Owen County, Kentucky

Founding: 1819
Parent counties: Franklin, Gallatin, Pendleton, and Scott

Namesake: Abraham Owen, Kentucky politician
Seat: Hesler (1819–1822); Owenton (1822–)

Land area: 351 square miles

Population (2020): 11,278

Population (historic): 2,031 (1820); 10,444 (1850); 14,309 (1870); 17,553 (1900); 10,710 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1820–1890; 1930s; 1970–2020

Subdivisions: Three cities

National Register listings: 17

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 660 (11.6%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 26.4%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 7.2%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 16.1%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 13.4%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $778
Average outbuilding value (1930): $580
Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.8 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,733
Average farm size (1920): 61.7 acres
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Owenton

Namesake: Abraham Owen, Kentucky politician

Founding: 1822 (platting); 1822 (post office); 1828 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 1,682

Population (historic): 143 (1830); 94 (1860); 654 (1880); 1,014 (1900); 975 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1870–1910; 1920–1960; 1970s; 1990s; 2010s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 119 (15.2%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. *Mason Brown House (c. 1856). 3259 Brown's Bottom Road. Gothic Revival.
2. Farm (c. 1890). 95 New Liberty–Sparta Pike. Eastlake/Italianate.
3. Thomas Gayle Farm (c. 1855). 1560 New Liberty–Sparta Pike.
4. *Enos Hardin House (1812/1820s). Point of Rock Road, south of Ball's Branch.
5. Thomas Brown Farm (c. 1830). 1745 State Route 227. Federal.
6. Joseph Williams Farm (c. 1870). State Route 355, northwest of Monterey Pike. Gothic Revival.
7. Farm (c. 1880). US Highway 127, south of Sweet Owen Road. Italianate/Gothic Revival.