Lincoln County, Kentucky

Founding: 1780
Parent county: Kentucky County, Virginia

Namesake: Benjamin Lincoln, 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: circa 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. *William Menefee House (c. 1785). Boone Road, northwest of Cedar Ridge Road.
2. *Woodlawn / George Givens Farm (c. 1855). 473 Givens Lane. Italianate.
3. *Jacob Swope House (c. 1810). 3245 Goshen Road.
4. William Ball House (c. 1810). Horton Cutoff Road, north of US Highway 150.
5. *Walnut Hill / Hugh Hays Farm (c. 1860). 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. *Leo Hayden House (c. 1845). 690 Logan Creek Drive. Greek Revival.
10. *Nathan Huston House (1792). 55 Lynn Drive. Federal.
11. Thomas Robinson House (c. 1820). 927 Old Liberty Pike. Federal.
12. *John Baughman Farm (1847). 2065 Old Somerset Road. Greek Revival.
13. *Adam Pence Farm (1851). 3555 Old Somerset Road. Greek Revival.
14. *Arcadia / Isaac Shelby Farm (1836). 1720 Old US Highway 127. Greek Revival.
15. *Walnut Meadows / Samuel Owsley Farm (c. 1840). 5100 Old US Highway 150. Greek Revival.
16. William Lackey Farm (c. 1820). 2105 Preachersville Road. Federal.
17. *Owsley Farm (c. 1850). 325 River Road. Greek Revival.
18. *Thomas Montgomery Farm (1853). 359 Somerset Street. Greek Revival.
19. *Richland / Richard Hocker Farm (1850). 5355 State Route 1194. Greek Revival.
20. *Baughman Farm (c. 1875). 985 US Highway 27. Italianate.
21. *John Bright Farm (c. 1855). 1660 US Highway 150. Gothic Revival.
22. Hiram Roberts Farm (c. 1830). 1332 Walnut Street.
23. *William Whitley House (c. 1785). 625 William Whitley Road. Georgian.