Franklin County, Kentucky

Founding: 1795
Parent counties: Mercer, Shelby, and Woodford

Namesake: Benjamin Franklin, Founding Father
Seat: Frankfort (1795–)

Land area: 208 square miles

Population (2020): 51,541

Population (historic): 5,078 (1800); 9,420 (1840); 15,300 (1870); 20,852 (1900); 21,064 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1800–1820; 1830–1890; 1900s; 1920–2020

Subdivisions: One city

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 2,150 (9.3%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 39.7%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 18.4%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 14.8%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 14%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,139
Average outbuilding value (1930): $724
Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.1 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,880
Average farm size (1920): 53.6 acres
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Frankfort

Namesake: Unknown—possibly a corruption of "Frank's Ford"

Founding: 1786 (platting); 1794 (post office); 1835 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 28,602

Population (historic): 628 (1800); 1,917 (1840); 5,396 (1870); 9,487 (1900); 11,626 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1800–1910; 1920s; 1940–2000; 2010s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,532 (11.2%)
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