Nicholas County, Kentucky

Founding: 1800
Parent counties: Bourbon and Mason

Namesake: George Nicholas, Kentucky lawyer
Seat: Ellisville (1800–1816); 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

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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