Carroll County, Kentucky

Founding: 1838
Parent counties: Gallatin and Trimble

Namesake: Charles Carroll, Maryland politician
Seat: Carrollton (1838–)

Land area: 129 square miles

Population (2020): 10,810

Population (historic): 3,966 (1840); 6,578 (1860); 8,953 (1880); 9,825 (1900); 8,155 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1840–1860; 1870–1900; 1910s; 1930s; 1960–2010

Subdivisions: Five cities

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 668 (14.2%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 34.1%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 19%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 11.3%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 9.9%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $917
Average outbuilding value (1930): $789
Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.1 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,086
Average farm size (1920): 54.6 acres
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Carrollton

Namesake: Charles Carroll, Maryland politician

Founding: 1794 (platting as Port William); 1807 (post office); 1838 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 3,890

Population (historic): 120 (1810); 323 (1830); 1,098 (1870); 2,205 (1900); 2,409 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1860–1860; 1870–1900; 1910–1950; 1960–1980; 1990–2010
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 322 (21.5%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. Henry Ogburn House (c. 1845). 321 Deatherage Lane. Greek Revival.
2. Grass Hills / Lewis Sanders Log House (1823). 2086 Dividing Ridge Road.
3. Passmore Owen Farm (c. 1870). 7601 State Route 36. Italianate.
4. Fern Hill / George Fern Farm (1840). 7801 State Route 36. Greek Revival.
5. Fern Farm (c. 1855). 8133 State Route 36. Greek Revival.
6. Cornelius DeWeese House (c. 1845). State Route 36, west of DeWeese Creek. Italianate. Razed.
7. David Giltner House (c. 1850). State Route 36, east of Hunter Heights Road. Federal. Razed.
8. William White House (c. 1837). State Route 36 and Hunter Heights Road. Federal. Razed.
9. Philip Turpin Farm (1859). 1608 State Route 227. Greek Revival/Italianate.
10. Chatz Dean House (c. 1830). 5399 State Route 227.
11. Richard Masterson House (c. 1790). 2113 US Highway 42.

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