Fayette County, Kentucky

Founding: 1780
Parent county: Kentucky County, Virginia

Namesake: The Marquis de Lafayette, Continental Army general
Seat: Lexington (1780–)

Land area: 284 square miles

Population (2020): 322,570

Population (historic): 18,410 (1790); 25,098 (1830); 26,656 (1870); 42,071 (1900); 68,543 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1790–1830; 1840s; 1860–2020

Subdivisions: One city

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 10,264 (7.3%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 43.6%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 23.1%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 7.1%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 10.8%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $3,575
Average outbuilding value (1930): $4,523
Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.6 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,978
Average farm size (1920): 77.8 acres
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Lexington

Namesake: Lexington, Massachusetts

Founding: 1775 (platting); 1782 (incorporation); 1794 (post office)

Population (2020): 322,570

Population (historic): 834 (1790); 6,026 (1830); 14,801 (1870); 26,369 (1900); 45,736 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1775–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 10,264 (7.3%)
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