Spencer County, Kentucky

Founding: 1824
Parent counties: Bullitt, Nelson, and Shelby

Namesake: Spier Spencer, Indiana soldier
Seat: Taylorsville (1824–)

Land area: 187 square miles

Population (2020): 19,490

Population (historic): 6,812 (1830); 6,188 (1860); 7,040 (1880); 7,406 (1900); 6,606 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1830; 1840s; 1870s; 1890–1920; 1930s; 1970–2020

Subdivisions: One city; one CDP

National Register listings: 14

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 454 (6.4%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 27.5%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 38.9%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 27.6%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 27.8%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $978
Average outbuilding value (1930): $794
Average farmhouse size (1940): 5 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,518
Average farm size (1920): 58.8 acres
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Taylorsville

Namesake: Richard Taylor, owner of the village site

Founding: 1799 (platting); 1817 (post office); 1829 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 1,256

Population (historic): 290 (1830); 537 (1880); 615 (1900); 729 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1830–1890; 1900–1940; 1950s; 1990s; 2010s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 137 (17.5%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. *George Bourne Farm (1813). Elk Creek Road, north of Brashears Creek. Federal. Razed.
2. *Van Dyke House (c. 1820). 2348 Haley Road.
3. Samuel Russell House (c. 1840). 3148 Hochstrasser Road. Greek Revival.
4. *Collins House (c. 1800). King's Church Road, west of Plum Creek.
5. James Clark House (c. 1800/1820). Old Louisville Road, west of county line. Federal.
6. *Beechland / Jacob Yoder Farm (1804). Yoder–Tipton Road, east of Taylorsville Road. Federal/Greek Revival.