Harrison County, Kentucky

Founding: 1794
Parent counties: Bourbon and Scott

Namesake: Benjamin Harrison, Virginia politician
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

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 (2020): 6,333

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

Periods of population growth: 1793–1830; 1840–1970; 1980s; 2000s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 608 (21.1%)
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