Carroll County, Kentucky
Founding: 1838
Parent counties: Gallatin, Henry, and Oldham
Namesake: Charles Carroll (1737–1832), Founding Father
Seat: Carrollton (1838–)
Seat: Carrollton (1838–)
Land area: 129 square miles
Population (2010): 10,811
Population (historic): 3,966 (1840); 6,578 (1860); 8,953 (1880); 9,825 (1900); 8,155 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1840–1860; 1870s
Subdivisions: Five cities
National Register listings: 11
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 668 (14.2%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 34.1%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 19%
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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Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 34.1%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 19%
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 (1737–1832), Founding Father
Founding: 1794 (platting, as Port William); 1807 (post office)
Population (2010): 3,938
Population (historic): 120 (1810); 323 (1830); 1,098 (1870); 2,205 (1900); 2,409 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1860; 1870–1900; 1910s; 1930s; 1960s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 322 (21.5%)
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Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 322 (21.5%)
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Outstanding Buildings
- *Henry Ogburn House (c. 1845). 321 Deatherage Lane. Greek Revival.
- *Philip Turpin Farm (1859). 1608 General Butler Park Road. Greek Revival/Italianate.
- *Lewis Sanders Log House (1823). Ghent–Eagle Station Road.
- *Fern Farm (c. 1855). 8133 Spillman Road. Greek Revival.
- *Owen Farm (c. 1870). 7601 State Route 36. Italianate.
- *George Fern Farm (1840). 7801 State Route 36. Greek Revival.
- *Cornelius DeWeese House (c. 1845). State Route 36. Italianate. Razed.
- *David Giltner House (c. 1850). State Route 36. Federal. Razed.
- *William White House (c. 1837). State Route 36. Federal. Razed.
- *Henry Winslow House (c. 1835). State Route 55. Razed.
- Dean House (c. 1830). 5399 State Route 227.
- *Richard Masterson House (c. 1790). US Highway 42.
- *Paschal Baker House (c. 1885). 406 Highland Avenue. Carrollton. Italianate.
- *William Butler House (1819). 713 Highland Avenue. Carrollton. Federal.
- *Carroll County Courthouse (1884). 440 Main Street. Carrollton. Romanesque/Classical Revival.
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