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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