2. Walker Buckner Farm (1841). 1500 Cane Ridge Road. Federal.
  3. Cane Ridge Presbyterian Church (1791). 1655 Cane Ridge Road.
  4. William David Farm (1802). 158 Cemetery Road.
  5. Pattersondale / Samuel Patterson Farm (c. 1855). 1107 Clay–Kiser Road. Greek Revival/Italianate.
  6. Jacob Spears House (c. 1810). 1271 Clay–Kiser Road. Greek Revival.
  7. Sunnyside / Miller Farm (c. 1850). 201 Cynthiana Road. Greek Revival.
  8. Runnymede / Ezekiel Clay Farm (c. 1850). 616 Cynthiana Road. Greek Revival.
  9. Forest Grove / Noah Moore House (c. 1870). 705 Cynthiana Road. Italianate.
  10. Escondida / Sidney Clay Farm (1822). 503 Escondida Road. Federal.
  11. John Kennedy Farm (c. 1875). 1179 Georgetown Road. Italianate.
  12. Bellevue / John Gano Farm (c. 1840/1875). 2975 Georgetown Road. Italianate.
  13. John Giltner House (c. 1830). 2210 Houston–Antioch Road. Federal.
  14. Farm (c. 1910). 284 Hutchison Road. Classical Revival.
  15. Francis Hall Farm (c. 1860). 505 Hutchison Road. Gothic Revival.
  16. Henry Hibler House (c. 1855). 839 Jackstown Road. Greek Revival.
  17. Airy Castle / George Bowen Farm (1872). 368 LaRue Road. Italianate.
  18. Hopewell / James Wright House (1791/1820s). 4090 Lexington Road.
  19. The Breezes (c. 1875). 4607 Lexington Road. Italianate.
  20. Woodland Villa / Edwin Bedford Farm (c. 1855). 4888 Lexington Road. Gothic Revival.
  21. Snow Hill / Joseph Wilson Farm (c. 1840). 4100 Little Rock–Jackstown Road. Greek Revival.
  22. Lamont / John Miller House (c. 1855). 203 Maysville Road. Greek Revival.
  23. The Grange / Edward Stone Farm (1818). 1366 Millersburg Road. Federal. Burned.
  24. Sulphur Spring / Thomas Champ Farm (c. 1825). 1525 Millersburg Road. Federal.
  25. Bourbon Hills Farm / Hitt–Tarr House (c. 1835/1875). 1737 Millersburg Road. Italianate.
  26. Bedford Place (c. 1850). 2051 Millersburg Road. Greek Revival.
  27. Hubbard Williams House (c. 1795). 1428 Millersburg–Cynthiana Road. Federal.
  28. Xalapa / Henry Buckner House (1827). 2308 North Middletown Road. Federal.
  29. Ephraim Harrod House (c. 1790). 2585 North Middletown Road.
  30. Woodlawn / William Garrard Farm (1818). 1515 Peacock Road. Federal.
  31. Mount Lebanon / James Garrard Farm (c. 1785). 1657 Peacock Road.
  32. John Kiser Farm (1786). 2651 Peacock Road.
  33. James Eales House (c. 1790/1827). South end of Ruddle's Fort Road.
  34. Harkaway / Laban Shipp House (1789). 1211 Ruddle's Mill Road. Federal.
  35. Edwin Thomas House (c. 1875). 901 Stoney Point Road. Italianate.
  36. Beech Spring / Shawhan Farm (c. 1855). 1100 Townsend Valley Road. Greek Revival.
  37. Clay Farm (c. 1875). 1025 Winchester Road. Italianate.
  38. Thomas Kennedy House (c. 1790). 1261 Winchester Road. Razed.
  39. Auvergne / Brutus Clay Farm (1837). 1371 Winchester Road. Federal.
  40. Evergreen Farm / Samuel Talbott Log House (1811). 2311 Winchester Road.
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