Clark County, Kentucky

Founding: 1793
Parent counties: Bourbon and Fayette

Namesake: George Rogers Clark, Virginia militia officer
Seat: Winchester (1793–)

Land area: 252 square miles

Population (2020): 36,972

Population (historic): 7,653 (1800); 10,802 (1840); 10,882 (1870); 16,694 (1900); 17,640 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1800–1810; 1820s; 1840s; 1870–1910; 1930–2020

Subdivisions: One city

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 2,048 (13%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 38.7%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 24.4%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 16.9%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 11.5%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,448
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,056
Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.6 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,656
Average farm size (1920): 78.3 acres
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Winchester

Namesake: Winchester, Virginia

Founding: 1793 (platting); 1793 (incorporation); 1809 (post office)

Population (2020): 19,134

Population (historic): 130 (1800); 1,047 (1840); 1,616 (1870); 5,964 (1900); 8,233 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1793–1920; 1930–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,438 (16.7%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. John Martin Farm (c. 1820). 2600 Basin Springs Road. Federal.
2. Walter Preston Farm (c. 1810). 3750 Basin Springs Road. Federal.
3. David Gist House (c. 1786/1820). 730 Big Stoner Road. Razed.
4. Stanley Tebbs Farm (c. 1855). 6326 Colby Road. Italianate.
5. Spring Hill / Hubbard Taylor Farm (1788–1790). 6691 Colby Road.
6. Tarleton Chiles House (c. 1835). 395 Combs Ferry Road. Federal. Razed.
7. Robert Bush Farm (1816). 3091 Combs Ferry Road. Greek Revival/Gothic Revival.
8. John Hill House (c. 1805). 630 Ecton Road. Federal.
9. Joel Quisenberry Farm (c. 1800/1840). 925 Flanagan Station Road.
10. Milton Holliday Log House (remodeled c. 1845). 492 Gentry Lane. Greek Revival. Razed.
11. Caveland / Richard Hickman House (1797). 2900 Jones Nursery Road.
12. Hollywood Springs / Albert Clay House (c. 1845). 1655 Kiddville Road. Greek Revival. Razed.
13. Asa Barrow House (c. 1880). 5770 Lexington Road. Italianate.
14. Vinewood / Benjamin Groom Farm (1861). 4344 Mount Sterling Road. Italianate.
15. Francis Cullom Log House (1791/1812). 6600 Muddy Creek Road.
16. James Hodgkin House (c. 1855). 5952 Old Boonesboro Road. Greek Revival/Italianate.
17. William Clinkenbeard House (c. 1800). 3900 Paris Road.
18. Robert Clark Farm (c. 1820). 464 Quisenberry Lane. Federal.
19. John Brock Log House (c. 1810/1845). Red River Road, north of Bull Run. Greek Revival. Razed.
20. Parrish Place / Dabney Parrish House (c. 1850). 1025 Todds Road. Greek Revival. Razed.
21. Strauder Goff Farm (1839). 2985 Van Meter Road. Greek Revival.
22. Stipp House (c. 1810). 5661 Van Meter Road. Federal. Razed.
23. Edmund Pendleton Farm (c. 1820). 5665 Van Meter Road. Federal.
24. Alpheus Lewis Farm (c. 1820). 3060 Wade's Mill Road. Federal.

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