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

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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