Lincoln County, Kentucky

Founding: 1780
Parent county: Kentucky County, Virginia

Namesake: Benjamin Lincoln (1733–1810), Continental Army general
Seat: Harrodsburg (1780–1785); Stanford (1785–)

Land area: 334 square miles

Population (2020): 24,275

Population (historic): 6,548 (1790); 11,002 (1830); 10,947 (1870); 17,059 (1900); 17,687 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1790–1830; 1850–1910; 1920–1940; 1960–2010

Subdivisions: Three cities

National Register listings: 22

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,043 (9.5%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 26.6%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 13.5%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 29.6%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 27%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $798
Average outbuilding value (1930): $446
Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.7 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,323
Average farm size (1920): 54.1 acres
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Stanford

Namesake: Unknown

Founding: ca. 1781 (founding); 1786 (incorporation); 1798 (post office)

Population (2020): 3,640

Population (historic): 66 (1800); 263 (1840); 752 (1870); 1,651 (1900); 1,544 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1830; 1860–1900; 1920–1940; 1960s; 1990s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 292 (17.4%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. House (c. 1785). Boone Road, northwest of Cedar Ridge Road.
2. Woodlawn / Givens Farm (c. 1855). 473 Givens Lane. Italianate.
3. *Jacob Swope House (c. 1800). 3245 Goshen Road.
4. Ball House (c. 1810). Horton Cutoff Road, north of US Highway 150.
5. Walnut Hill / Reid Farm (c. 1875). 2350 Hustonville Road. Italianate.
6. *John Logan House (1789). 65 John Logan Trail.
7. Richland / Sowyel Givens Farm (c. 1855). 3970 Knob Lick Road. Italianate.
8. Spaulding Farm (c. 1820). 5645 Knob Lick Road. Federal.
9. Hayden House (c. 1845). 690 Logan Creek Drive. Greek Revival.
10. *Nathan Huston House (1792). 55 Lynn Drive. Federal.
11. *McCormack Church (c. 1820). Moore's Lane, north of State Route 1194.
12. Robinson House (c. 1820). 927 Old Liberty Pike. Federal.
13. *John Baughman Farm (1847). 2065 Old Somerset Road. Greek Revival.
14. *Adam Pence Farm (1851). 3555 Old Somerset Road. Greek Revival.
15. *Arcadia / Isaac Shelby Farm (1836). 1720 Old US Highway 127. Greek Revival.
16. *Walnut Meadows / Samuel Owsley Farm (c. 1840). 5100 Old US Highway 150. Greek Revival.
17. Lackey Farm (c. 1820). 2105 Preachersville Road. Federal.
18. Pursifall Farm (c. 1800). 3405 Preachersville Road.
19. Owsley Farm (c. 1850). 325 River Road. Greek Revival.
20. Montgomery Farm (c. 1850). 359 Somerset Street. Greek Revival.
21. *Richard Hocker Farm (1850). 5355 State Route 1194. Greek Revival.
22. Baughman Farm (c. 1875). 985 US Highway 27. Italianate.
23. Bright Farm (c. 1855). 1660 US Highway 150. Gothic Revival.
24. Carpenter Farm (c. 1840). US Highway 127, north of Casey County line. Greek Revival.
25. Roberts Farm (c. 1810?). 1332 Walnut Street.
26. *William Whitley House (c. 1785). 625 William Whitley Road. Georgian.

1. *James Alcorn House (c. 1885). 409 Danville Avenue. Stanford. Italianate.
2. *L&N Railroad Depot (1911). Depot Street. Stanford. Stick.
3. *Lincoln County Courthouse (1909). East Main Street. Stanford. Classical Revival.
4. *Samuel Briggs House (1780s). 315 West Main Street. Stanford.