Fleming County, Kentucky

Founding: 1798
Parent county: Mason

Namesake: John Fleming, local resident
Seat: Flemingsburg (1798–)

Land area: 349 square miles

Population (2020): 15,082

Population (historic): 5,016 (1800); 13,268 (1840); 13,398 (1870); 17,074 (1900); 12,931 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1800–1830; 1840s; 1860–1900; 1930s; 1960–1980; 1990–2020

Subdivisions: Two cities; one CDP

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 935 (14%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 34.4%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 28.1%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 23%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 15.6%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $728
Average outbuilding value (1930): $569
Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.5 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 3,123
Average farm size (1920): 50 acres
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Flemingsburg

Namesake: John Fleming, local resident

Founding: 1797 (platting); 1801 (post office); 1812 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 2,953

Population (historic): 123 (1800); 591 (1840); 425 (1870); 1,268 (1900); 1,265 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1797–1830; 1840–1900; 1910s; 1930s; 1950–1990; 2010s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 271 (17.3%)
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