Harrison County, Kentucky

Founding: December 21, 1793
Parent counties: Bourbon and Scott

Namesake: Benjamin Harrison, local resident
Seat: Cynthiana (1793–)

Land area: 306 square miles

Population (2020): 18,692

Population (historic): 4,350 (1800); 12,472 (1840); 12,993 (1870); 18,570 (1900); 14,859 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1800–1820; 1870s; 1990s

Subdivisions: Two cities

National Register listings: 25

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,538 (18.7%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 44.3%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 16.8%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 10.4%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 12.2%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $955
Average outbuilding value (1930): $871
Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.3 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,424
Average farm size (1920): 55.6 acres
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Cynthiana

Namesake: Uncertain—perhaps a portmanteau of the names Cynthia and Anna

Founding: 1793 (platting); 1801 (post office); 1802 (incorporation)

Population (2010): 6,402

Population (historic): 78 (1800); 798 (1840); 1,771 (1870); 3,257 (1900); 4,386 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1830; 1840–1910; 1920–1940; 1950–1970; 1980s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 608 (21.1%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. House (c. 1920). 541 Durbintown Road. Craftsman.
2. *Samuel McMillan House (1784–1789). Gray's Run Pike, south of Mount Vernon Road. Razed.
3. James Victor Farm (c. 1855). 312 Hedges Lane. Greek Revival.
4. John Lair Farm (c. 1865). 1554 Old Lair Road. Gothic Revival.
5. Case Farm (c. 1845). 4340 Old Lair Road. Greek Revival.
6. House (c. 1900). 722 Robinson–Union Road. Queen Anne.
7. George Howk House (c. 1840). 231 State Route 36. Greek Revival.
8. *John Kimbrough House (1848). 1332 State Route 36. Italianate.
9. Caroline Williams Farm (1858). 1801 State Route 36. Greek Revival.
10. *John Williams House (c. 1825). State Route 36, east of Colony Drive. Federal. Razed.
11. Samuel Ashbrook House Ruins (c. 1830). 2693 State Route 356. Federal.
12. *John Hinkson Farm (c. 1795). 180 State Route 982.
13. Oak Hill / John Berry House (c. 1830). 16 State Route 1032. Federal.
14. *John Smith Farm (1807). 6576 State Route 1054. Federal.
15. William McMurtry House (c. 1860). 60 Stratton Road. Italianate/Gothic Revival.
16. John Lake Farm (c. 1875). 146 Turfway Lane. Italianate.
17. James Van Deren Farm (c. 1860). 482 Two Lick Road. Italianate.
18. William Haviland House (c. 1855). 2610 US Highway 27. Greek Revival/Italianate.
19. *The Oaks / Coleman Farm (c. 1812). 1416 US Highway 62. Federal.
20. Silver Lake / William Griffith House (c. 1840). 2001 US Highway 62. Greek Revival. Razed.
21. *John Kimbrough Farm (c. 1840). 3960 US Highway 62. Greek Revival.