Scott County, Kentucky

Founding: 1792
Parent county: Woodford

Namesake: Charles Scott, Kentucky governor
Seat: Georgetown (1792–)

Land area: 282 square miles

Population (2020): 57,155

Population (historic): 8,007 (1800); 13,668 (1840); 11,607 (1870); 18,076 (1900); 14,400 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1800–1830; 1840s; 1870–1900; 1940–2020

Subdivisions: Three cities

National Register listings: 83

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,488 (7.1%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 39.8%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 23.2%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 22.1%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 18.6%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,308
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,148
Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.1 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,186
Average farm size (1920): 70.5 acres
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Georgetown

Namesake: George Washington, U.S. president

Founding: 1782 (platting as Lebanon); 1784 (incorporation); 1801 (post office)

Population (2020): 37,086

Population (historic): 348 (1800); 1,511 (1840); 1,570 (1870); 3,823 (1900); 4,229 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1800–1860; 1870–1910; 1920–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 807 (6.3%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. *Craig House (c. 1855). 556 Cane Run Road. Greek Revival.
2. *Allenhurst / William Craig Farm (c. 1850). 625 Cane Run Road. Greek Revival.
3. *Merritt Williams Farm (c. 1840). 1398 Cane Run Road. Greek Revival.
4. *William Suggett House (c. 1797). Cane Run Road. Razed.
5. Farm (c. 1895). 822 Cincinnati Pike. Classical Revival/Romanesque.
6. *Johnson Farm (c. 1875). 877 Cincinnati Pike. Italianate.
7. *James Briscoe Farm (1827). 1511 Cincinnati Pike. Federal. Ruined.
8. *Applegate–Osburn House (c. 1790/1797). 1932 Cincinnati Pike.
9. *Joseph Burgess House (c. 1840). 8356 Cincinnati Pike.
10. *Ash Emison Quarters (c. 1810?). Cincinnati Pike.
11. Sconce House (c. 1810). 377 Craig Lane.
12. *Matthew Flournoy House (c. 1789/1855). 807 Crumbaugh Road. Greek Revival.
13. *Richard Johnson House (1829–1830). Elkview Road. Federal.
14. *Ward Hall / Junius Ward House (1853). 1782 Frankfort Road. Greek Revival.
15. *John Suggett Farm (c. 1795/1835). 2404 Frankfort Road. Greek Revival.
16. *Newton Craig Farm (c. 1830/1870). 2689 Frankfort Road. Italianate.
17. *Longview / David Thompson Farm (1819). 901 Galloway Road. Classical Revival.
18. George Robinson House (c. 1795). 4800 Hamilton Lane.
19. *Levi Prewitt Farm (1841). 5100 Hamilton Lane. Greek Revival.
20. Lee Farm (c. 1835). 5012 Ironworks Road. Federal.
21. *John Payne House (c. 1790). 124 John Payne Boulevard.
22. *William Smith House (c. 1790/1795). 928 Leesburg Pike.
23. *Lewis Nuckols Farm (c. 1800/1870). 5415 Leestown Road. Federal.
24. Farm (c. 1895). 689 Lemon's Mill Road. Romanesque.
25. *John Garth House (c. 1840). 1875 Lemon's Mill Road. Greek Revival.
26. *Flournoy Farm (c. 1855). 3975 Lemon's Mill Road. Greek Revival/Italianate.
27. *Robert Sanders Farm (1797). 1581 Lexington Road. Federal. Razed.
28. Crenshaw Farm (c. 1835). 599 Lisle Road. Greek Revival.
29. *Buford–Duke Farm (c. 1795/1835). 748 Lisle Road. Greek Revival.
30. *Elkwood / Sabret Offutt Farm (c. 1810). 331 Lloyd Road. Greek Revival.
31. *Fielding Bradford House (late 18th century?). Long Lick Pike. Razed.
32. *Audubon / Stephenson–Lewis Farm (c. 1830?). 385 Moore's Mill Road. Greek Revival.
33. *William Smith House (c. 1845). 1589 Newtown Pike. Greek Revival.
34. *Richard Keene House (c. 1810). 3432 Newtown Pike.
35. *Thomas Barlow House (1813). Newtown Pike. Federal.
36. *Matthew Henry House (c. 1800). Newtown Pike.
37. *Charles Whitaker House (c. 1795). 740 Old Oxford Road. Razed.
38. *John Webb House (c. 1825). 1035 Old Oxford Road. Federal.
39. *Reuben Ford House (1842). Old Oxford Road. Greek Revival. Razed.
40. *Beatty House (c. 1830). Old Oxford Road. Federal. Razed.
41. *Elmwood / Robert Holmes Farm (1807). 3520 Paris Pike. Greek Revival/Italianate.
42. *John Miller House (c. 1785/1790). 3790 Paris Pike. Greek Revival.
43. *Lindsay House (c. 1810). 301 Payne's Depot Road.
44. *Asa Payne Farm (c. 1811). 475 Payne's Depot Road. Federal.
45. *Samuel Halley Farm (c. 1855). 500 Payne's Depot Road. Greek Revival.
46. *John Bradley Farm (c. 1805). 1649 Payne's Depot Road. Federal.
47. *Edge Hill / Samuel West Farm (1846/1909). 1661 Payne's Depot Road. Greek Revival.
48. *Julius Blackburn Farm (1799). 389 Pea Ridge Road. Federal.
49. *Richard Branham Farm (c. 1795). 182 Pratt Lane. Federal.
50. *Payne–Desha House (c. 1815/1875). 201 Quail Run Drive. Italianate.
51. *Henry Herndon Farm (c. 1855). 1210 Stamping Ground Road. Greek Revival/Italianate.
52. *Choctaw Academy (c. 1820). 1740 Stamping Ground Road.
53. Viley Farm (c. 1845?). 1768 Stamping Ground Road. Greek Revival.
54. Viley House (c. 1845). 1768 Stamping Ground Road. Greek Revival.
55. *Leonidas Johnson Farm (1842). 2424 Stamping Ground Road. Greek Revival.
56. *Vivion Brooking House (c. 1830). Stamping Ground Road. Federal.
57. *William Campbell House (c. 1790). Stamping Ground Road. Razed.
58. Murphy House (c. 1820?). 652 Stone Road. Greek Revival.
59. Farm (c. 1815). 693 Weisenberger Mill Road. Federal.
60. *James Gaines Farm (c. 1815). 1984 Yarnallton Pike. Federal.