Nicholas County, Kentucky

Founding: 1799
Parent counties: Bourbon and Mason

Namesake: George Nicholas, Kentucky lawyer
Seat: Ellisville (1799–1816); Carlisle (1816–)

Land area: 195 square miles

Population (2020): 7,537

Population (historic): 4,898 (1810); 8,745 (1840); 9,129 (1870); 11,952 (1900); 8,571 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1810–1830; 1840–1860; 1870s; 1890s; 1930s; 1970s; 1990–2020

Subdivisions: One city

National Register listings: 13

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 659 (20.2%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 35.6%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 20%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 19.9%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 21.5%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $794
Average outbuilding value (1930): $648
Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.5 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,904
Average farm size (1920): 53.9 acres
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Carlisle

Namesake: Unknown—perhaps Carlisle, Pennsylvania

Founding: 1816 (platting); 1817 (post office); 1818 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 2,093

Population (historic): 360 (1860); 909 (1880); 1,377 (1900); 1,469 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1860–1900; 1910s; 1940–1960; 1970s; 1990–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 322 (29.2%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. *Henry Thompson House (c. 1784/1800/1820). 950 Arthur Pike. Razed circa 1980.
2. *John Thompson Farm (c. 1825). 351 Collier Road.
3. *William Mathers Farm (c. 1812/1858). 2823 Concrete Road.
4. *Erasmus Riggs House (c. 1820). 3369 Lower Jackstown Road.
5. *Forest Retreat / Thomas Metcalfe Farm (c. 1820). 4179 Maysville Road. Federal.
6. *Forest Retreat Tavern / Metcalfe Log House (c. 1806/1820). 4180 Maysville Road.
7. *James Ellis Tavern (1807). 7895 Maysville Road.
8. Farm (c. 1850). 1040 Maysville Road. Greek Revival.
9. Farm (1843). 3948 Pleasant Spring Road. Greek Revival.
10. John Getty House (1823). 267 Scrubgrass Road. Federal.
11. House (1798). 6019 Somerset Road.